“Yesterday’s release of ABS statistics in the information technology and telecommunication industry for 1998/99 confirm the worst case scenario for IT&T in Australia,” said Senator Lundy, Shadow Minister Assisting on IT. “With government procurement representing up to 40% of the IT&T spend in Australia, the finger can be pointed at the Coalition not only for [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2000
Massive decline in Australia’s IT&T manufacturing capability
“Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on the information technology and telecommunication (IT&T) industry for 1998/99 confirms a devastating decline in Australia’s IT & T capabilities,” Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology, said today. “IT&T manufacturing has suffered severely under the Coalition,” Senator Lundy said. Income in the IT&T manufacturing sector was [...]
PM serves serial cuts at Olympic breakfast
The Prime Minister attended a breakfast for Australia’s Olympic athletes at the Australian Institute of Sport this morning, but it was cold comfort indeed for the sports community as Mr Howard has slashed $16 million from the sports budget and brought an end to the Olympic Athlete Program. “Mr Howard is happy to bask in [...]
Comcare concerns over National Gallery air conditioning
Concerns raised about the state of the National Gallery’s 20 year old air conditioning system prompted ACT Senator Kate Lundy to ask a series of questions to Gallery officials at yesterday’s Senate Estimates hearings. Following several complaints raising concerns about the air conditioning system and air quality within the NGA, and acting on an anonymous [...]
Israel and US Delegation Visit
This report details the use of my Overseas Study Travel Entitlement. As the Shadow Minister assisting on IT, I chose to focus on the many facets of information and communication technology – from IT incubators to internet privacy. The visit consisted of three focal points: IT Trade Mission to Israel and Silicon Valley, The Australian [...]
Health officials do a Gosper, courtesy of IBM
Two senior-ranking health department officials today owned up to having accepted an invitation to run in the Olympic Torch Relay from IBM, the company recently awarded the controversial Health Group IT Outsourcing contract, a Senate Estimates Committee heard today. IBM won the Health Cluster contract, which includes the Health Department, Health Insurance Commission (HIC) and [...]
Where are the missing 160,000 Youth Allowances?
In 1998, the Government claimed that 560,000 young people would be beneficiaries of the then new Youth Allowances -but only about 390,000 young people have qualified for Youth Allowances. Why did the Government inflate the figures by over 160,000? How have these 160,000 young people, who lost their allowances, been coping? Senator Lundy asked these [...]
Airport dispute: ACCC involvement should lead to resolution
ACT Senator Kate Lundy today welcomed the involvement of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) with respect to Canberra International Airport’s dispute with Qantas. “The ACCC’s charter is to ensure there is effective competition in the marketplace. This includes airlines,” Senator Lundy said. “The ACCC have a comprehensive working knowledge of the challenges facing [...]
Alston wants Australia to be the global village idiot
A policy outcome which Senator Alston’s department described as a ‘competitive and sustainable advantage in the global information economy’ was cut by $11.5 million in this week’s Budget”, the Shadow Minister Assisting on Information Technology, Senator Lundy, said today. “This indicates just how visionless the Coalition is,” Senator Lundy said. “The $11.5 million cut to [...]
Minister Kelly – the rot’s setting in
The Shadow Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, said today that a recent ruling by the Australian Tax Office has forced the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) to terminate the Direct Athlete Support (DAS) program to our elite athletes from 30 June 2000, just 77 days before the Sydney Olympics begin. The Direct Athlete Support (DAS) [...]
