The SA Ambulance Service Enterprise Agreement 2025 would cover around 2,100 workers and would offer a total wage rise of 13.5% including increases of 3.5% from 31 December 2025; 3.5% from 31 December 2026; 3.5% from 31 December 2027; and 3.0% from 31 December 2028.

This follows months of good faith negotiations including direct discussions between the Premier, Deputy Premier and Industrial Relations Minister, the Health Minister and the AEA leadership.

Highlights of the offer include:

• Additional pay points and classification increments
• Penalty payments for end of shift overtime increasing to 200%
• Increased Regional Incentive Payments
• Improved paid primary carer leave and paid partner leave
• Professional development allowance of $1,200 per year.

This in-principle agreement builds on the significant investment the Government has been making in the public health system.

The Government is delivering 24 brand-new, upgraded or completely rebuilt ambulance stations – 16 of which are already complete.

The Government is also delivering more than 600 extra hospital beds to expand capacity and has recruited more than 2,700 additional frontline health workers above attrition since the election, including more than 300 extra ambos.

The offer, which has been endorsed by AEA State Council, will now be put to a ballot of all employees for approval in the coming weeks.

It follows a raft of major enterprise agreements successfully negotiated in the past year, including with allied health workers, doctors, aged care, disability services, early childhood educators, hospital orderlies and sterilisation technicians, police and SA Water staff.