Application for approval of the Downer Group New South Wales Defence Enterprise Agreement 2025.

[1] Spotless Facility Services Pty Ltd (Employer) has made an application for approval of an enterprise agreement known as the Downer Group New South Wales Defence Enterprise Agreement 2025 (the Agreement) pursuant to s.185 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (the Act). The Agreement is a single enterprise agreement.

[2] The Employer has provided a written undertaking. A copy of the undertaking is attached in Annexure A. 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. The undertaking is taken to be a term of the agreement.

[3] Subject to the undertaking referred to above, 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] The Transport Workers' Union of Australia and the United Workers Union, being bargaining representatives for the Agreement, have given notice under s.183 of the Act that they want the Agreement to cover their organisation. In accordance with s.201(2) I note that the Agreement covers those organisations.

[5] The Agreement is approved and, in accordance with s.54 of the Act, will operate from 16 December 2025. The nominal expiry date of the Agreement is 16 December 2028.

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