Newman government agrees to 2.2 per cent pay rise for public servants QUEENSLAND's 48,000 public servants have been handed a 2.2 per cent pay rise by the Newman Government. The decision ends a long-running battle with key public sector union, Together. "The Queensland Government has been trying persistently since mid-2012 to give the core public service a pay rise, but our efforts have been stymied at every turn by the Together Union," Premier Campbell Newman said. In the past 12 months, there have been nine agreements reached covering more than 15,000 employees that have provided wage increases of 2.2 per cent. Despite being party to eight of those agreements, Together Union refused to negotiate the same outcome for the Core public service. The Government believes hard working public servants are entitled to a fair and reasonable pay rise, and now they have it. The premier told AAP he personally intervened to break the 18-month deadlock and he blamed the Together Union for the delay. additional reporting AAP