Transport Industry (State) Award
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
COMMISSION OF NEW SOUTH WALES
Application by Industrial Relations Secretary.
State Wage Case 2025
(Case No. 288861 of 2025)
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Before The Honourable Justice Taylor
The
Honourable Justice Chin
The Honourable Justice Paingakulam
Senior Commissioner Constant
Commissioner McDonald
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29 August 2025
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VARIATION
1. Delete the word
"Queen's" in subclause 23.1 of clause 23,
Public Holidays, of the award published 1 October 2025 (398 I.G. 301) and
insert in lieu thereof the word “King’s”.
2. Delete clause
48, Area, Incidence and Duration, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
48. Area, Incidence and Duration
This award applies to employees of the classifications
specified herein within the jurisdiction of the Transport Industry (State)
Industrial Committee.
This
award rescinds and replaces the Transport Industry (State) Award, published 6
June 2025 (397 I.G. 2904) and shall operate on and from the beginning of the
first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2025
The
rates of pay in this award include the adjustments payable pursuant to orders
made in the State Wage Case 2025. These adjustments may be offset against:
(i) any
equivalent overaward payments, and/or
(ii) award wage
increases other than State Wage Case adjustments.
This award remains in force until varied or rescinded.
3. At the end of
clause 48, under heading TRANSPORT INDUSTRY (STATE) INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
Industries and Callings, delete the words “Transport Workers’ Union of
Australia, New South Wales Branch” and insert in lieu thereof the words
“Transport Workers’ Union of New South Wales”
4. Delete Part B, Monetary Rates and insert
in lieu thereof the following:
PART B
MONETARY RATES
|
Former
Rate
Per
Week
|
SWC
2025
Increase
|
New
Rate Per Week effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
Transport Worker Grade One
|
976.00
|
3.5
|
1010.20
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Two
|
1,003.80
|
3.5
|
1038.90
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Three
|
1,023.10
|
3.5
|
1058.90
|
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Transport Worker Grade Four
|
1,040.00
|
3.5
|
1076.40
|
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Transport Worker Grade Five
|
1,083.20
|
3.5
|
1121.10
|
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Transport Worker Grade Six
|
1,094.00
|
3.5
|
1132.30
|
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Transport Worker Grade Seven
|
1,126.80
|
3.5
|
1166.20
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Transport Worker Grade Eight
|
1,194.20
|
3.5
|
1236.00
|
Table 2 - Wages
(Clause 1.2 Mobile Cranes &c., Rates)
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Former
Rate
Per
Week
|
SWC
2025
Increase
|
New
Rate Per Week effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
(i) Mobile Cranes
|
|
|
|
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Grade A
|
1,184.90
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3.5
|
1226.40
|
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Grade B
|
1,211.90
|
3.5
|
1254.3 0
|
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Grade C
|
1,238.50
|
3.5
|
1281.80
|
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Grade D
|
1,265.00
|
3.5
|
1309.30
|
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Additional Amount
|
26.90
|
3.5
|
27.80
|
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(ii) Mobile Hydraulic
Platforms
|
|
|
|
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Grade A
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1,081.10
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3.5
|
1118.90
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Grade B
|
1,087.00
|
3.5
|
1125.00
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Grade C
|
1,126.30
|
3.5
|
1165.70
|
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Grade D
|
1,153.40
|
3.5
|
1193.80
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Grade E
|
1,184.90
|
3.5
|
1226.40
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|
Additional Amount
|
2.50
|
3.5
|
2.60
|
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Grade F
|
1,184.90
|
3.5
|
1226.40
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(iii) Crane Offsider
|
118.50
|
3.5
|
122.60
|
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(iv) Advanced Crane Offsider
|
1,238.50
|
3.5
|
1281.80
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Table 3 - Wages (Clause 1.3 - Ancillary Plant Drivers)
|
Former Rate
Per Week
|
SWC 2025
Increase
|
New Rate Per Week effective from the first full pay
period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
Grade A
|
1,101.30
|
3.5
|
1139.80
|
|
Grade B
|
1,133.70
|
3.5
|
1173.40
|
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Grade C
|
1,153.00
|
3.5
|
1193.40
|
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Grade D
|
1,166.60
|
3.5
|
1207.40
|
|
Grade E
|
1,177.70
|
3.5
|
1218.90
|
|
Grade F
|
1,222.40
|
3.5
|
1265.20
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Table 4 - Wages
(Clause 1.4 - Mobile Concrete Pump Driver/Operators)
|
Former
Rate
Per
Week
|
SWC
2025
Increase
|
New Rate
Per Week effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
Grade A
|
1,064.80
|
3.5
|
1102.10
|
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Grade B
|
1,087.00
|
3.5
|
1125.00
|
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Grade C
|
1,126.30
|
3.5
|
1165.70
|
|
Grade D
|
1,153.40
|
3.5
|
1193.80
|
|
Grade E
|
1,184.90
|
3.5
|
1226.40
|
|
Additional Amount
|
2.50
|
3.5
|
2.60
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Table 5 - Wages
(Clause 1.5 Furniture Removals)
|
Former
Rate
Per
Week
$
|
SWC
2025
Increase
%
|
New
Rate
Per
Week
$
|
|
Furniture Removalist Offsider
|
986.00
|
3.5
|
1020.50
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Table 6 -Wages (Clause
1.6 - Chauffeurs)
|
Former
Rate
Per
Week
$
|
SWC
2025
Increase
%
|
New
Rate
Per
Week
$
|
|
Chauffeurs/drivers
of vehicles used for the purpose of carrying persons
|
984.20
|
3.5
|
1018.60
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Table 7 - Allowances
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Item No.
|
Clause No.
|
Brief Description
|
Former Rate (SWC 2024)
|
SWC 2025 Increase
|
New Rate effective from the first full pay period on or
after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
1
|
2.1
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Furniture Removals
|
43.05 per week
|
3.5
|
44.56 per week
|
|
2
|
2.2.1
|
Driving agitator trucks
|
0.83 per hour
|
3.5
|
0.86 per hour
|
|
3
|
2.2.1
|
Maximum Payment - agitator trucks
|
33.00 per week
|
3.5
|
34.15 per week
|
|
4
|
2.2.2
|
Delivery/placement of concrete rate
|
2.60 per week
|
3.5
|
2.69 per week
|
|
5
|
2.3
|
Leading Hand – in charge of up to 10 employees
|
52.10 per week
|
3.5
|
53.92 per week
|
|
5
|
2.3
|
Leading
Hand – in charge of 11 to 20 employees
|
68.58
per week
|
3.5
|
70.98 per week
|
|
5
|
2.3
|
Leading
Hand – in charge of more than 20 employees
|
87.11
per week
|
3.5
|
90.16 per week
|
|
6
|
2.4
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Collecting Butcher Bones, Fat, etc.
|
10.90 per week
|
3.5
|
11.28 per week
|
|
7
|
2.5
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Extra Horses
|
26.95 per horse
|
3.5
|
27.89 per horse
|
|
8
|
2.6
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Working in Forests
|
34.05 per week
|
3.5
|
35.24 per week
|
|
9
|
2.7.1.2
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Long/wide loads
|
2.63 per hour or part thereof
|
3.5
|
2.72 per hour or part thereof
|
|
10
|
2.7.1.2
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Long/wide loads - minimum payments
|
10.85 per day
|
3.5
|
11.23 per day
|
|
11
|
2.7.1.3
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Long/wide loads
|
5.10 per hour or part thereof
|
3.5
|
5.28 per hour or part thereof
|
|
12
|
2.7.1.3
|
Long/wide loads - minimum payment
|
20.15 per day
|
3.5
|
20.86 per day
|
|
13
|
2.7.2
|
Rear-end steering
|
7.31 per day
|
3.5
|
7.57 per day
|
|
14
|
2.7.2
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Rear-end steering - minimum payment
|
29.44 per day
|
3.5
|
30.47 per day
|
|
15
|
2.8
|
HIAB cranes, etc.
|
47.20 per day
|
3.5
|
48.85 per day
|
|
16
|
2.9
|
Removal and Delivery of Furniture, etc.
|
8.65 per day
|
3.5
|
8.95 per day
|
|
17
|
2.1
|
Handling diapers - weekly employees
|
3.70 per week
|
3.5
|
3.83 per week
|
|
18
|
2.1
|
Handling diapers - casual employees
|
0.70 per day
|
3.5
|
0.72 per day
|
|
19
|
2.11
|
In charge of plant
|
25.25 per week
|
3.5
|
26.13 per week
|
|
20
|
2.12.1
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Collecting moneys - > $30 - $150
|
8.10 per week
|
3.5
|
8.38 per week
|
|
21
|
2.12.2
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Collecting moneys - > $150 - $250
|
11.40 per week
|
3.5
|
11.8
|
|
22
|
2.12.3
|
Collecting moneys - > $250 - $400
|
16.50 per week
|
3.5
|
17.0 8per week
|
|
23
|
2.12.4
|
Collecting moneys - > $400 - $600
|
24.05 per week
|
3.5
|
24.89 per week
|
|
24
|
2.12.5
|
Collecting moneys - $600
|
32.05 per week
|
3.5
|
33.17 per week
|
|
25
|
2.13.1
|
Carrying goods - on the level
|
1.57 per tonne
|
3.5
|
1.62 per tonne
|
|
26
|
2.13.2
|
Carrying goods - upstairs
|
2.36 per tonne
|
3.5
|
2.44 per tonne
|
|
27
|
2.14
|
Carrying salt
|
1.57 per tonne
|
3.5
|
1.62 per tonne
|
|
28
|
2.15.1.1
|
Obnoxious materials - soda, ash, etc.
|
1.45 per hour
|
3.5
|
1.50 per hour
|
|
29
|
2.15.1.2
|
Obnoxious materials - oxides
|
1.04 per hour
|
3.5
|
1.08 per hour
|
|
30
|
2.15.2
|
Obnoxious materials - loading and unloading
|
1.45 per hour
|
3.5
|
1.50 per hour
|
|
31
|
2.15.3
|
Obnoxious materials - transportation
|
0.79 per hour
|
3.5
|
0.82 per hour
|
|
32
|
2.15.7
|
Obnoxious materials - blast furnaces, etc.
|
1.17 per hour
|
3.5
|
1.21 per hour
|
|
33
|
2.16
|
First Aid
|
3.50 per day
|
3.5
|
3.62 per day
|
|
34
|
2.17
|
Garaging
|
33.10 per week
|
3.5
|
34.26 per week
|
*Leading head
rates were adjusted effective from 1 July 2024 to provide for rates of pay in
line with the Road Transport and Distribution Award 2020.
Table
8 - Travelling and Living Away Allowance (Clause 7)
|
Item
No.
|
Clause
No.
|
Brief
Description
|
Former
Rate
|
SWC 2025
Increase
|
New
Rate effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
1
|
7.4.3
|
Overnight Expenses
|
57.95
per day
|
3.5
|
60 per day
|
|
2
|
7.6
|
Weekend/Holiday Expenses
|
53.80
per day
|
3.5
|
55.70 per day
|
|
3
|
7.7
|
Camping out - weekly
|
124.95
per week
|
3.5
|
129.30 per week
|
|
4
|
7.7
|
Camping out - daily
|
18.05
per day
|
3.5
|
18.70 per day
|
Table 9 - Meal
Allowances (Clause 8)
|
Clause
No.
|
Brief
Description
|
Former
Amount
|
SWC
2025
Increase
|
New Rate
effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
8.2.1
|
Meal Allowance
|
17.65
|
3.5
|
18.25
|
Table 10 - Long Distance Rates
(Clause 14)
|
Item
No.
|
Classification
|
Former
Amount
|
SWC
2025 Increase
|
New Rate
effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
|
(cents/km)
|
%
|
cents/km
|
|
1
|
Transport Workers Grade 7 and below
|
45.85
|
3.5
|
47.45
|
|
2
|
Transport Workers Grade 8
|
47.95
|
3.5
|
49.65
|
Table 11 - Income
Protection on Six Day Rosters - Saturday (Clause 3.2.1)
|
Former
Rate Per Week
|
SWC
2025 Increase
|
New
Rate effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
Transport Worker Grade One
|
787.85
|
3.5
|
815.40
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Two
|
815.45
|
3.5
|
844.00
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Three
|
834.50
|
3.5
|
863.70
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Four
|
850.45
|
3.5
|
880.20
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Five
|
893.95
|
3.5
|
925.20
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Six
|
904.10
|
3.5
|
935.70
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Seven
|
936.25
|
3.5
|
969.00
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Eight
|
1,003.00
|
3.5
|
1038.10
|
Table 12 -
Income Protection on Six Day Rosters - Sunday (Clause 3.2.2)
|
Former
Rate Per Week
|
SWC
2025 Increase
|
New Rate
effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
Transport Worker Grade One
|
878.35
|
3.5
|
909.10
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Two
|
909.00
|
3.5
|
940.80
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Three
|
930.25
|
3.5
|
962.80
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Four
|
948.80
|
3.5
|
982.00
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Five
|
996.35
|
3.5
|
1031.20
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Six
|
1,008.40
|
3.5
|
1043.70
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Seven
|
1,044.75
|
3.5
|
1081.30
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Eight
|
1,119.00
|
3.5
|
1158.20
|
Table 13 -
Income Protection on Seven Day Rosters - Saturday and Sunday (Clause 3.2.3)
|
Former
Rate Per Week
|
SWC
2025 Increase
|
New
Rate effective from the first full pay period on or after 1-Jul-25
|
|
$
|
%
|
$
|
|
Transport Worker Grade One
|
1,179.00
|
3.5
|
1220.30
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Two
|
1,220.20
|
3.5
|
1262.90
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Three
|
1,248.75
|
3.5
|
1292.50
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Four
|
1,273.60
|
3.5
|
1318.20
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Five
|
1,337.55
|
3.5
|
1384.40
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Six
|
1,353.70
|
3.5
|
1401.10
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Seven
|
1,402.70
|
3.5
|
1451.80
|
|
Transport Worker Grade Eight
|
1,502.10
|
3.5
|
1554.70
|
5. This variation
will take effect on and from the
beginning of the first pay period to commence on or after 1 July 2025
I. TAYLOR J., President
D. CHIN J., Vice President
J. PAINGAKULAM J., Deputy President
N. CONSANT, Senior Commissioner
J. McDONALD, Commissioner
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