In the making of the Murweh Shire Council Certified Agreement 2025 [2026] QIRC 39 (17 February 2026)

Industrial Relations Act 2016, s 189, ch 4, pt 5, div 2, sub-divs 2 and 3, s 227 and s 228

Mr T. Stephens for The Australian Workers' Union of Employees, Queensland.

Mr J. Donaghy for the Queensland Services, Industrial Union of Employees.

[1] On 13 January 2026, the Murweh Shire Council ('the Applicant'), pursuant to s 189 of the Industrial Relations Act 2016 ('the Act'), made an application to certify the Murweh Shire Council Certified Agreement 2025 ('the agreement').

[2] The named parties to the agreement are the Applicant and the following employee organisations:

• The Australian Workers' Union of Employees, Queensland;

• Automotive, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland;

• Construction, Forestry, Mining & Energy, Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland;

• The Electrical Trades Union of Employees Queensland; and,

• Queensland Services, Industrial Union of Employees.

[3] The agreement is signed by all the above-mentioned parties other than the Automotive, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industry Union of Employees, Queensland and The Electrical Trades Union of Employees Queensland. Despite this, I am satisfied from correspondence received from both of those organisations that both organisations agree to be parties to the agreement.

[4] Having regard to the submissions made by the parties who appeared today and to the affidavit of Mr Bruce Scott, Chief Executive Officer of the Applicant, filed on 13 January 2026:

• I am satisfied of each relevant requirement in ch 4, pt 5, div 2, sub-div 2 of the Act; and

• there is nothing in the agreement which would require me to refuse to grant the application pursuant to ch 4, pt 5, div 2, sub-div 3 of the Act.

[5] The application to certify the Murweh Shire Council Certified Agreement 2025 is granted.

[6] The Murweh Shire Council Certified Agreement 2025 operates from the day it is certified, namely, 17 February 2026.

[7] Although the nominal expiry date of the Murweh Shire Council Certified Agreement 2025 is 29 September 2029, it continues to operate until it is terminated under s 227 or s 228 of the Act.

The Murweh Shire Council Certified Agreement 2025 is certified.