austlii:cth/FWCA/2025/4470
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FWCA
2025-12-31
Original judgment source is linked above.
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union
YARRA CONTRACTING PTY LTD AND THE CFMEU (VICTORIAN CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL DIVISION) SUBCONTRACTORS LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION INDIGENOUS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2024-2027
Application for approval of the YARRA CONTRACTING PTY LTD and the CFMEU (Victorian Construction and General Division) Subcontractors Landscape Construction Indigenous Employment & Training Enterprise Agreement 2024-2027
[1] The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the YARRA CONTRACTING PTY LTD and the CFMEU (Victorian Construction and General Division) Subcontractors Landscape Construction Indigenous Employment & Training Enterprise Agreement 2024 - 2027 (the Agreement) pursuant to s 185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
[2] On the basis of the material contained in the application and accompanying declaration, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss 186, 187 and 188 as are relevant to this application for approval has been met.
[3] The CFMEU, being a bargaining representative for the Agreement, has given notice under s 183 of the Act that it wants the Agreement to cover it. In accordance with s 201(2) and based on its declaration, I note that the Agreement covers the CFMEU.
[4] The Agreement was approved on 31 December 2025 and, in accordance with s 54, will operate from 7 January 2026. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 2 July 2027.
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