Application for approval of the O'Neill & Brown Fire Services Pty Ltd and Employees Electrical Services Enterprise Agreement 2025-2028.

[1] O'Neill & Brown Fire Services Pty Ltd has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the O'Neill & Brown Fire Services Pty Ltd and Employees Electrical Services Enterprise Agreement 2025-2028 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The application was not lodged within 14 days after the agreement was made. The Applicant has provided an explanation for the delay and requested an extension of time. Pursuant to s.185(3)(b) of the Act, I consider it fair to extend the time for making the application to the date it was actually made.

[3] Having considered the Applicant's submissions in response to matters raised by the Commission concerning the agreement-making process, I am satisfied that each of the requirements of ss.186, 187, 188 and 190 as are relevant to this application for approval have been met.

[4] In accordance with clause 13 of the Agreement, the workplace delegates' rights term in clause 26A of the Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 is taken to be a term of the Agreement.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 19 February 2026. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 11 February 2030.

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