Overview

• The bargaining consensus delivers an 11% wage increase over three years—3% from April 2025, 2.5% in each of the next two years, and a further 3% in December 2027—with backpay and protections if inflation runs higher than forecast.
• Non‑wage gains include double time for overtime for shift workers, higher rural and regional allowances, 14 weeks paid parental leave, 10 days domestic violence leave, and a new pay point lifting earnings for more than 23% of nurses and midwives.
• About 45,000 to 48,000 unionised nurses and midwives took protected industrial action, including refusing non‑clinical tasks, during the protracted dispute.
• The deal followed more than 150 hours of bargaining and 13 conciliation sessions facilitated by the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.
• QNMU and Australian Workers' Union members will vote on the offer, with the health minister saying it maintains nation‑leading wages as the union labels the package a significant improvement.