Julie-Ann Campbell

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Julie-Ann Campbell
Member of Parliament
for Moreton
Assumed office
3 May 2025

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. [1] [2]

She previously served as President of the UQ Union during 2007 [3] and later graduated with degrees in Law and Arts (Hons). Julie-Ann was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2012, was a policy advisor in the Queensland Government and Industrial Officer at the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). [4] Most recently, she was an associate partner at global consultancy firm Ernst & Young. [5]

Previously the party's vice president, Campbell is the first woman to become secretary, the party's most senior executive position. [6] [7]

As a branch member of the ALP in 2013, Ms Campbell moved a motion (which was subsequently ratified) at Labor's annual conference that the Labor Parliamentary Leader be elected by rank and file members. [8]

In the 2025 Australian federal election, she was elected MP for the Division of Moreton. [9]

References

  1. "Julie-Ann Campbell". Queensland Labor. ALP Queensland Branch. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. "Labor Elects First Female State Secretary". Courier Mail. News Corp. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. "UQ Elects new union president". UQ.
  4. "ALP Qld State Secretary". Queensland Labor.
  5. "Revealed: The VIPs invited to Premier's $700-a-minute Christmas shindig". Courier Mail.
  6. "Labor's new state secretary Julie-Ann Campbell visits Mount Isa". The North West Star. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  7. "Meet the Women who Run Queensland". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  8. "Labor overhaul leadership vote system in Queensland". Brisbane Times.
  9. "Moreton Federal Election 2025 Results". www.abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 3 May 2025. Retrieved 3 May 2025.