MA000153  PR729418
FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DETERMINATION


Fair Work Act 2009

s.285—Annual wage review

Annual Wage Review 2020–21
(C2021/1)

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY AWARD 2016
[MA000153]

Commonwealth employment

JUSTICE ROSS, PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT CATANZARITI
DEPUTY PRESIDENT ASBURY
COMMISSIONER HAMPTON
MR FERGUSON
PROFESSOR WOODEN
MS LABINE-ROMAIN

MELBOURNE, 25 JUNE 2021

Annual Wage Review 2020–21.

A. Further to the decision issued by the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review
2020–21 on 16 June 2021 [[2021] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:

1. By deleting the table appearing in clause 12.3(a) and inserting the following:

Classification Level

Minimum Annual Pay Rate (36.75 hours per week)
$

Minimum Hourly Pay Rate
$

AG level 1

44,439

23.18

AG level 2

48,120

25.10

AG level 3

52,280

27.27

AG level 4

55,520

28.96

AG level 5

60,025

31.31

AG level 6

63,323

33.03

AG level 7

71,796

37.45

AG level 8

77,854

40.61

TRAINEES

   

Cadet (practical training)

44,439

23.18

Trainee (Technical)

46,605

24.31

2. By deleting the amounts “$12.12”, “$14.90” and “$18.28” appearing in clause 13.5 and inserting “$12.43”, “$15.27” and “$18.74” respectively.

3. By deleting the table appearing in clause F.5.4 and inserting the following:

Classification Level

Minimum Annual Pay Rate (36.75 hours/week)
$

Minimum Hourly Pay Rate
$

AFTRS level 1

45,417

23.69

AFTRS level 2

49,270

25.70

AFTRS level 3

53,526

27.92

AFTRS level 4

56,996

29.73

AFTRS level 5

61,482

32.07

AFTRS level 6

65,221

34.02

AFTRS level 7

74,461

38.84

AFTRS level 8

78,794

41.10

Teaching/Training level B

69,898

36.46

Teaching/Training level C

83,778

43.70

Teaching/Training level D

96,412

50.29

Teaching/Training level E

117,271

61.17

4. By deleting the amounts “1083.51” and “2166.99” appearing in clause H.6.1 and inserting “1110.50” and “2220.97” respectively.

5. By deleting the amount “$22,074.22” appearing in clause H.8.3 and inserting “$22,624.05”.

6. By deleting the amount “$22,074.22” appearing in clause H.10.1(a) and inserting “$22,624.05”.

7. By deleting the table appearing in clause H.11.1(b) and inserting the following:

Allowance

Clause

Payable

% of standard rate

$

Community language allowance – CLA rate 1

H.6.1

Yearly

4424.31

1110.50

Community language allowance – CLA rate 2

H.6.1

Yearly

8848.48

2220.97

District Allowance – Eligible dependant/eligible partner income

H.8.3

Yearly income less than

90135.64

22,624.05

District Allowance – Eligible dependant/eligible partner income

H.10.1(a)

Yearly income less than

90135.64

22,624.05

8. By deleting the amount “$32.35” appearing in clause I.5.1 and inserting “$33.15”.

9. By deleting the amount “$8485.50” appearing in clause I.6.1(a) and inserting “$8696.86”.

10. By deleting the amount “$6555.26” appearing in clause I.6.1(b) and inserting “$6718.53”.

11. By deleting the table appearing in clause I.17.4 and inserting the following:

Classification Level

Pay point

Annual salary
$

Hourly rate (inclusive of leave loading)
$

AMSA Level 7

1st point

101,205

52.79

 

Minimum

99,537

51.92

AMSA Level 6

4th point

96,470

50.32

 

3rd point

91,428

47.69

 

2nd point

86,443

45.09

 

1st point

81,420

42.47

 

Minimum

74,845

39.04

AMSA Level 5

5th point

70,761

36.91

 

4th point

69,074

36.03

 

3rd point

67,387

35.15

 

2nd point

65,681

34.26

 

1st Point

63,955

33.36

 

Minimum

62,249

32.47

AMSA Level 4

4th point

61,271

31.96

 

3rd point

59,833

31.21

 

2nd point

58,434

30.48

 

1st Point

55,654

29.03

 

Minimum

53,277

27.79

AMSA Level 3

4th point

54,101

28.22

 

3rd point

51,897

27.07

 

2nd point

50,957

26.58

 

1st Point

49,673

25.91

 

Minimum

48,407

25.25

AMSA Level 2

3rd point

47,276

24.66

 

2nd point

45,934

23.96

 

1st Point

44,669

23.30

 

Minimum

43,231

22.55

AMSA Level 1

3rd point

42,503

22.17

 

2nd point

41,295

21.54

 

1st Point

40,087

20.91

 

Minimum

38,994

20.34

12. By deleting the table appearing in clause I.18.1(b) and inserting the following:

Allowance

Clause

Payable

% of standard rate

$

Field allowance

I.5.1

Per day

132.08

33.15

International Labour Organization allowance – port office

I.6.1(a)

Annually

34648.85

8696.86

International Labour Organization allowance – Canberra office

I.6.1(b)

Annually

26767.07

6718.53

13. By deleting the table appearing in clause J.5 and inserting the following:

Remuneration Band

Minimum Salary per annum
$

Graduate trainee (Band 1)

40,958

1

43,787

2

54,751

3

70,027

4

93,747

14. By deleting the amount “$1.63” appearing in clause K.3.1 and inserting “$1.67”.

15. By deleting the amount “$2.96” appearing in clause K.3.2 and inserting “$3.03”.

16. By deleting the amount “$4.33” appearing in clause K.3.3(a) and inserting “$4.44”.

17. By deleting the amount “$5.44” appearing in clause K.3.3(b) and inserting “$5.57”.

18. By deleting the amount “$8.50” appearing in clause K.3.4 and inserting “$8.71”.

19. By deleting the amount “$3.82” appearing in clause K.3.5 and inserting “$3.92”.

20. By deleting the amount “$25.87” appearing in clause K.3.6(a)(i) and inserting “$26.51”.

21. By deleting the amount “$31.19” appearing in clause K.3.6(a)(ii) and inserting “$31.96”.

22. By deleting the amount “$37.36” appearing in clause K.3.6(a)(iii) and inserting “$38.29”.

23. By deleting the amount “$1.49” appearing in clause K.3.8(a)(i) and inserting “$1.53”.

24. By deleting the amount “$1.96” appearing in clause K.3.8(a)(ii) and inserting “$2.01”.

25. By deleting the table appearing in clause K.16.1(b) and inserting the following:

Allowance

Clause

Payable

% of standard rate

$

Insanitary allowance

K.3.1

Per day

6.65

1.67

Aquatic ponds

K.3.2

Per day

12.08

3.03

Spray gangs

K.3.3(a)

Per day

17.7

4.44

Spray gangs – high pressure spray equipment

K.3.3(b)

Per day

22.2

5.57

Work in rain

K.3.4

Per day

34.71

8.71

Heights (trees)

K.3.5

Per day

15.6

3.92

Leading hands (not more than 5 employees)

K.3.6(a)(i)

Per week

105.62

26.51

Leading hands (6-10 employees)

K.3.6(a)(ii)

Per week

127.35

31.96

Leading hands (more than 10 employees)

K.3.6(a)(iii)

Per week

152.55

38.29

Spray work (GSO 8)

K.3.8(a)(i)

Per day

6.09

1.53

Spray work (GSO 8 – high pressure equipment)

K.3.8(a)(ii)

Per day

8.01

2.01

26. By deleting the amount “$8.27” appearing in clause L.4.4 and inserting “$8.48”.

27. By deleting the amounts “$13.54” and “$10.14” appearing in clause L.4.5 and inserting “$13.87” and “$10.39” respectively.

28. By deleting the amount “$1721.19” appearing in clause L.9.1 and inserting “$1764.07”.

29. By deleting the table appearing in clause L.13 and inserting the following:


Classification Level

Stream

Minimum Annual Pay Rate (36.75 hours per week)
$

Hourly rate
$

Airworthiness Officer A

Air Safety Regulator

61,904

32.29

Airworthiness Officer B

 

70,684

36.87

Airworthiness Officer C

 

78,698

41.05

Airworthiness Officer D

 

84,123

43.88

Flying Operations Inspector Level 1

Flying Operations

88,149

45.98

Flying Operations Inspector Level 2

 

92,195

48.09

Level 3 - 29,000 to 50,000kg

 

105,806

55.19

Level 3 - 50,000 to 70,000kg

 

112,554

58.71

Level 3 - 70,000 to 140,000kg

 

118,632

61.88

Level 3 - 140,000kg to 250,000kg

 

128,792

67.18

Level 3 - over 250,000kg

 

151,836

79.20

Manager Flying Operations

Manager

107,800

56.23

30. By deleting the amount “$8602.85” appearing in clause L.14.4(b) and inserting “$8817.13”.

31. By deleting the table appearing in clause L.15.1(b) and inserting the following:

Allowance

Clause

Payable

% of standard rate

$

Allowance for travel at difficult times

L.4.4

each continuous period

33.77

8.48

Flying disability allowance – aerial surveillance

L.4.5

hourly

55.27

13.87

Flying disability allowance – on the job training

L.4.5

hourly

41.41

10.39

Loss of license allowance for premium reimbursement

L.9.1

annually

7028.15

1764.07

Team Leader

L.14.4(b)

annually

35128.01

8817.13

32. By deleting the table appearing in clause M.2.1 and inserting the following:

Classification

Minimum salary

 

$

Electorate Officer A

52,898

Electorate Officer B

54,956

Electorate Officer C

60,597

33. By deleting the amount “$1.19” appearing in clause N.3.1 and inserting “$1.22”.

34. By deleting the amount “$0.85” appearing in clause N.3.2 and inserting “$0.87”.

35. By deleting the amount “$1.19” appearing in clause N.3.3 and inserting “$1.22”.

36. By deleting the amount “$0.85” appearing in clause N.3.4 and inserting “$0.87”.

37. By deleting the amount “$0.87” appearing in clause N.4.1 and inserting “$0.89”.

38. By deleting the amount “$0.69” appearing in clause N.4.2 and inserting “$0.71”.

39. By deleting the amounts “$5.09” and “$1.04” appearing in clause N.5 and inserting “$5.22” and “$1.07” respectively.

40. By deleting the table appearing in clause N.10.1(b) and inserting the following:


Allowance

Clause

Payable

% of standard rate

$

Welding

       

Aluminium MIG

N.3.1

hourly

4.87

1.22

Aluminium TIG

N.3.2

hourly

3.47

0.87

Plasma arc process

N.3.3

hourly

4.87

1.22

Other welding

N.3.4

hourly

3.47

0.87

Epoxy-based materials—with catalyst hardener and reactive additives or two-page catalyst systems

N.4.1

hourly

3.56

0.89

Epoxy-based materials—in close proximity

N.4.2

hourly

2.81

0.71

Scaffolding

       

For the first four hours or part thereof

N.5

first four hours

20.8

5.22

Per additional hour

N.5

hourly

4.26

1.07

41. By deleting the amount “$1615.08” appearing in clause O.7.2 and inserting “$1655.31”.

42. By deleting the table appearing in clause O.7.4(a) and inserting the following:

Classification

Annual allowance
$

Cadet Journalist

1813.01

Level 1 Journalist

2425.73

Level 2 Journalist

3266.89

Level 3 and 4 Journalist

3556.72

43. By deleting the amount “$57,976.49” appearing in clause O.11.1(a) and inserting “$59,420.58”.

44. By deleting the amount “$57,976.49” appearing in clause O.12.7(a) and inserting “$59,420.58”.

45. By deleting the table appearing in clause O.20.3(b) and inserting the following:

Classification

$

Cadet Journalist

41,453

Broadcaster 1; Broadcaster Journalist Level 1

50,691

Broadcaster 2; Broadcaster Journalist Level 2

62,667

Broadcaster 3; Broadcaster Journalist Level 3

66,994

Journalist Level 1

50,691

Journalist Level 2

62,667

Journalist Level 3

66,994

Journalist Level 4

76,662

Operations Officer Level 1

42,814

Operations Officer Level 2

53,216

Operations Officer Level 3

58,364

Operations Officer Level 4

63,431

Operations Officer Level 5

65,334

Operations Officer Level 6

66,672

Information Technology Officer Level 1

49,293

Information Technology Officer Level 2

51,886

Information Technology Officer Level 3

57,140

Information Technology Officer Level 4

63,431

46. By deleting the table appearing in clause O.21.1(b) and inserting the following:

Allowance

Clause

Payable

% of standard rate

$

Language Allowance

O.7.2

Annually

6594.85

1655.31

Visual Display Terminal Allowances—Cadet Journalist

O.7.4(a)

Annually

7223.14

1813.01

Visual Display Terminal Allowances—Level 1 Journalist

O.7.4(a)

Annually

9664.26

2425.73

Visual Display Terminal Allowances—Level 2 Journalist

O.7.4(a)

Annually

13015.5

3266.89

Visual Display Terminal Allowances—Level 3 and 4 Journalist

O.7.4(a)

Annually

14170.21

3556.72

Level 4 Journalist—per annum amount for calculation of overtime

O.11.1(a)

Annual

236735.4

59,420.58

Level 4 Journalist—per annum amount for calculation of overtime

O.12.7(a)

Annual

236735.4

59,420.58

47. By deleting clause S.5 and inserting the following:

S.5 Minimum Wages

S.5.1 Minimum wages for full-time traineeships

S.5.2 Minimum wages for part-time traineeships

S.5.3 Other minimum wage provisions

S.5.4 Default wage rate

B. This determination comes into operation on 1 July 2021. In accordance with s.286(5) of the Fair Work Act 2009 this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee’s first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2021.

PRESIDENT

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