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ANNEXURE A 
austlii:cth/FWCA/2026/405
General information, not legal advice.
FWCA
2026-02-17
Original judgment source is linked above.
s.185 - Enterprise agreement
NSW AND ACT CATHOLIC SYSTEMIC SCHOOLS PRINCIPALS ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2025
Application for approval of the NSW & ACT Catholic Systemic Schools Principals Enterprise Agreement 2025
[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement to be known as the NSW & ACT Catholic Systemic Schools Principals Enterprise Agreement 2025 (Agreement). The application was made pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement. It has been made by the following Applicant/s (Employer/s):
Catholic Employment Relations Ltd
Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Armidale trading as Armidale Catholic Schools;
Catholic Education Diocese of Bathurst Limited;
Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Education Limited;
Diocese of Lismore Catholic Schools Limited;
Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, trading as the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Schools Office;
Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wagga Wagga;
The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes; and
Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Wollongong trading as the Trustees of the Wollongong Diocese Catholic School System.
[2] The Employer has provided written undertakings. 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, and that the undertakings will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement.
[3] The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU), being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s.183 of the Act that it wants to be covered by the Agreement. In accordance with s.201(2) of the Act, I note that the Agreement covers this organisation.
[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 24 February 2026. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 9 October 2027.
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ANNEXURE A