Bulletin 13 - ballot open, have your say - 5 December 2025
The ballot for the proposed Northern Territory Public Sector 2025-2029 Enterprise Agreement has now 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 date on Monday 15 December 2025.
All employees covered by the Northern Territory Public Sector 2021-2025 Enterprise Agreement are eligible to vote. You do not need to be a union member to participate in the ballot.
Your pay, your future
View the details of the overall offer PDF (237.5 KB) you are voting on.
How to vote
Today, Friday 5 December 2025, you will receive an email link from Vero Engagement and Voting Solutions Pty Ltd, providing you your unique login credentials and details about how to case your confidential vote.
If you don’t receive this email or need assistance with how to vote please contact, Vero 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 take part in this ballot by casting your vote.
The way you vote is your choice and will be confidential.
Why it’s important to vote on this offer
This offer maintains your existing package of competitive leave and other entitlements, including 6 weeks recreation leave and 3 days Christmas closedown leave, that exceed the national employment standards, along with a range of improvements such as but not limited to:
- 3% salary increase for the first 2 years with 3.5% in the third year and 3.5% or CPI (whichever is the greatest) in the final year of the agreement - equivalent to 13.65% over the term of the agreement
- increase to the Katherine and Alice Springs retention allowance to $2,000 per annum
- improved overtime, restrictive duty and excess travel time provisions
- generous uplift in allowances for professional and technical employees
- new/improved leave entitlements - organ donor Leave, plasma leave and leave to engage in voluntary emergency management activities
- further enhancements to working from home provisions
- work, health and safety provisions strengthened
- commitment to a comprehensive review of the remote locality provisions and the schedules in the agreement
- maintain generous redeployment and redundancy provisions.
To see how your salary will grow over the next 4 years, view schedule 11 salaries and allowances PDF (2.3 MB) on page 230 of the 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 (or materials referenced in the agreement), the explanatory notes or the ballot process, contact OCPE on enquiries.ocpe@nt.gov.au or 08 8999 4282.
Nicole Hurwood
Commissioner for Public Employment
5 December 2025