Qantas Airways Limited
Airline operations
Where things stand: Protected action window open until about 18 Nov 2026. As far as the documents show.
- Bargaining
- Ballot
- Agreement
Where this has got to, as far as the documents show.
Developments
From FWC documents or a linked source. Newest first; earlier years are folded away.
2026 2 developments
- Ballot ordered
The FWC ordered a protected action ballot. Ballot run by Fair Vote Services. The employer did not object. The FWC also required a compulsory conciliation conference.
FWC decision [2026] FWC 3810 ↗
2025 1 development
- Agreement passed its expiry date
Qantas Airways Limited - Freight Operations Transport Workers Agreement 2023 reached its nominal expiry date. An agreement keeps applying until it is replaced or terminated.
FWC agreement AE519897 ↗
2023 1 development
- Agreement in operation
Qantas Airways Limited - Freight Operations Transport Workers Agreement 2023. Nominal expiry 31 Dec 2025.
FWC agreement AE519897 ↗
Agreements for this employer 5 since 2023, 1 naming this union
From the FWC's register, matched by employer name. Ones naming this union count as developments above; the others may cover different workers or unions.
- Qantas Airways Limited (Technical Salaried Staff) Enterprise Agreement 12 ↗ expiry 31 Dec 2028
- Qantas Airways Limited Pilots (Short Haul) Enterprise Agreement 2024 (EBA9) ↗ expiry 31 Aug 2028
- Qantas Airways Limited - Freight Operations Transport Workers Agreement 2023 ↗ expiry 31 Dec 2025 · names the union
- Qantas Airways Limited (Technical Salaried Staff)Enterprise Agreement 11 ↗ expiry 31 Dec 2024
- Qantas Airways Limited Pilots (Short Haul) Enterprise Agreement 2020 (EBA8) ↗ expiry 31 Aug 2023
Ballots 1 · each a separate vote by a group of employees
Same employer, other unions 7
FWC agreement records for this employer go back to 2010. Picket Line covers what unions are doing now, so anything before 2023 is outside its scope. Search the FWC agreements list ↗