Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment

Bulletin 13 - Ballot open - have your say - issued 1 September 2026

The ballot for the proposed Medical Officers Northern Territory Public Sector 2026 - 2029 Enterprise Agreement has opened.

It is important that you have your say by voting on the proposed agreement.

Your vote needs to be received prior to the ballot closing at 10am on Wednesday 9 September 2026.

All employees who will be covered by the proposed Medical Officers Northern Territory Public Sector 2026 – 2029 Enterprise Agreement are eligible to vote.  You do not need to be a union member to participate in the ballot.

Your pay, your future

For more details, read the full improved offer PDF (1.0 MB).

Details of the ballot process and timeline can be found in bulletin 11.

How to vote

Today, Tuesday 1 September 2026, you will receive an email link from Vero Engagement and Voting Solutions Pty Ltd (Vero) providing your unique login credentials and details about how to cast your confidential vote.

If you don’t receive this email or need assistance with how to vote, please contact Vero by email at support@verovoting.com.au or call 1300 702 898.

Vero Engagement and Voting Solutions

Vero is an independent third-party provider, delivering impartial voting services Australia-wide.

The Vero ballot process ensures all employee personal details and their vote remain confidential with end-to-end encryption and anonymity to ensure integrity of the ballot process.

Make your vote count

Every vote is important and can make a difference.  I encourage you to give favourable consideration to this offer, however, the way you vote is your choice and will be confidential.

Key benefits

This offer maintains an existing package of competitive leave and other entitlements, including a range of improvements, such as:

  • headline salary increases of 2.7% (from 12 March 2026), 2.7%, 3% and 3% (total of 11.4%, or a total compounded increase of 11.9%) over the 4 years
  • simplified salary spine providing transitional increases that range from between 7.17% to 14.16% for most registrars, and 5.31% or 10.62% for senior rural generalist and senior rural medical practitioners.  Medical officers moving into these streams will also benefit from the improved salaries and career structure
  • faster pay progressions through automatic increments and removal of progression barriers
  • additional recreation leave at 5 and 10 years service to accrue progressively
  • new and improved leave entitlements – professional development leave, leave to engage in voluntary emergency management activities, organ donor leave and blood plasma leave
  • mandatory day off when moving between towns for rotations
  • inclusion of Determinations and By-Laws for advanced recreation leave, long service leave, community language allowance and Northern Territory allowance
  • commitment to terms of reference and review to establish frameworks for joint working groups to review allowance and conditions in relation to:
    • medical officers working in correctional facilities
    • rural generalists and rural medical practitioners who transition into management positions.

A working group will also establish the implementation of a single, unified rostering practice across the department to improve roster management and support employee wellbeing, fatigue management and work life balance. Once implemented, consideration of financial penalties for rostering breaches may be established through a Commissioner’s Determination.

The Senior Registrar (SREG) classification definitions will be clarified to make it clear that a part-time medical officer will be able to progress to SREG1 and SREG2 classifications, based on their full-time equivalent (FTE) hours.

To see how your salary could grow over the next 4 years, view schedule 1 on pages 131 and 132 of the proposed Enterprise Agreement.

More information

Links to the proposed agreement, explanatory notes and relevant documents referenced in the proposed agreement are available in bulletin 12. There should also be hard copies of the proposed agreement and explanatory notes available in your workplace.

For further information on the proposed new agreement, the explanatory notes or the ballot process, please contact OCPE by phone on 08 8999 4282 or email enquiries.ocpe@nt.gov.au.

Regular updates in relation to the bargaining process will be posted on the OCPE webpage dedicated to the Medical Officers (NTPS) Enterprise Agreement.

Nicole Hurwood
Commissioner for Public Employment
1 September 2026