Downer Utilities Australia Pty Ltd
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1243 · result published 17 Sept 2025
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Action not confirmed. A successful ballot only authorises action. We mark it as reported once a source says it happened.
Eligible voters70employees on the voter roll
Turnout51%36 of 70 voted
Voted yes89–97%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 17 Oct 2025
Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.
What workers voted on
8 actions were put to the vote: 4 stoppages, 1 overtime ban, 3 work bans. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Stoppages of refuelling vehicles32489%✔ passed
2. Indefinite and/or periodic stoppages of work for the varying duration of anywhere between 1 minute and 48 hours (excluding emergency work and standby)35197%✔ passed
3. Ban on overtime (excluding emergency work and standby)35197%✔ passed
4. Ban on filling out paperwork34294%✔ passed
5. Employees will undertake an unlimited number of stoppages of work to post photographs and/or write messages on social media during work time about the enterprise bargaining campaign33392%✔ passed
6. Ban on the use of phones, radios, computers and/or tablets (excluding the use of phones to receive attendance requests that relate to emergency work and standby)35197%✔ passed
7. Employees will undertake an unlimited number of stoppages of work, for a duration of 5 minutes, to write (non-permanent) enterprise bargaining campaign messages on the outside of trucks and vehicles that have been allocated to…32489%✔ passed
8. Ban on the use of company vehicles to perform work unless enterprise bargaining campaign messages are written on the outside of the vehicle32489%✔ passed
The wording above is shortened from the notice's questions: introductory phrases are removed, and the action, what's affected, how long and any exclusions are kept. A question passes if more than half of the valid votes were yes.