The Government’s continued failure to implement private sector privacy legislation will allow the consumer spending and credit card details of up to 15 million Australians to be accessed by any user, Senator Kate Lundy said today. A data warehouse owned by PBL and US corporation Acxiom will, according to an article in today’s Australian, contain [...]
Yearly Archives: 1999
Desperate Liberals mislead Gungahlin Residents on Broadband
This week the ACT Liberal Senator distributed deliberately misleading political material to Gungahlin residents regarding Labor’s plan for a National Broadband Network. The material distributed by the Liberal party shows no understanding of the specific difficulties Gungahlin residents have been faced with when trying to access broadband, including the limits on the number of broadband [...]
Labor commits to redevelop Skilled Stadium
Skilled Stadium will receive a $20m boost for a much needed upgrade as a result of a joint partnership between a Rudd Labor Government and the Victorian Labor Government. Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister for Sport, Recreation, Health Promotion and Local Government, Darren Cheeseman, Federal Labor Candidate for Corangamite and Richard Marles, Federal Labor Candidate [...]
Fast Track Free Ceiling Insulation
ACT Senator Kate Lundy has advised that the Prime Minister has announced a new fast track process so homeowners can start applying for free ceiling insulation immediately. Through the Government’s $3.9 billion Energy Efficient Homes Package, Canberra households can now apply for one of the following upgrades from today: The Homeowner Insulation Program. This installs [...]
White Paper a wasted exercise unless it addresses sport and recreation needs of all Australians
The Government’s White Paper into the future of sport will be a wasted exercise unless it addresses the sporting and recreational needs of all Australians, Shadow Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. The White Paper, commissioned by the Minister in June, was due to be released in early October. However it has been [...]
Urgent intervention required to enforce Industry Development commitments of IT outsourcing contracts
Despite the Government’s rhetoric about supporting Australian IT companies, there is now proof that the IT outsourcing program as it is currently structured allows Australian sub-contractors to be abused by IT vendors seeking to reduce costs, Senator Kate Lundy said today. During senate question time, Senator Lundy asked Minister Alston why Wizard Computer Training, a [...]
Parliament goes live on the Internet
In a groundbreaking move, the Australian Parliament was broadcast live on the Internet for the first time yesterday. Proceedings from the House of Representatives, the Senate and Main Committees of the House of Representatives will be available live via Internet broadcasts. Previously only text information about the Parliament and Hansard transcripts was available on the [...]
Audit Office steps in as credibility of the IT Outsourcing Program plummets
The Australian National Audit Office has embarked on four joint performance and financial audits of Information Technology in and across federal government agencies as the credibility of the IT Outsourcing Program continues to plummet, Senator Lundy, Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology said today. Cluster 3 (CSC), Group 5 (Advantra) and the Australian Tax Office [...]
Identity & Democracy
Cyberdemocracy and Australian IT (Identity and democracy in the knowledge nation) Senator Kate Lundy Opening Address COMDEX 99 Conference Darling Harbour, Sydney. Australia 17 November 1999 Introduction Cultural identity in a globalised world The knowledge economy Connectivity and social justice Bandwidth and innovation Learning from others Strengthening our entrepreneurial landscape Electronic Commerce and digital intangibles [...]
Funding Innovation in the Knowledge Nation
Funding Innovation in the Knowledge Nation 1999 Information Outlook Conference Enhancing Business Opportunities with the Internet Australian National University, Canberra 6 November 1999 Contents and Powerpoint presentation summary Introduction SLIDE 1 There was a momentous event last week. Four venerable giants of the US industrial base, Union Carbide, Chevron, Sears Roebuck & Co and Goodyear [...]
