Introduction
You must use the file types listed on this page when you lodge or send us documents by email. We may not accept your application, response or documents if you don't.
Content
Preferred file types
We cannot accept ZIP files or file transfer links, such as DropBox or Google Drive.
Our preference is individually attached files of the types listed below:
- Microsoft Word (docx)
- Portable Document Format (pdf)
- Rich Text Format (rtf).
Maximum size
Content
We can only receive emails that are less than 50MB in size.
This means that the contents of your email, including any text or images, plus all the files you attach, must add up to less than 50MB in total.
Other approved file types
You can also send us these file types if they are appropriate to your application.
File type
| Extension
|
|---|---|
| 3GPP Multimedia file | 3gp |
| Advanced Audio Coding file | aac |
| Audio interchange file format | aiff |
| Apple Lossless Audio Codec | alac |
| Advanced systems format | asf |
| Audio Video Interleave format file | avi |
| Bitmap image file | bmp |
| Device Independent Bitmap file | dib |
| Microsoft Word | docx |
| Adobe Flash Video file | flv |
| GIF/Graphical Interchange Format image file | gif |
| H.264 video file | h.264 |
| JPEG file interchange | jfif |
| JPEG image file | jpe |
| JPEG image file | jpeg |
| JPEG image file | jpg |
| MPEG-4 audio file | m4a |
| Apple MP4 video file | m4v |
| Apple QuickTime movie file | mov |
| MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 | mp3 |
| MPEG Video | mp4 |
| MPEG Video | mpeg-2 |
| Microsoft Outlook Mail Message | msg |
| PNG (Portable Network Graphics) | png |
| PowerPoint Presentation | pptx |
| Real Media | rm |
| TIFF image | tif |
| TIFF image | tiff |
| Plain text file | txt |
| Waveform audio file | wav |
| Microsoft Excel | xlsx |
| Microsoft Excel Open XML spreadsheet | xlsx |
| XPS Document | xps |
These are the approved file formats for the lodgment of documents by email. See Rule 16 of the Fair Work Commission Rules 2024.