Proposed Agreement

The university has reached agreement with the Community and Public Sector Union and the National Tertiary Education Union on a new enterprise agreement called the Australian Catholic University Staff Enterprise Agreement 2026 – 2029. The joint bargaining team now invites employees to consider and vote on the proposed agreement.

Read the proposed agreement: Australian Catholic University Staff Enterprise Agreement 2026 – 2029 (PDF, 1.3MB).

Please note: a revised agreement was uploaded to this page on Wednesday 12 August 2026. A correction has been made to SCHEDULE 5 – PART C – TEACHER SALARY RATES and all references to Global and Education Pathways have been updated to Education Pathways. No other revisions have been made.

Please note: a further revised enterprise agreement was uploaded to this page on Friday 21 August 2026. Additional corrections have been made to the following sections:

  • Clause 5.4 (b)(i) has been revised to state 26 weeks as opposed to 40 weeks;
  • Clause 6.5 (a) reinstates the text from the first sentence of sub-clause 4.6.1 of the current Enterprise Agreement.
  • Schedule 2, Formulae and Descriptors has been revised with the insertion of the words "minutes" under the provision outlining associated work with a tutorial.

No further revisions have been other than simple typographic updates and the consistent use of the term "employee" rather than "staff member".

Please read the guide (PDF, 3.6MB) to the new agreement to learn more about the key changes proposed.

You can view information about the current round of enterprise bargaining: Enterprise Agreement and Conditions.

Current Agreement

Australian Catholic University Staff Enterprise Agreement 2022-2025 (PDF, 1.34MB) came into effect on 9 February 2023 and has a nominal expiry date of 30 June 2025. This continues in force until there is agreement to a new enterprise agreement with staff and union parties.

ACU Staff Enterprise Agreement 2022-2025

Key changes from the previous agreement are summarised in the guide (PDF, 130KB).

Previous Agreements

ACU Staff Enterprise Agreement 2017-2021

Enterprise Bargaining

Information about the current round of enterprise bargaining.

Enterprise Agreement and Conditions

Page last updated on 18/06/2025

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