Kate Flanders
Kate Flanders | |
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| Secretary of the Labor Party in Queensland | |
| Assumed office 3 June 2022 | |
| Leader | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| President | John Battams |
| Preceded by | Julie-Ann Campbell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Katherine Flanders Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
| Residence(s) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland (LLB) |
| Occupation |
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| Website | Kate Flanders – Labor |
Katherine Flanders, known as Kate Flanders, is the current State Secretary of the Queensland Labor Party.[1] She has held the position since 3 June 2022,[1] taking over from Julie-Ann Campbell.[2] Prior to the position with the party, Flanders worked for the Together Union, where she held the position of Assistant Branch Secretary from 2010 to 2020/21[3][4][5] She has also worked for the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and was an administrative officer in private hospitals as well as a research assistant at Griffith University.[6][4] Flanders holds a degree in law from the University of Queensland,[1][7] and was born in Mackay, Queensland.[8]
On the 3 June contest for Queensland State Secretary of the Labor Party, Flanders won.[9] Both Flanders and the election of State Secretary of the Queensland Labor Party were criticised by CFMEU State Secretary Michael Ravbar, who called the election an “unedifying scramble” to replace Campbell given its closeness to the federal election (21 May), as it would mean there would be no effort to examine the credentials of the candidates. Further adding of Flanders: “It just beggars belief that the candidate mentioned as front-runner, Kate Flanders, was a former organiser with the Together Union which backed Campbell Newman at the time of his 2012 election.”[10]
References
- ^ a b c "Kate Flanders – Queensland Labor". queenslandlabor.org. Queensland Labor. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Feeding the Chooks: Annastacia Palaszczuk staying on". The Australian. 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Together (What Are We All About?)" (PDF). archive.together.org.au. The Journal Of Together. November 2011.
- ^ a b "Advisory Committee – Kate Flanders". futurework.org.au. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Officer and Related Party Disclosure Statement" (PDF). yourunion.together.org.au. Together. 2020.
- ^ "2019 State Conference – Schools Officers, Making It Happen! – Royal Pines Resort". Schools Officers – Make It Happen. 2019.
- ^ "Kate Flanders – LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "2019 State Conference – Schools Officers, Making It Happen! – Royal Pines Resort". Schools Officers – Make It Happen. 2019.
Kate was born and raised in Mackay before moving to Brisbane with her family.
- ^ "Labor chief Kate Flanders aims for Labor resurrection but first the post mortem". The Australian. 10 June 2022.
- ^ Gibbs, Nick (31 May 2022). "State Labor needs to take a long hard look at itself post-election, says CFMEU". In Queensland.
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