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Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd

Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1168 · result published 4 Aug 2025

  1. Ordered
  2. Voting
  3. Result
  4. Action reported
  5. Ended
  6. Agreement
Action not confirmed. A successful ballot only authorises action. We mark it as reported once a source says it happened.
Eligible voters44employees on the voter roll
Turnout–see the notice
Voted yes86–98%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 3 Sept 2025

Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.

What workers voted on

17 actions were put to the vote: 5 stoppages, 12 work bans. All of them passed.

What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. Stoppages of work for 1 hour duration39393%✔ passed
2. Stoppages of work for 4 hours duration40295%✔ passed
3. Stoppages of work for 24 hours duration41198%✔ passed
4. Stoppages of work for 7 days duration38490%✔ passed
5. Stoppages of work for 28 days duration37588%✔ passed
6. Ban on recording planned maintenance36686%✔ passed
7. Ban on crane and davit maintenance [excluding life-boats or FRCs]38490%✔ passed
8. Ban on supplying power to cranes and davits39393%✔ passed
9. Ban on performing in excess of 8 hours of work/duty continuous or non-continuous per day on board the vessel40295%✔ passed
10. Ban on assisting with Class Surveyors on board37588%✔ passed
11. A ban on submitting any reports to Teekay office personnel39393%✔ passed
12. Ban on small boat fuelling and maintenance39393%✔ passed
13. Ban of training employees, contractors or any other person/s (excluding Trainee Integrated Ratings, Deck Cadets, Engineer Trainees/Cadets)38490%✔ passed
14. Ban on meetings with shore-based management or representatives/non-ships crew unless a union organiser or official is present40295%✔ passed
15. Ban on the undertaking of any client/vessel taskings, and/or the facilitation of any drills and/or training unless management have given all on duty crew a schedule of the proposed taskings which lists the vessel, more than 96…39393%✔ passed
16. Ban on re-fuelling of vessels and helicopters39393%✔ passed
17. Ban on any adjustment of switch board configuration between 1700 and 080039393%✔ 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.

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