After 18 months of negotiations a collective agreement for performers working in Australian TV productions has been finalised.
The new deal agreed to by the Screen Producers Association of Australia and the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance gives artists a cumulative 11% increase.
Performers will get a 3.5% rise backdated to September 1, 2.5% on October 1 and 2.5% on November 1. A further 2.5% increase applies from mid-2014.
The raises are broadly in line with a separate Actors Television Programs Agreement for performers employed in the Seven Network in-house productions Home and Away and Winners & Losers. Those artists unanimously voted for the deal in an online ballot and the agreement was registered with Fair Work Australia.