OPERATIONAL AMBULANCE OFFICERS (STATE) AWARD
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by The Health
and Research Employees' Association of New South Wales, industrial organisation
of employees.
(No. IRC 8664 of 2001)
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Before Commissioner
McLeay
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12 March 2002
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VARIATION
1. Delete Table
1 - Wages and Table 2 - Allowances of Part B, Monetary Rates, of the award
published 10 July 1998 (305 I.G. 905), as varied, and insert in lieu thereof
the following:
Table 1 - Wages
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Classifications
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Rates From
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Rates From
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Rates From
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1.1.2002
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1.1.2003
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1.7.2003
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3%
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4%
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5%
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$
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$
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$
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Patient Transport Officer
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Trainee & Year 1
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565.10
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587.70
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617.10
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Year 2
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590.50
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614.10
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644.80
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Ambulance Operations Centre Officer
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|
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Trainee & Year 1
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620.10
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644.90
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677.10
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Year 2
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637.60
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663.10
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696.30
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Year 3
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649.90
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675.90
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709.70
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Ambulance Officer
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Trainee
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620.10
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644.90
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677.10
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Grade 1
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Year 1
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637.60
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663.10
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696.30
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Year 2
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649.90
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675.90
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709.70
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Grade 2
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Year 1
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667.60
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694.30
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729.00
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Year 2
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680.30
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707.50
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742.90
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Year 3
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691.50
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719.20
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755.20
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Year 4
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704.10
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732.30
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768.90
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Year 5
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717.30
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746.00
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783.30
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Year 6
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728.90
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758.10
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796.00
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Year 7
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741.60
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771.30
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809.90
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Station Officer Grade 1
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784.30
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815.70
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856.50
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Station Officer Grade 2
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797.80
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829.70
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871.20
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District Officer
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824.00
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857.00
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899.90
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Duty Operations Centre Officer
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846.90
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880.80
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924.80
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Senior Operations Centre Officer
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873.00
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907.90
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953.30
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Ambulance Technical Educator
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Year 1
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835.40
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868.80
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912.20
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Year 2
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863.70
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898.20
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943.10
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Year 3
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897.90
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933.80
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980.50
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Year 4
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930.60
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967.80
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1,016.20
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Ambulance Clinical Educator
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Year 1
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1,053.40
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1,095.50
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1,150.30
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Year 2
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1,092.70
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1,136.40
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1,193.20
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Year 3
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1,132.40
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1,177.70
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1,236.60
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Year 4
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1,171.70
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1,218.60
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1,279.50
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Table 2 - Allowances
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Clause
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Brief
Description
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Rates From
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Rates From
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Rates From
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No.
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1.1.2002
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1.1.2003
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1.7.2003
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$
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$
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$
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5
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Specialist
Allowance
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24.80
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25.80
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27.10
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5
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Paramedic
Allowance
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73.20
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76.10
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79.90
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12
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On-call
Allowance (daily)
|
12.10
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12.60
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13.20
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12
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On-call
Allowance (weekly)
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48.20
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50.10
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52.60
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|
23
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**Living
Away From Home Allowance
|
74.45
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74.45
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74.45
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22
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**Travelling
Meal Allowance
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13.25
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13.25
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13.25
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13
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**Overtime
Meal Allowance
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13.25
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13.25
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13.25
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35
(a)
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Climatic
and Isolation Allowance
|
4.30
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4.30
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4.30
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35
(b)
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Climatic
and Isolation Allowance
|
8.70
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8.70
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8.70
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5
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Advanced
Life Support Allowance
|
51.30
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53.40
|
56.10
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5
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Rescue
(standby) Allowance
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8.30
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8.60
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9.00
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5
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Operations
Centre (standby) Allowance
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12.30
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12.80
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13.40
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9
(a)
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Operations
Centre Allowance (This Allowance is only applicable to Ambulance Officer
Grade 1& 2, Station Officer Grade 1& 2 and District Officers. (Such an allowance is cumulative on other
allowances paid to the employee at the time).
|
49.00
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51.00
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53.60
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9
(a)
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Ambulance
Studies Certificate Allowance
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14.50
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15.10
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15.90
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9
(a)
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Duty
Operations Centre Officer - Air Ambulance (Transitional Allowance applicable
only to officers employed as Air Ambulance Co-ordination Officers as the date
of the making of this Award)
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8.30
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8.60
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9.00
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** These
rates move independently to award increases.
2. This
variation shall take effect from the first full pay period to commence on or
after 12 March 2002.
J. McLEAY, Commissioner.
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Printed by the authority of the Industrial Registrar.