The Office of the Commissioner for Public Employment – Northern Territory Government
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1299 · result published 2 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 voters156employees on the voter roll
Turnout80%125 of 156 voted
Voted yes92–100%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 2 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
27 actions were put to the vote: 1 stoppage, 2 overtime bans, 19 work bans, 1 clothing/badge action, 3 messaging actions, 1 other action. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Interrupting work to attach and wear and display campaign related materials, including but not limited to wearing badges, campaign clothing and stickers, displaying and distributing campaign posters, letters and flyers124199%✔ passed
2. Interrupting work to distribute information and S#ak to clients/patients, their families, colleagues, the community, and the media about the reason for industrial action124199%✔ passed
3. Unlimited of indefinite or periodic bans on answering phone calls and pagers123298%✔ passed
4. Indefinite, periodic or partial ban on unpaid overtime including but not limited to not staying after end of rostered shift, and not answering pager or phone during lunch breaks, not shortening tea or meal breaks to accommodate…1250100%✔ passed
5. Indefinite, periodic or partial bans of allied health and pathology services over the weekend at sites currently a weekend service124199%✔ passed
6. Indefinite, periodic or partial bans of working overtime shifts, including rostered weekend and evening shifts124199%✔ passed
7. Væriodic or continuous bans on following directions in relation to email signatures including a campaign message in email signature when sending emails internally and externally124199%✔ passed
8. Periodic or continuous bans on completing non-patient-care administrative tasks including not completing financial reports, statistics,data reports, and others1250100%✔ passed
9. An unlimited numE2r of indefinite, or partial bans on redeployment to any role, facility or service area other than where originally rostered without 2 weeks prior notice of roster changes123298%✔ passed
10. Stoppages of work for up to 12 hours119695%✔ passed
11. A ban on actioning or completing activity-based funding processes and documentation including but not limited to entering Medicare required for ABF claims for the duration of industrial action124199%✔ passed
12. A ban on accepting or actioning new referrals or requests (including add-ons or discharges) after 2pm (for 4:21 finishing shifts) except for urgent or high-risk cases for the duration of industrial action124199%✔ passed
13. Ban on carrying additional workloads, including carrying or diverting additional pagers and phones of absent staff members1250100%✔ passed
14. Indefinite, periodic or partial bans on attending nonpatient-related meetings or activities including but not limited to huddles, committees, recruitment activities, external teaching123298%✔ passed
15. Quarantining of 2 hours per week (pro rata for part-time) for continuous quality improvement work, and 2 hours per week (pro rata for part-time) for professional development activities, which can be undertaken via work-from-home124199%✔ passed
16. Indefinite, periodic or partial bans on accepting referrals and work requests which are not correctly submitted via appropriate form or electronic system124199%✔ passed
17. Unlimited numbers of indefinite or bans on complying with social media policy to share campaign materials on social media and in public forums120596%✔ passed
18. Unlimited numbers of indefinite or periodic bans on cancelling, limiting or otherwise changing student supervisory and/or clinical education activities118794%✔ passed
19. Unlimited numbers of indefinite or periodic bans on delaying response to nonurgent queries or release of results123298%✔ passed
20. Unlimited numbers of indefinite or periodic bans on redirecting requests to appropriate private providers (corrections screening and non-urgent testing)124199%✔ passed
21. Unlimited numbers of indefinite or periodic bans on not obtaining samples which are within clinical scope of ward and registered nurses1250100%✔ passed
22. Ban on preparing laboratory equipment for the next shift1151092%✔ passed
23. Ban on undertaking non-urgent vehicle-related duties, including cleaning and/or refueling fleet vehicles, completing vehicle logbooks, and/or transporting internal mail, paperwork, and/or other non-clinical deliveries between…121497%✔ passed
24. Ban on prtxessing no urgent specimens124199%✔ passed
25. Periodic and/or indefinite partial work bans121497%✔ passed
26. Ban on entering Medicare details and/or billing codes and/or account codes into the pathology information systems (however named)123298%✔ passed
27. Ban on compliance with the employers Media Policy (howeve named)122398%✔ 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. † Read from chart images in the FWC notice, so check the notice for the official figures.