Ged Kearney is an Australian politician and trade unionist. She has been a member of the Australian Labor Party, representing the Division of Cooper since 2019. She had previously represented the Division of Batman from 2018 until it was abolished.
Following the Labor Party's victory at the 2022 federal election, Ms Kearney became the Assistant Minister for Health & Aged Care under the Albanese government.
Ms Kearney began to study for a Bachelor of Economics at Monash University, but dropped out to pursue a nursing career. She qualified as a registered nurse in 1985, participated in the nurses' strike in 1986, and spent a period managing clinical nurse education at Austin Health. Ms Kearney was elected as an official of the Australian Nursing Federation in 1997. She served as assistant federal secretary, federal president and Victorian branch president, before being appointed federal secretary of the Federation in April 2008. Ms Kearney was president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2010 to 2018.
