This year’s Federal Budget provides absolutely nothing new for young people, Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs, said today. “Not even scraps from the table. All the Government could come up with is snippets of old news and re-badged funding,” Senator Lundy said. “John Howard’s Federal Budget 2000 announced the following vision for [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2000
Kelly’s Cutbacks -$16 million slashed from sport funding
“The Sports Commission board is meeting today to decide how they will cope with Minister Kelly’s cutbacks, with at least eight Olympic Sports earmarked for axing from the Australian Institute of Sport,” the Shadow Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. “The Minister for Sport has used a budget fiddle to hide a massive [...]
After the Closing Ceremony – budget cuts to Australian sport
“The Prime Minister has broken a promise to ensure that the Sydney 2000 Olympics delivers long-term benefits to all Australians with today’s Budget confirming a massive $16 million cut to Commonwealth funding of sport. “This substantial Budget cut mean that the Olympic legacy – the potential for enduring benefits for community-based as well as elite [...]
Government cuts to sport may lead to Olympic ‘brain drain’
A Government decision to discontinue the Olympic Athlete Program (OAP) could result in a sporting ‘brain drain’ of our top coaches and technical experts, the Shadow Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, warned today. During senate estimates hearings yesterday, Senator Lundy was told that contracts for both Australian Institute of Sport coaches and other [...]
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 [...]
