Multiple employers (35)
Passed at 33 of 35 FWC matter B2026/768 · result published 28 July 2026
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Eligible voters9,237employees on the voter roll
Turnout75%6,925 of 9,237 voted
Voted yes98%of all votes cast
Authorisation windowEndedabout 27 Aug 2026
Protected action has to start within 30 days of the result being declared, though the FWC can extend that.
Employers
35 employers were balloted together; the ballot passed at 33. Each employer had its own vote, on the same list of industrial action. The full list of actions is in the FWC notice.
EmployerVoted% yes
Albury Wodonga Health63 of 8398%✔ passed
Austin Health513 of 67398%✔ passed
Bairnsdale Regional Health Service10 of 14100%✔ passed
Barwon Health387 of 51398%✔ passed
Bayside Health865 of 1,12098%✔ passed
Bendigo Health270 of 37298%✔ passed
Calvary Health Care Bethlehem Limited4 of 975%✖ not passed
Central Gippsland Health Service12 of 17100%✔ passed
East Grampians Health Service0 of 1–✖ not passed
Eastern Health533 of 70899%✔ passed
Echuca Regional Health37 of 4997%✔ passed
Gippsland Southern Health Service8 of 12100%✔ passed
Goulburn Valley Health64 of 8495%✔ passed
Grampians Health204 of 281100%✔ passed
Latrobe Regional Health67 of 9699%✔ passed
Melbourne Health396 of 55198%✔ passed
Mercy Hospitals Victoria Limited199 of 26899%✔ passed
Mildura Base Public Hospital19 of 25100%✔ passed
Monash Health868 of 1,17099%✔ passed
NCN Health8 of 8100%✔ passed
Northeast Health Wangaratta36 of 49100%✔ passed
Northern Health488 of 654100%✔ passed
Oral Health Victoria7 of 14100%✔ passed
Service13 of 18100%✔ passed
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute86 of 11397%✔ passed
South West Healthcare53 of 7596%✔ passed
St Vincent's Health (Melbourne) Limited345 of 48298%✔ passed
Swan Hill District Health4 of 5100%✔ passed
The Royal Children's Hospital357 of 47197%✔ passed
The Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital73 of 8799%✔ passed
The Royal Women's Hospital142 of 18595%✔ passed
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health27 of 34100%✔ passed
West Gippsland Healthcare Group60 of 8397%✔ passed
Western District Health Service7 of 8100%✔ passed
Western Health700 of 90599%✔ passed
An employer's vote passes when at least half of the people on its roll voted and more than half of the votes were yes.