$1000 cost-of-living payment for PSA members

  30 April 2026

In 2024, PSA members voted to accept an 11.4 per cent cumulative pay offer over three years.

The 2024 pay deal included an inflation safeguard for members at the PSA’s insistence – in the form of a one-off, taxable, non-cumulative cost-of-living allowance (COLA) of $1000 (plus superannuation) should the Sydney Consumer Price Index (CPI) exceed 4 per cent in the second or third year of the deal.

Today it was announced that the Sydney Consumer Price Index (CPI) has exceeded 4 per cent in the March 2026 quarter.

This means all members covered by the 2024 MOU Pay win should receive the $1000 cost-of-living allowance (COLA) payment negotiated by the PSA as part of that deal.

The PSA is seeking a meeting with government in respect to the COLA payment.

We will keep members updated.