NSW Fire Rescue station captain reinstated after lashing out at staff in Newcastle

A NSW fire station captain demoted for using offensive language against his subordinates has been reinstated after an industrial relations commissioner found there were significant extenuating circumstances.

Long-time Teralba Fire Station captain Stuart Walsham had alleged his deputies had undermined him for years before he lashed out at three staff in January 2019.

In that incident, Mr Walsham used words to the effect of telling the workers they were “all f***wits and a bunch of c***s”,…