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austlii:cth/FWCA/2025/3624
General information, not legal advice.
FWCA
2025-11-07
Original judgment source is linked above.
s.185 - Application for approval of a single-enterprise agreement
Origin Energy People Services Pty Ltd Trading AS Origin Energy
ORIGIN ENERGY (NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTRE) ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2025
Application for approval of the Origin Energy (National Response Centre) Enterprise Agreement 2025.
[1] An application has been made for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Origin Energy (National Response Centre) Enterprise Agreement 2025 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act) by Origin Energy People Services Pty Ltd Trading as Origin Energy (the Applicant). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.
[2] The matter was allocated to my Chambers on 2 October 2025.
[3] The Commission raised a concern with the Applicant that Apprentices may not be better off overall under the Agreement. The Applicant submitted that Apprentices are not covered by the Agreement and that they do not employ any Apprentices at its National Response Centre. I am satisfied that it is reasonably foreseeable that the Applicant will not employ any Apprentices during the life of this Agreement.
[4] The Applicant has provided written undertakings, dated 24 October 2025, and a copy is attached in Appendix 3 of the Agreement. A copy of the undertaking has been provided to the bargaining representative(s), and I have sought their views in accordance with s.190(4) of the Act. The bargaining representative(s) did not express any view on the undertaking.
[5] I am satisfied that the undertaking will not cause financial detriment to any employee covered by the Agreement and that the undertaking will not result in substantial changes to the Agreement, thus appearing to meet the requirements of s.190(3). The undertaking is taken to be a term of the Agreement.
[6] 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.
[7] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 7 days after the date of approval of the Agreement. The nominal expiry date is 31 August 2028.
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