Under the EBA6 agreement, eligible staff received a pay increase of two per cent during the year. They also received a $400 service performance bonus, which was dependent on Australia Post achieving its 94 per cent target of on-time delivery of ordinary mail. (We achieved 95.6 per cent on-time delivery.)

As a result of Industrial Relations Commission decisions, and negotiations with the relevant unions, parental leave and carer’s leave provisions have been extended. This added flexibility will further help our people to balance their work and family responsibilities.

In the coming financial year we will begin negotiations with the Communications Electrical Plumbing Union of Australia (CEPU) and Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) on our seventh EBA. New EBAs will also be negotiated for our Post Logistics division.