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Thales Australia Limited

Manufacturing and associated industries

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Latest developmentPartly passed13 Mar 2026

Where things stand: A ballot since the last agreement (in operation from 3 July 2023); no newer agreement on record. As far as the documents show.

  1. Bargaining
  2. Ballot
  3. Agreement

Where this has got to, as far as the documents show.

Ballots33 passed
Union agreements2naming this union. 9 on this employer's record since 2023.
First on record21 June 2023Agreement in operation
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Developments

From FWC documents or a linked source. Newest first; earlier years are folded away.

2026 1 development
  1. Partly passed

    80% turnout (4 of 5 eligible) · 50–100% voted yes

    Ballot details →
2025 3 developments
  1. Ballot passed

    95% turnout (18 of 19 eligible) · 100% voted yes

    Ballot details →
  2. Agreement passed its expiry date

    Thales Australia Limited Trading as Australian Munitions Benalla and Mulwala Enterprise Agreement 2022-2025 reached its nominal expiry date. An agreement keeps applying until it is replaced or terminated.

    FWC agreement AE520491 ↗
  3. Ballot passed

    18 eligible voters · 100% voted yes

    Ballot details →
2023 2 developments
  1. Agreement in operation

    Thales Australia Limited Trading as Australian Munitions Benalla and Mulwala Enterprise Agreement 2022-2025. Nominal expiry 1 Oct 2025.

    FWC agreement AE520491 ↗
  2. Agreement in operation

    Thales Australia Bendigo Enterprise Agreement 2022. Nominal expiry 30 June 2024.

    FWC agreement AE520336 ↗
Agreements for this employer 9 since 2023, 2 naming this union

From the FWC's register, matched by employer name. Ones naming this union count as developments above; the others may cover different workers or unions.

Ballots 3 · each a separate vote by a group of employees
CEPU
Thales Australia Limited
FWC matter B2026/164 · 13 Mar 2026
80% turnout (4 of 5 eligible) · 50–100% voted yes†
Partly passedDetails →FWC result ↗
CEPU
Thales Australia Limited
FWC matter B2025/1741 · 5 Dec 2025
95% turnout (18 of 19 eligible) · 100% voted yes†
Ballot passedDetails →FWC result ↗
CEPU
Thales Australia
FWC matter B2024/1652 · 6 Jan 2025
18 eligible voters · 100% voted yes
Ballot passedDetails →FWC result ↗
Same employer, other unions 3
AMWUv Thales Australia Limited
Ballot passed · 13 Mar 2026
Full history →
UWUv Thales Australia Above Water Systems
Agreement in operation · 6 May 2025
Full history →
APESMAv Thales Australia Bendigo
Agreement in operation · 1 Nov 2024
Full history →

FWC agreement records for this employer go back to 2010. Picket Line covers what unions are doing now, so anything before 2023 is outside its scope. Search the FWC agreements list ↗

About this page. It puts together public Fair Work Commission documents about one union and one employer and shows what they say, in date order. It does not say why anything happened, and entries from different dates may concern different groups of workers. Agreements are matched to employers by name, so check the linked record. Nothing here is legal advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.