Current Notices

Below are notices of applications made to the South Australian Employment Tribunal (SAET) for:

Award Proceedings

The following applications made under the Fair Work Act 1994 (SA) regarding award proceedings (new award, or variation or rescission of an existing award) are currently before or have been determined by, SAET (South Australian Employment Tribunal Rules 2024, rule 118). 

Award NameCase Number
Preschool (Kindergarten) Teaching Staff AwardET-26-00646
Teachers AwardET-26-00645
TAFE (Educational Staff) AwardET-26-00644

State Wage

The State Wage Case decision was delivered on 11 July 2025. State Wage Case 2025 [2025] SAET 68

Triennial Review of Awards: Section 99 Fair Work Act 1994 (SA)

Award NameCase Number
Nurses (South Australian Local Government Sector) AwardET-25-04999
South Australian Government Transport Workers Award 1994ET-25-05018
Clothing Trades AwardET-25-05021
South Australian Government Health etc. Ancillary Employees AwardET-26-00486
South Australian Government Services AwardET-26-00487
Aboriginal Education Workers AwardET-26-00490
Early Childhood Worker AwardET-26-00491
Pre-school (Kindergarten) Teaching Staff AwardET-26-00489
Adelaide Cemetries Authority Officers AwardET-26-00493
Firefighting Industry Employees (South Australian Metropolitan Fire Services) Award 2007ET-26-00494
Hotels – Adelaide Entertainment Corporation And Staff Employed Under the Parliament (Joint Services) Act 1985 – AwardET-26-00495
Live Theatre and Concert (Adelaide Festival Centre Trust) AwardET-26-00496 
Performing Arts Centre (Adelaide Festival Centre Trust) AwardET-26-00570
Personal Assistants to Members of the Parliament of South Australia AwardET-26-00497
SA Public Sector and Local Government Entities Clerks AwardET-26-00498
SA Public Sector Salaried Employees Interim AwardET-26-00499
School Services Officers (Government Schools) AwardET-26-00500
Nurses (South Australian Public Sector) Award 2002ET-26-00501
SA Public Sector Cafes and Restaurants Adelaide Convention Centre AwardET-26-00502
South Australian Ambulance Service AwardET-26-00503
Police Officers AwardET-26-00504
Teachers AwardET-26-00505
Adelaide City Corporation AwardET-26-00506
Municipal Employees (Adelaide City Council) Award 2012ET-26-00507
South Australian Government Departments and Instrumentalities (Metal Trades) Award 2007ET-26-00508
South Australian Public Sector Clerks Adelaide Entertainments Corporation AwardET-26-00510
TAFE (Educational Staff) Interim AwardET-26-00511

Enterprise Agreements

The following applications made under the Fair Work Act 1994 (SA) seeking approval of an Enterprise Agreement are currently before SAET (South Australian Employment Tribunal Rules 2024, rule 116). 

Any party seeking to be heard in relation to the above matters must advise SAET in writing setting out the objection or any other consideration with SAET by the ‘Respond by’ date indicated above. A copy of the advice is also to be supplied to the other parties to the Agreement.  As soon as practicable after that date SAET will either approve the Agreement or otherwise deal with the matter as it sees fit. 

Enterprise Agreement nameCase NumberRespond By
South Australian Public Sector Enterprise Agreement: Salaried 2026ET-25-0077603/03/2026
District Council of Coober Pedy Enterprise Agreement 2025ET-26-0031203/03/2026

Registered Agent

The following applications made under the Fair Work Act 1994 (SA) are currently before SAET, (Fair Work (Representation) Regulations 2024, regulation 6(3)).  

Registered Agent NameCase NumberRespond By

Registered Associations

Locally Based

The following applications made under section 120 of the Fair Work Act 1994 (SA) seeking registration are currently before SAET.  

A copy of any application listed below may be obtained from the South Australian Employment Tribunal by emailing saet@sa.gov.au and quoting the case reference number. 

Association NameCase Number

Federally based

The following applications made under section 132 of the Fair Work Act 1994 (SA) seeking registration are currently before SAET.  

A copy of any application listed below may be obtained from the South Australian Employment Tribunal by emailing saet@sa.gov.au and quoting the case reference number. 

Association NameCase Number
Health Services Union (South Australia / Northern Territory Branch) ET-24-05553
The Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia  ET-24-05621

The following notices have been provided to the Registrar pursuant to s 131(4) of the Fair Work Act 1994.

Association NameDate of Notice
United Firefighters Union of SA Inc 25 February 2026

Work Health and Safety Notice of Disputes

The following WHS Dispute applications under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA) are currently before South Australian Employment Tribunal (section 102B(4); South Australian Employment Tribunal Rules 2024, rule 180(6)).

Case NameCase Number
United Firefighters Union of South Australia vs Jeff SwannET-25-01645
Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association vs Myer Pty Ltd ET-25-01892
South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association vs Chief Executive, Department for Health and AgeingET-25-02489
Public Service Association of SA vs SA Housing TrustET-25-04216
United Firefighters Union of South Australia Inc vs Ventia Australia Pty LtdET-25-04551
South Australian Salaried Medical Officers Association vs Attorney-General’s DepartmentET-25-05171
Keith Kaesler vs Athletics Australia LimitedET-26-00025
Pauline Christie vs Yorke and Northern Local Health NetworkET-25-05275
Public Service Association of SA Inc (PSA) vs SA Country Fire ServiceET-26-00588