Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

While I don't have the details in front of me, I'm sure that, already, a pay rise has been offered to AFP services as part of these negotiations. Of course, that hasn't been accepted—as is the case, often, during negotiations—and I recognise that the result of the vote for the proposed AFP enterprise agreement was announced on 3 June, with the majority of voting AFP members voting no to the AFP's enterprise agreement offer. It was obviously a matter for each AFP member to decide their own position on the offer, and I respect the decision of AFP officers in that vote. I'm sure that the AFP and the government will both continue productive negotiations with bargaining representatives and the involved unions. Certainly, from the government's point of view, we're very keen to conduct this bargaining in good faith, and I'm sure the AFP are as well.