APA NETWORKS AGREEMENT (VICTORIA & NEW SOUTH WALES) 2025

Application for approval of the APA Networks Agreement (Victoria & New South Wales) 2025

[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the APA Networks Agreement (Victoria & New South Wales) 2025 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). It has been made by APT AM Employment Pty Ltd Trading AS APA Group (Employer). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings dated 4 September 2025. Those undertakings are attached at Annexure A to this decision and become terms of the Agreement. I am satisfied that the undertakings will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement (as compared to the relevant provisions of the Gas Industry Award 2020), and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.

[3] The Australian Workers' Union, and Communications, Electrical, Electronic, Energy, Information, Postal, Plumbing and Allied Services Union of Australia (Plumbing Division), both being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers these organisations.

[4] Subject to the undertakings referred to above, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188, 190, 193 and 193A of the Act, as are relevant to this application for approval, have been met.

[5] I am satisfied the more beneficial entitlements of the NES will prevail where there is an inconsistency between the Agreement and the NES.

[6] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 15 September 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 8 September 2028.

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