The Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs, Senator Kate Lundy, today called on the ABC to guarantee the future of ABC radio’s highly successful Triple J Unearthed program. It was reported yesterday that Unearthed had its budget slashed from $100,000 to $28,000. ABC management later denied that Unearthed’s budget had been slashed. “There are very few [...]
Yearly Archives: 2000
Humphry Review into IT Outsourcing must be made public immediately
Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology, today called on Finance Minister John Fahey to immediately make public the findings of Humphry Review into the failed $5 billion IT Outsourcing Program. The Humphry Review, which is due to be handed to the Minister before New Year, was instigated following the Australian National Audit [...]
Time for sports funding announcement, Mr Howard
The Shadow Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, today called on the Prime Minister to honour a pledge he made during the Sydney Olympics to boost elite sports funding. At the height of Australia’s Olympic success, Mr Howard promised to boost funding for Olympic and Paralympic sport. Asked by journalists on October 3 whether there [...]
Alston warns off Internet investors with Interactive gambling moratorium bill
The Coalition’s Interactive Gambling (Moratorium) Bill 2000, which passed in the Senate today after the Democrats split and Tasmanian Senators Harradine and Brown voted with the Government, always was and still is a flawed piece of legislation, Senator Kate Lundy said. “The Coalition is sending a clear message to investors in Internet-related industries – be [...]
Alston back flip on Interactive gambling
Senator Alston has performed an Olympic-class back flip on Interactive gambling by seeking to remove wagering from their proposed ban on Internet gambling in order to pass the Coalition’s controversial legislation. Interactive gambling involves the placing of bets on sports or casino-type games over the Internet. It also may involve telephone sports betting via the [...]
Fahey, OASITO to proceed with Science agencies IT outsourcing
A plea for the science agencies in Group 9 to be excluded from the Coalition’s controversial IT outsourcing program has been ignored by Finance Minister John Fahey. The CSIRO and other science agencies have accused OASITO of failing to accurately represent and address their concerns and of trivialising their objections to outsourcing. The Group 9 [...]
Labor initiates Senate inquiry into failed IT Outsourcing Program
The Labor Party was today successful in establishing a Senate inquiry into the Coalition’s controversial $5 billion IT Outsourcing Program. The Senate Finance and Public Administration References Committee will conduct an inquiry into the Whole-of-Government IT Outsourcing Program, established by Finance Minister John Fahey. The need for a broad ranging Senate inquiry follows a damning [...]
Fahey’s mandatory sentencing for Commonwealth agencies
Senator Kate Lundy was told at a Senate Estimates hearing last night that Commonwealth departments and agencies are being effectively stripped of their information technology assets under the Coalition’s IT Outsourcing Program. “At the conclusion of each contract between a Commonwealth department or agency and its IT Outsourcing vendor, the vendor owns all the IT [...]
‘ Savings? Did we say savings? ‘
OASITO admits savings not mandatory for IT Outsourcing At a Senate Estimates hearing last night, Senator Kate Lundy was told by officials from the Office of Asset Sales and Information Technology Outsourcing (OASITO) that savings are not necessarily a mandatory prerequisite for outsourcing the IT functions of Commonwealth departments and agencies. This admission directly contradicts [...]
Young People Make Pigs Fly
The ACT ‘Youth in the City’ youth services opened The Big Pig Internet Café today. The retro-style Big Pig Internet Café, created with the assistance of federal funding, provides free access to eight networked computers, printers, free Internet usage and computer training support for young people up to 25 years of age. “It is important [...]
