- The Crisafulli Government is delivering health services when you need them, securing a new Certified Agreement with Queensland Ambulance Service employees.
- More than 6,700 frontline Queensland Ambulance Services staff will receive an eight per cent increase to wages and allowances over three years, after a majority 85 per cent of those balloted voted in favour of the deal.
- Additional staff wellbeing and rural and remote initiatives are also included in the agreement.
Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics and frontline officers will receive a well-deserved pay rise by Christmas Eve after more than 85 per cent of staff who voted in a ballot accepted the Crisafulli Government's offer for a new Certified Agreement.
More than 6,700 frontline Queensland Ambulance Service officers will get an eight per cent wage increase, (3%, 2.5%, 2.5%) and allowances over three years, with additional wage increases through a CPI Uplift Adjustment if triggered.
With a strong focus on staff wellbeing measures, the new agreement also features attraction and retention incentives for those working in rural and remote locations, as well as allowances to recognise staff working night shifts.
The Crisafulli Government's offer also includes initiatives designed to further support frontline staff to finish work on time, wherever possible.
The QAS will now seek an expedited certification hearing in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering health services when you need them by getting ambulances back on the road and available sooner, and by reducing ambulance ramping to below 30 per cent by October 2028.
The 2025-26 record Health Budget is delivering more than $1 billion in the future of the Queensland Ambulance Service, including more paramedics and funding for critical ambulance stations, which is the first multi-year uplift for ambulance infrastructure since 2008-09.
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls said the Crisafulli Government was delivering health services when you need them, by ensuring the workforce is valued and respected.
"We are proud to reward our hardworking paramedics, patient transport officers and Emergency Medical Dispatchers with increased wages, and these frontline heroes will receive their pay rise by Christmas Eve," Minister Nicholls said.
"The Crisafulli Government is investing in the future of the Queensland Ambulance Service with the 2025-26 record Health Budget delivering more than $1 billion, more paramedics, and the first multi-year uplift for critical ambulance infrastructure since 2008-09.
"I thank the Queensland Ambulance Service and United Workers Union for their good faith, positive engagement to finalise this agreement in a timely manner."
Acting Queensland Ambulance Services Commissioner Ray Clarke said the new agreement reflects the Queensland Ambulance Service's commitment to serving both frontline staff and the community.
"As our service grows and evolves to help more Queenslanders in their time of need, we know our staff's wellbeing and safety must be at the heart of what we do," Acting Commissioner Clarke said.
"We are delighted to have reached a new agreement that recognises the valuable work our people do in the community every day, and we're committed to ensuring staff receive those wage increases and allowances as soon as possible."
