Question Without Notice No. 195 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 March 2024 by Hon Dr Steve Thomas

Parliament: 41 Session: 1  

PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES POLICY 

195. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for  Industrial Relations: 

I refer to the Cook government's allocation of $2.8 billion under its new principles-based  public service wages policy, covering approximately 160 000 public sector employees. 

(1) From 1 October 2023, how many public sector industrial agreements are due to expire  over the next 18 months? 

(2) How was the global provision of $2.8 billion from 2023–24 to 2026–27 calculated and  what critical financial assumptions were inherent in arriving at this figure? 

(3) Will a maximum financial threshold of negotiation apply to each public sector agreement  that is negotiated; and, if so, what is that threshold figure? 

Hon MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied: 

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. The following answer has  been provided to me by the Minister for Industrial Relations. 

(1) There are 48. 

(2) This part of the question should be directed to the Treasurer. 

(3) No.