Queensland set to introduce legislation to force wage freeze for public servants

The ABC understands the former union boss will take the matter to Cabinet on Monday, with plans to introduce a bill to Queensland Parliament in the next sitting week, which begins on June 16.

"We expect the State Government to honour this legally binding wage increase with police, as we consider any type of retrospective legislation to nullify our employment agreement to be a troubling precedent that would effectively mean the end of enterprise bargaining as we know it," Mr Leavers said.

"You should not be able to legislate to unpick agreements once they're certified. It's retrospective legislation which the AWU will never support." "But what our members do understand is that they are in a situation where they are still employed, when many other Queenslanders are unemployed." In return, they would get a double-tap increase the following year — increases of 2.5 per cent each six months.

Yes except we were supposed to get our wage increase last September and many already have and the government has accrued the money to make the increase and back pay. While we have worked through the lock down our taxes helping everyone else. Oh right we aren’t nurses or doctors

The unions pull the strings , the pollies are gutless puppets drawing a salary

I hope politicians are included in that.

According to ABS there are 2million pubic sector employees out of 16million working age people in Australia, this over regulation and staff numbers are excessive and huge tax burden for all.

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Just open the state up you peanuts

It can’t be good when you can see standing the Qld witch AnnastaciaMP in the background . Grace you’re an Disgrace like your poor QLDLabor boss

Don't worry that some of those public servants kept you alive during Covid-19.

Politicians should take a wage cut. They are meant to be for the people. The base wage of senators & members is approx $207 100. This is 3 times the median wage. That doesn’t include all the allowances. And, ministers get more.

Not sure what situation Qld would be in right now if it wasn’t for the frontline emergency workers. But anyway AnnastaciaMP you go right ahead and trample on them all over again.

Why call an op-ed ANALYSIS. It's nothing more.

Just shows politician's are in it for themselves. Same party's, different states. Clusterfuck all round

Can we start inciting violence against them now? Honestly, is there one person in government who isnt a corrupt piece of trash? I miss the old days when politicians worked for the people, and not for business

.... Except for politicians...

Really ? Just after they got pay raise. Nice

Politicians should do the same. Wage freeze!

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