Salaried Doctors Queensland
Strong. Confident. Effective.

In This Section

SDQ State Council, Executive and Commitee Structure

SDQ's Constitution and Rules state the Union shall be governed by State Council which shall be the supreme governing authority of the Union.  The objects of SDQ include but are not limited to:

  • to promote and protect the broad interests of salaried medical practitioners,
  • to provide services to its members, and
  • to advocate the provision and development of quality health services..

SDQ's Constituion Rules provides that State Council shall consist of delegates from the State Branches. The State Branches are:

In addition there is an Associate Members branch, which does not have voting rights.

State Council consists of delegates from each State Branches based on the number of member in each State Branch. A State Branch that has less than 50 members is entitled to one delegate to State Council up to a maximum of 7 delegates.

State Council is elected every three years.

The State Officers are the State President, State Vice President, State Secretary and State Assistant Secretary/Treasurer.  No State Branch shall have more than 2 delegates elected as State Officers.  No member may hold any of office of State President, State Vice President, State Secretary or State Assistant Secretary/Treasurer for more than 2 completed consecutive terms.

The management of SDQ is vested in the State Executive.   The State Executive is also known as the Committee of Management.

State Executive is elected by and from the members of State Council every 3 years.

State Executive consists of the State Officers and such number of other State Council members as may be necessary after the election of the State Officers to give each State Branch a minimum of one representative on State Executive. 

Elections for State Council, State Officers and State Executive are conducted by the Queensland Electoral Commission.

SDQ EXECUTIVE

State President

Dr Don Kane

State Vice President

VACANT

State Secretary

VACANT

State Assistant Secretary / Treasurer

VACANT

Other State Executive Members

Dr Jim Finn
 

SDQ STATE COUNCIL

Doctors in Training Branch Delegates


Dr Matthew Mclean
Dr James McAuliffe

MSRPP/MORPP Branch Delegate

Dr James Finn

Medical Superintendent Branch Delegate

VACANT

Career Medical Officer Branch Delegate

VACANT

Specialist Branch Delegates

Dr Peter Fon (Townsville)
Dr Don Kane (Rockhampton)
Dr Nick Buckmaster (Gold Coast)
Dr Stephen Morrison (RBWH)

In addition to the council there is a committee  representation structure as follows;

SDQ Committee's

COSMOS (Committee of Senior Medical Officers Salaried)
MOJO (Medical Officers (Junior) Organisation)
CAM (Committee of Associate Members)


SDQ Sub-Committee's

Summit Sub-Committee
College Liaison Sub-Committee
Industrial Sub-Committee
Queensland Doctors Trained Overseas Sub-Committee
Q-Health Committees on Which SDQ has Representation

Hospital Meetings

SDQ staff regularly visit members in their hospitals to discuss local issues of importance. To organise a meeting at your hospital, please contact Aly at SDQ today.

Document Downloads