Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs, along with Senator Stott-Despoja and Dr Brendon Nelson, will officially launch the National Youth Congress Report, Building Our Future, at Parliament House today. The report is the culmination of the inaugural National Youth Congress, held in Canberra in March, which drew 250 young Australians together to address [...]
Monthly Archives: March 1999
The Footy Show must address racism in sport
The attitude of the Footy Show towards Aboriginal AFL star Nicky Winmar shows that racism in sport is still a major problem that must be tackled immediately, the Shadow Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. “Media identities like Footy Show host Sam Newman are role models in the community and they have a [...]
Senator Alston: poacher turned gamekeeper
Senator Lundy today criticised Senator Alston for his role in awarding the group 5 IT outsourcing tender to Advantra. “Minister Alston has responsibility for assessing a critical part of the IT outsourcing bids: the industry development component. I am concerned that his interest extends beyond this official capacity and into his aspirations to maximise the [...]
Alston misses the mark…again
Senator Kate Lundy has responded to Senator Alston’s media release today, criticising Labor’s approach to regulating the internet, as yet another occasion on which the Minister’s ignorance has led him to miss the mark. “Labor’s position on internet pornography is well known. We agree that unrestricted access to pornography on the internet is an issue [...]
Credibility of IT outsourcing program shattered
“The joint ministerial announcement of Advantra’s success in the ‘Group 5′ IT outsourcing contract indicates the depths to which the government is prepared to sink to when it comes to justifying a pitiful program.” Senator Lundy, shadow minister assisting on IT said today. “The government’s IT outsourcing program has been plagued with problems including criticism [...]
Senator Alston: poacher turned gamekeeper
Today Senator Lundy criticised Senator Alston for his role in awarding the group 5 IT outsourcing tender to Advantra. “Minister Alston has responsibility for assessing a critical part of the IT outsourcing bids: the industry development component. I am concerned that his interest extends beyond this official capacity, and into his aspirations for maximising the [...]
Sport report: Kelly wants to do it all again
The Shadow Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, today criticised plans by Jackie Kelly to hold yet another inquiry into sporting facilities and funding, as the Federal Parliament has already canvassed these issues. “There is no need for Ms Kelly to be calling for another report on sporting facilities and funding priorities when she already [...]
Alston hijacks Internet industry code
“The announcement by Minister Alston regarding the Internet Industry Code of Practice was a shameful example of political manoeuvring” Senator Lundy, shadow Minister assisting on IT said today. “Since 1995, the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has worked extremely hard to build the momentum to develop a workable code of practice. Their approach has been one [...]
Rural Internet access suffering
The Government’s treatment of a partially privatised Telstra has perpetuated the divide between metropolitan and non-metropolitan Internet users and is further evidence that the needs of rural Internet users are being ignored by the Coalition, Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology said today. Approximately 17% of all metropolitan households have Internet access, [...]
Report vindicates Labor pressure on Y2K
Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology, said that today’s release of the Commonwealth Year 2000 Progress Report demonstrates a need for more concerted efforts and greater commitment by the Coalition in addressing Y2K problems. “The Commonwealth report reveals that despite progress in some areas, many Government departments and agencies still have not [...]
