“The decision by Ten Capital to axe its local news service represents another blow to the diversity of news services in the Canberra region, ACT Senator Kate Lundy said today. “Ten Capital was Canberra’s original commercial news network prior to aggregation, and their decision to discontinue their local news is extremely disappointing,” Senator Lundy said. [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2001
Howard must live at the lodge
“John Howard must accept the obligations of his position and take up residence in the Lodge, the official residence of Australia’s Prime Minster,” Senator Kate Lundy said today. “The personal reasons John Howard provided for choosing not to live in Canberra over five and half years ago are no longer relevant. If John Howard was [...]
THE COALITION’S FAILED IT OUTSOURCING INITIATIVE
In 1997, the Howard Government promised that IT Outsourcing of Commonwealth Departments and Agencies would achieve “substantial economies of scale resulting in improved efficiency, cost effectiveness and significant savings to the budget and to agencies”. The result was that few departments or agencies made savings. False claims of savings “The Government estimates it will save [...]
LABOR’S PLAN FOR STRATEGIC SOURCING OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
Labor is committed to building a program of strategic sourcing of information and communication technologies in the public sector. This policy is Labor’s solution to the failed IT outsourcing Initiative of the Coalition. Strategic sourcing means optimising resources and expertise from both within the public sector and through contracting external firms, so that the government [...]
Closure of Capital News another blow to Canberra
“The decision by Ten Capital to axe its local news service represents another blow to the diversity of news services in the Canberra region, ACT Senator Kate Lundy said today. “Ten Capital was Canberra’s original commercial news network prior to aggregation, and their decision to discontinue their local news is extremely disappointing,” Senator Lundy said. [...]
