The Queensland government narrowly avoided the distraction of budget day protests from frontline workers negotiating wage rises, as it lifted a years-long hiring freeze on other positions.
A budget eve wage offer from the Queensland government headed off the distraction of planned protests from frontline workers negotiating wage rises, as the government lifted a years-long hiring freeze for some positions.
Several enterprise agreements for staff are due to expire this calendar year, with negotiations between unions representing workers and the government ongoing. Agreements covering nurses and teachers are set to run up on June 30. On Tuesday morning, the Queensland Council of Unions said in a statement that groups would consider the offer and discuss with their members and decision-making bodies. Negotiations in NSWBudget papers state that the government’s wages bill is expected to rise “broadly” in line with population growth over the forward estimates. The number of full-time equivalent roles has jumped 20 per cent since 2014-15 after Newman-era cuts still repeatedly referenced the Palaszczuk government.
Pay rises are assumed to remain consistent with past agreements struck under the policy of 2.5 per cent annual increases, but with an “allowance for future bargaining agreements”. The budget states that in the six years to the 2020-21, wages rose 16 per cent alongside inflation of 11 per cent.With inflation tipped to reach even 7 per cent this year, and unions seeking increases of more than 5 per cent to keep pace, Dick was asked whether his government would match inflation in its agreements.
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