Kate Flanders

Kate Flanders
Secretary of the Labor Party in Queensland
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 June 2022
LeaderAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
PresidentJohn Battams
Preceded byJulie-Ann Campbell
Personal details
Born
Katherine Flanders

Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLabor
Residence(s)Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Queensland (LLB)
Occupation
  • Industrial officer
  • Union official
  • Political campaigner
WebsiteKate 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]

  1. ^ a b c "Kate Flanders – Queensland Labor". queenslandlabor.org. Queensland Labor. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Feeding the Chooks: Annastacia Palaszczuk staying on". The Australian. 1 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Together (What Are We All About?)" (PDF). archive.together.org.au. The Journal Of Together. November 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Advisory Committee – Kate Flanders". futurework.org.au. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Officer and Related Party Disclosure Statement" (PDF). yourunion.together.org.au. Together. 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 State Conference – Schools Officers, Making It Happen! – Royal Pines Resort". Schools Officers – Make It Happen. 2019.
  7. ^ "Kate Flanders – LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Labor chief Kate Flanders aims for Labor resurrection but first the post mortem". The Australian. 10 June 2022.