Your HACSU workplace delegate

Danielle Newton

Danielle Newton is a HACSU delegate and Theatre Ward Clerk at Calvary St. Vincent’s in Launceston. Calvary St Vincent’s Private Hospital mostly specialises in Rehabilitation, Endoscopy and Post Natal Care.

She says her average working day is “busy!”, having been a ward clerk for eight years at Calvary, and working in the health care sector for her whole career.

Danielle recently re-joined HACSU as a member, wanting to make her work place a “better place to work at, and somewhere we can all be proud of to work”. Her main concern as a delegate at the moment is addressing the current workload issues at her worksite, and in turn, improving patient outcomes because of this.

Outside of work Danielle is an avid 4x4 fan, and she enjoys going away camping with her husband and her pet dogs.

Skye Steyn is a HACSU delegate in her workplace, Mosaic, where she works as a Disability Support Worker (DSW). She says her work as a DSW is about “supporting complex needs clients at a community access venue, helping participants to achieve their goals”.

Skye has worked at Mosaic for two years, but has a wealth of experience with 35 years in the disability sector – where she has worked since she finished school.

She joined HACSU in January 2020 and became a delegate in 2022. She says some of her best achievements have been being “able to improve the cleaning roster at a Mosaic venue.” As well as recruiting six new HACSU members to join the movement in her workplace!

Skye says her biggest hope for her workplace is “stability, transparency, and honest, open communication,” which she says she will be working on in her role as a delegate.

Her favourite things to do outside of work in her free time are swimming at the beach and catching up on sleep. She also love books and film, her favourites are the crime novel, ‘Anonymous Girl’ and the film ‘Hotel for Dogs’.