Downer EDI Engineering Power Pty Ltd
Ballot passed FWC matter B2025/1725 · result published 2 Dec 2025
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Eligible voters90employees on the voter roll
Turnout86%77 of 90 voted
Voted yes92–96%across the actions
Authorisation windowEndedabout 1 Jan 2026
Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.
What workers voted on
20 actions were put to the vote: 1 stoppage, 19 work bans. All of them passed.
What was voted onYesNo% yes
1. 30 minute stoppages of work74396%✔ passed
2. Ban on digital and/or paper reporting74396%✔ passed
3. Ban on the completion of digital or physical documentation or data entry type tasks74396%✔ passed
4. Ban on the use of tools of all kinds73495%✔ passed
5. Ban on using work vehicles71692%✔ passed
6. Ban on the performance of high risk tasks72594%✔ passed
7. Ban on performing any tasks requiring a permit to work73495%✔ passed
8. Ban on performing electrical switching activities73495%✔ passed
9. Ban on the performance of fault finding72594%✔ passed
10. Ban on working on or from a ladder, scaffold, or safety step72594%✔ passed
11. Ban on verifying and/or performing of any isolations72594%✔ passed
12. Ban on the labelling of cables72594%✔ passed
13. Ban on the use of measuring devices72594%✔ passed
14. Ban on the use of digital or physical keys and/or locks72594%✔ passed
15. Ban on performing works that require the use of overhead cranes72594%✔ passed
16. Ban on energisation and /or re-energisation of circuits or equipment72594%✔ passed
17. Ban on moving overhead or gantry cranes in a Northerly direction72594%✔ passed
18. Ban on moving overhead or gantry cranes in a Southerly direction72594%✔ passed
19. Ban on moving overhead or gantry cranes in an Easterly direction72594%✔ passed
20. Ban on moving overhead or gantry cranes in a Westerly direction72594%✔ 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.