How are the Liberal National Party and NPAQ connected?
Graeme Haycroft
The founder of NPAQ is Graeme Haycroft, who has a long history with the LNP and once headed up the Liberal-National Party’s Industrial Relations Committee. [Link] [Link]
Aenghas Hopkinson-Pearson
The Nurses Professional Association of Queensland secretary is Aenghas Hopkinson-Pearson.
Aenghas Hopkinson-Pearson was Treasurer of the Liberal National Party’s election campaign in the seat of Moggill for the 2020 Queensland State election campaign. Liberal-National Party politician and Member of Parliament Christian Rowan personally thanked Hopkinson-Pearson in Parliament for his support for the LNP. [Link – PDF]
Jack McGuire
Jack McGuire is the former Assistant Secretary of NPAQ and current Secretary of the NPAQ’s related entity TPAQ. [Link] [Link] He was formerly president of the Queensland University of Technology Liberal National Club. [Link]
Ros Bates MP
Liberal-National politician and Member of Parliament, Ros Bates, is also a member of the Nurses Professional Association of Queensland. [Link – PDF]
The last time the Liberal National Party formed government in Queensland, they cut thousands of jobs in the public service and hospitals, cut funding to family planning, women’s health, and Indigenous health groups.