Australia has about 10% of the world’s biological diversity, however over the past 200 years we have lost about half of our rainforest and more than 30% of other forests and woodlands. Planting just 7 native trees will offset the emissions of one car for a year. ACT residents, along with representatives from ACT for [...]
Monthly Archives: July 1999
IT & T presents new opportunities for Australian women
The Internet is re-setting power relationships and presenting new opportunities for Australian Women, Senator Kate Lundy told FITT, a Females in Technology and Telecommunications luncheon in Sydney today. “For many women, the Internet’s chaotic overload of information and worldly scope presents not an intimidating technical mass, but a space within which we can put our [...]
21st Century women
Address to Females in Information Technology & Telecommunications – FITT Luncheon meeting Parliament House Sydney 14 July 1999 Media Release – 14 July 1999 – IT&T presents new opportunities for Australian women In an environment where the only consistency is change, one would think existing at this point in time could be a little daunting. [...]
Paralympic Week July 17 – 23
Paralympic Week, which will be held between July 17 and 23 1999, is an opportunity for all Australians to support Paralympic sport in the lead-up to the Paralympic Games, Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister for Sport, said today. The theme for the 1999 Paralympic Week is Blood, Sweat and Tears. This represents the blood of [...]
Childcare still hurting
Two years on from Red Flower Day, Senator Kate Lundy today announced that Child Care organisations Australia-wide are, more than ever, feeling the effects of over $850 million of Budget cuts. “The need for Child Care organisations to tighten their belts has all but led to the suffocation of services. Child Carers are no longer [...]
