Overview
- Queensland Rail confirmed late on Tuesday that it reached in‑principle agreements for three of six enterprise bargaining agreements covering about 3,500 workers.
- The provisional packages include an 8 percent pay rise over three years, up to 2.5 percent in cost‑of‑living relief over the same term, a strategic delivery allowance, and backpay from June 1, 2026.
- Those deals are conditional on further negotiations and formal approval by the Queensland Rail board and the government, so they are not yet final.
- Services in south‑east Queensland will stay on a reduced timetable because of a backlog of rollingstock maintenance and ongoing protected industrial action, which has cut roughly 273 services or about 20 percent.
- Key agreements remain unresolved, including the Train Control, Network, and Rollingstock and Operations EBAs and a proposed electrical‑only deal from the ETU, keeping bargaining active and commuter disruption likely until those issues are settled.