Staff at the national broadcaster are mulling an offer after unions and ABC management reached a tentative agreement following a mass walk-out.
A pay increase of four per cent in the first year, followed by a pair of 3.25 per cent rises, had been agreed, ABC management said in a staff email seen by AAP.
It is a slight increase on the ABC's previous offer of 3.5 per cent in the first year, but a previously proposed $1000 bonus has not been included.
Employees at the top end of several bands will also have the opportunity for career progression and added bonuses.
In a staff email that did not address a rallying cry over short-term contracts, the ABC said the position had been endorsed by representatives for the two key employee unions.
The offer will require a staff vote to be formally accepted.
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance offered a positive assessment of the potential deal in a message sent to union members on Tuesday.
"This significant improvement was won by union members walking off the job and demonstrating clearly what we are worth," it said.
"Because of that, we now have above-inflation pay for year one on the table, real pathways for band progression and improved reward for hard work."
Non-media ABC staff are represented by the Community and Public Sector Union.
There were mixed reactions among staffers mulling the offer.
"I feel let down by this deal as I don't think it reflects the serious gravity of the ABC's first strike action in 20 years," an ABC journalist, speaking on condition of anonymity to detail their thinking, told AAP.
"The unions have a lot of explaining to do."
Another journalist said the proposal fixed some issues and would be appreciated by some workers.
Another staffer was more pragmatic about the result of a drawn-out process.
"We have got to be realistic about asking the bargaining committee what to achieve and what they're up against," they told AAP.
ABC journalist Michael Slezak, federal president of the MEAA's media section, said the agreement addressed key issues including the abuse of short-term contracts and job security.
"It's a shame that ABC management waited so long that MEAA members had to take strike action in order to achieve these outcomes but we're very pleased it has come to its senses and delivered," he told AAP.
"They don't go all the way ... but they address them and that's a good start."
Union members will decide on Thursday whether to endorse the agreement.
Employees and representatives of the media union met with ABC managing director Hugh Marks on Monday following the mass strike on Wednesday.
Negotiations reached a stalemate when workers knocked back a 10-per-cent pay rise across three years, pushing for 13.5 per cent, and protested what they said was the ABC's over-reliance on short-term contracts.
Mediated by the Fair Work Commission, Monday's meeting was the first major discussion since the strike action.
The 24-hour strike by thousands of journalists, camera operators, technicians and other workers forced the ABC to broadcast re-runs, clips from BBC News and contributions from non-union staff.
More than 4400 people work at the ABC, including 2000 in the news division.
