<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span> government has reached a pay agreement with the state's nurses and midwives union after months of negotiations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The agreement will deliver an 11 per cent rise over three years, including an immediate three per cent rise backdated to April, 2.5 per cent each year over the next two years and then another three per cent at the end of 2027.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The offer is the biggest wage increase for Queensland Health nurses and midwives since 2012 and puts most nurses and midwives on nation-leading pay.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/blue-care-queenslands-largest-aged-care-provider-to-cut-dozens-of-enrolled-nurses/defec88b-47a8-4ddf-8b4d-70029088b294" rel="" target="" title="Queensland's largest aged care provider to cut dozens of enrolled nurses"><strong><span>Queensland's largest aged care provider to cut dozens of enrolled nurses</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The deal also includes double-time pay for overtime for all shift workers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"With a sensible approach, we've been able to meet and come to this consensus," health minister Tim Nicholls said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Union leaders have approved the offer and members will vote next week.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-nurses-pay-government-reaches-pay-agreement-with-union/f05904f1-d6fa-4918-919f-b64838bd47bd" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Every nurse and midwife in Queensland Health will see improvements in their pay and conditions as a result of this offer," Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union secretary Sarah Beaman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This will have over 70 per cent of nurses and midwives having nation-leading pay.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We then throw in the improvements in conditions and improvements in entitlements."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The resolution comes after 46 meetings over eight months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It has been long, it has been robust however I think that we have something now that shows that the government has listened to nurses and midwives," Beaman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>