Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations 22 May 2020 1 William Street Brisbane 4000 PO Box 15033 City East The Registrar Queensland 4002 Australia Telephone +61 7 3719 7110 Queensland Industrial Relations Commission Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Dear Registrar I refer to the proceedings in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission relating to matter numbers: • CB/2020/18; • CB/2020/19; • CB/2020/20; and • CB/2020/21. These matters relate to applications for certification of proposed agreements for the Department of Education, State Government Entities and Stadiums Queensland. These matters relate to bargaining in the Queensland public sector. In accordance with section 533(1)(a) of the Industrial Relations Act 2016, I give notice that I am intervening in these matters. The purpose of my intervention is to seek an adjournment of the proceedings with a view to a further listing of these matters on, or after, 22 June 2020. The Queensland Government is currently considering its economic and fiscal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which impact upon a number of industrial relations matters for Queensland’s public sector. These are unprecedented circumstances and I seek the adjournments based on these considerations and their implementation within the Queensland public sector. These matters are currently the subject of Cabinet deliberations and are Cabinet in confidence. However, I note the Honourable Cameron Dick MP, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning, informed Queensland Parliament during its sitting on Wednesday, 20 May 2020 that the Government is committed to implementing a public sector wage increase freeze in the 2020–21 financial year. Adjourning these matters will allow these deliberations to be concluded and for the Government to apprise the Commission and parties on how the outcome of these deliberations may impact proposed certified agreements in the public sector. On this basis, it is submitted that there is utility in allowing an adjournment for a short amount of time before the hearing of these matters. If you require additional information or would like to discuss this matter further, please contact me directly or alternatively your staff can contact Ms Sharon Durham, Chief of Staff of my office, on (07) 3719 7110. Yours sincerely GRACE GRACE MP Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations Ref: 20/CLLO .