Port Douglas officers are among Queensland police set to vote on a 2.2 percent pay rise over the next three years, as part of a new Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.

The EPA was signed today by the Newman Government, Queensland Police Union (QPU) and the Queensland Police Commissioned Officers’ Union of Employees (QPCOUE). The offer will now be put to unions’ members in a ballot and, if accepted, will begin on 1 July 2013.

Police Minister Jack Dempsey said it was a pleasing but hard fought outcome and looked forward to a good future working relationship with both unions and their members.

“Police do a sensational job every day providing a safe and secure place to live, work and visit and I believe the agreement we have reached recognises both the important work officers do and the difficult financial circumstances confronting the State Government,” Mr Dempsey said.

“As everyone knows, the union’s president Ian Leavers is a very tough opponent at the best of times and he certainly lived up to his reputation in this negotiation. However I am pleased a compromise was reached and the Government and unions can get on with the job of providing the best possible police service for officers and the Queensland community.”

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman said his LNP Government is committed to delivering 1100 additional police officers in the first four years and supplying the right tools for them, such as service helicopters.

As well as police, Mr Campbell's LNP has secured wage agreements with nurses, salaried doctors and teachers over the past 15 months. He now has his sights set on similar outcomes with fire fighters, emergency service workers and the core public service.

The State Government's recent Budget provides $63 million the 2013-14 financial year, to be spent on an additional 267 police officers with world-class training at the QPS Academy, and to support the 300 officers recruited last financial year.

The EPA announcement comes as Queensland's rural firefighters are up in arms over a rebranded fire levy, which will now include all rural and regional properties, as well as urban. The change, announced as part of the recent State Budget, means Rural landholders, many served by volunteer firefighters, will have to pay an extra $90 on top of their existing local council fire levy.