Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Police officers in state jurisdictions, except Victoria, are currently subject to state industrial law. As stated in Forward with Fairness:

Current arrangements for the public sector—

employees—

can continue with many of these workers regulated by State industrial relations jurisdictions.

Forward with Fairness also states:

State Governments, working with their employees, will be free to determine the appropriate approach to regulating the industrial relations arrangements of their own employees …

If that does not provide the answer, we might come back with a more full position.