Katherine Flanders, known as Kate Flanders, is the current State Secretary of the

Queensland Labor Party The Queensland Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland) and commonly referred to as Queensland Labor or simply Labor, is the branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the state of Queensland. It has ...

. She has held the position since 3 June 2022, taking over from

Julie-Ann Campbell Julie-Ann Campbell is an Australian politician and trade unionist who previously served as the Secretary of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party. She previously served as President of the UQ Union during 2007 and later graduate ...

. 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 She has also worked for the

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(ACTU) and was an administrative officer in private hospitals as well as a research assistant at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public university, public research university in South East Queensland on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of Australia. The university was founded in 1971, but was not officially opened until 1975. Griffith ...

. Flanders holds a degree in

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

from the

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, and was born in

Mackay Mackay may refer to: *Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives Mackay may also refer to: Places Australia * Mackay Region, a local government area ** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region *** Mackay Airport ...

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

. On the 3 June contest for Queensland State Secretary of the Labor Party, Flanders won.

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