Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has criticised the Minister for Family Services, Judi Moylan, for delaying funding for new family day care places in the ACT.
“Family Day Care organisations have approached me about the delay in funding new places,” Senator Lundy said today.
“I understand funding for the places was allocated in last year’s budget [...]
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Minister delays urgently-needed Family Day Care places in the ACT
Howard forced to move on National Museum
Senator Kate Lundy today welcomed the news that Prime Minister Howard will tonight make an announcement on the future of the National Museum of Australia but reserved her final judgement until the project details were public.
“I welcome reports that John Howard will announce construction of the National Museum and deliver on his very unambiguous election [...]
EPAC Report -the end of Child Care as we know it.
Kate Lundy, Senator for the ACT has deplored the EPAC report into child care as the end of quality child care in Australia and predicted a return to low- quality, inaccessible care in the future.
The EPAC report Future Child Care Provisions in Australia has been with the Federal Government for several weeks and was only [...]
$122,000 of Christmas Spirit from the Canberra Tradie’s Clubs
The true community spirit of the Canberra Licensed Clubs will make this Christmas much brighter for eleven local charities.
On behalf of the Canberra and Woden Trademens’ Union Clubs, Senator Kate Lundy will be distributing $122,000 to Canberra charities at a morning tea on Thursday 12 December at Parliament House.
Media are encouraged to attend.
10.30 am Thursday [...]
Howard’s holding up the Train.
Senator Kate Lundy has today accused the Prime Minister of holding up the Sydney-Canberra high speed rail project.
“Advice that we have received indicates that the Prime Minister is ignoring approaches from NSW Government to advance the project to the next stage – the calling of competitive Expressions of Interest.
“I understand that the NSW and ACT [...]
Howard’s hold-up plans foiled
In question time today in Federal Parliament, the Prime Minister responded to pressure to commit to the next stage of the fast train link between Canberra and Sydney.
“The next stage involves a Commonwealth, ACT and NSW Government jointly funded task force calling for competitive Expressions of Interest that will give all the private sector fast [...]
Come and see what the Coalition wants to destroy…
Wattle Child Care Centre in Wattle St Lyneham is a small community based centre offering long day care for 28 children between the ages of 6 weeks and 5 years.
Wattle Child Care presently receives an operational subsidy which the Howard Government intends to abolish. It is a fully community centre being managed by a committee [...]
Secure Canberra’s Future Petition Launched
A petition to secure Canberra’s future as the national capital and home to over 300,000 people was launched in the Senate last night by Labor’s ACT Senator, Kate Lundy.
The petition (attached) is another attempt to pressure the Howard Government to remedy the damage their policies are having on the ACT.
“It is clearly evident that the [...]
Why the ACT loses in a Telstra sell-off
The sale of Telstra could lead to higher telephone charges, loss of local jobs in both Telstra and the local telecommunications industry and the down-grading of new technology into areas such as Gungahlin.
Senator Kate Lundy, a member of the senate committee that examined the Telstra Privatisation Bill, today warned of the negative results that a [...]
Reith’s Secret Plans for the Public Service
Minister for Industrial Relations, Peter Reith’s secret plans for the Public Service have been exposed today in Question Time.
In a question to Senator Richard Alston, Minister representing the Minister for Industrial Relations in the Senate, ACT Senator Kate Lundy revealed that the Government is formulating further plans for the public service that will result in [...]
