Our Leadership

Sally-Anne is the current QNMU state and ANMF federal President. She began her nursing career in Cairns as an AIN in aged care before moving to Brisbane to become a Registered Nurse.  Sally-Anne has worked in a range of clinical areas, including cancer care and Emergency Departments, and is currently Nursing Director Critical Care Women’s and Children’s Services at Redcliffe Hospital.

Sally-Anne is a powerful advocate for change at the system and local levels, including through national consultative forums via the ANMF.

Lucynda is QNMU Vice President, a passionate nurse and midwife advocate and activist and a strong voice for rural and remote Queensland members. Lucynda has been an active union member since working at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in the 1990s, and was a Brisbane-based QNMU organiser.   

Lucynda currently works as the Clinical Nurse Consultant in the Aboriginal community of Napranum. She participates in the local Nursing and Midwifery Consultative forum, the District Consultative forum as well as a state-wide forum focused on occupational violence, especially for rural and remote regions. 

Lucynda has provided evidence at the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee into access to diagnostic imaging, highlighting experiences of rural and remote residents, and has pushed for enhancements to the incentive package for Rural and Isolated Nurses and Midwives (RANIP).;

Kate is a Registered Nurse and has been a QNMU member since graduating in 1995. She was elected to the position of QNMU Assistant Secretary in 2021 after 4 years as the Director of Organising and Professional Services. She is now the QNMU Secretary.

Kate has worked in public, private and commercial health care environments in clinical, management and administrative roles. She has held Assistant Director of Nursing and Nursing Director positions within Queensland Health, including in the Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Office. She is also an International Council of Nurses Global Nursing Leadership Institute Scholar.

As an Executive Member of the Queensland Council of Unions and member of Queensland’s Work Health and Safety Board, Kate fights tirelessly for the rights of QNMU members across all sectors. She believes passionately that safe work environments and well-supported nurses and midwives are central to healthier communities. She particularly enjoys working with frontline nurses and midwives to develop, implement and evaluate workload management practices, processes and tools to improve the delivery of safe, high-quality nursing and midwifery care.

Sarah is the Assistant Secretary of the QNMU. She has an extensive history as a Registered Nurse across the public, private and aged care sectors, as well as a long history of activism as a member. Her experience as a grassroots activist has given her a strong interest in nurturing local leadership and ensuring emerging leaders receive support, mentoring and training through their union. She also a keen advocate for safe workplaces and safe staffing.

Within her employment at the QNMU, Sarah has held the roles of Organiser, SEQ Public Sector Organising Team Leader, Professional Officer, Director of Organising and Professional Services and the Assistant Secretary of the QNMU. Sarah is also part of the Queensland Council of Union’s Executive.