Kate Flanders Explained

Kate Flanders
Office1:Secretary of the Labor Party in Queensland
Term Start1:3 June 2022
2Blankname1:President
2Namedata1:John Battams
Birth Name:Katherine Flanders
Birth Place:Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Residence:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kate Flanders – Queensland Labor . queenslandlabor.org . . 2 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220701164824/https://queenslandlabor.org/kate-flanders/ . 1 July 2022 . live.
  2. News: 1 July 2022 . Feeding the Chooks: Annastacia Palaszczuk staying on . . subscription .
  3. Web site: Together (What Are We All About?) . November 2011 . archive.together.org.au . .
  4. Web site: Advisory Committee – Kate Flanders . futurework.org.au . 2 July 2022 .
  5. Web site: Officer and Related Party Disclosure Statement . 2020 . yourunion.together.org.au . .
  6. Web site: 2019 State Conference – Schools Officers, Making It Happen! – Royal Pines Resort . 2019 . Schools Officers – Make It Happen .
  7. Web site: Kate Flanders – LinkedIn . . 2 July 2022 .
  8. Web site: 2019 State Conference – Schools Officers, Making It Happen! – Royal Pines Resort . 2019 . Schools Officers – Make It Happen . Kate was born and raised in Mackay before moving to Brisbane with her family. .
  9. News: 10 June 2022 . Labor chief Kate Flanders aims for Labor resurrection but first the post mortem . The Australian . subscription .