Queensland police vote in favour of accepting 2.2 per cent pay rise from State Government POLICE have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a 2.2 per cent pay rise - signalling a successful conclusion to enterprise bargaining negotiations with the Queensland Government. Although the pay hike is less than what nurses (3 per cent) and teachers (2.7 per cent) received, the two police unions recommended members agree to the offer in return for increased workplace flexibilities. Public Service Commission chief Ian Maynard has written to public servants informing them of the outcome of the police ballot conducted over ten days (from July 10 to 19). Of the 11,300 police in Queensland, 5858 voted in the ballot with 81 per cent - or 4745 voting in favour. Mr Maynard said other public servants to accept a 2.2 per cent offer included employees at Queensland Corrective Services, Q-Build and Project Services, CITEC, the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian, Queensland Government Security, Q-Comp, the Queensland Ombudsman and the Office of the Information Commissioner. "Hard-working employees in those departments and agencies will soon receive, if they have not already, their well-deserved wage increases," Mr Maynard said in his email. He has now written to Together Queensland inviting the union back to the negotiating table for core public servants - who are still waiting on any sort of pay rise. A new enterprise bargaining agreement for the 60,000-strong core is currently in limbo as the government opposes in the Supreme Court moves by Together to get members an "interim" pay rise. The case is due to be heard next week but Mr Maynard has indicated he is hopeful of negotiating a new EBA by July 31. "If certified, this agreement would allow core public servants to receive the same pay rise as thousands of their colleagues, backdated to July 1," he said.