“After years of procrastination and bungling from the Coalition, legislation aimed at revitalising Australia’s venture capital industry was yesterday passed through the Senate with Labor’s full support,” the Shadow Minister for Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy, said today.
The legislation will make Australia more attractive for venture capitalists to invest in growing and innovative Australian start-up [...]
Yearly Archives: 2002
Vital venture capital legislation finally emerges from Coalition black hole
Errors in Telstra’s ADSL processes disadvantage customers and competitors
“Errors in Telstra’s ADSL broadband application and billing systems are causing angst for Telstra’s competitors and customers alike,” Senator Kate Lundy, the Shadow Minister for Information Technology said today.
“As a result of errors in Telstra’s system for processing ADSL broadband applications, hundreds of ADSL applications – many from customers of Telstra’s competitors – have apparently [...]
It may be Christmas time, but Alston wouldn’t know a pair gain from a pear tree
Senator Alston made a complete Christmas goose of himself in Question Time today over pair gains, a line splitting technology Telstra uses which the ACCC found can have unfavourable effects on Internet speeds and ADSL access.
In a lame attempt to attack my campaign on behalf of the thousands of “Victims of Pair Gains” who are [...]
Telstra’s air pressure deficiencies
On Friday figures quoted in the Senate Inquiry into the Australian Telecommunications Network revealed that across 404 locations in New South Wales, 3,122 compressed air bottles were required to boost inadequate air pressure in Telstra’s leaky cables in the month of September.
In the press release I issued on 6 December 2002, I stated that the [...]
Telstra under pressure about cable pressure
Efforts to rectify air-pressure deficiencies in cables in Telstra’s New South Wales network cost the company a fortune in the month of September alone, the Senate Inquiry into the Australian telecommunications network heard today.
Positive air pressure in the main cables protects them by preventing water leaching in, and this is essential to maintain the integrity [...]
SPAM Policy Discussion Paper
4 December 2002
Summary – Labor’s Policy Objectives
General Objectives
Create a workable policy for dealing with the problem of spam to the satisfaction of internet subscribers and online businesses.
Develop a holistic approach to combat spam that draws on the policy tools of [...]
Internet Regulation in Australia – an Opposition perspective
Internet Regulation in Australia – an Opposition perspective
Netalert Conference
Canberra Convention Centre
4 December 2002
I believe that we are privileged to have been alive at the birth of a technological innovation that will transform society – the internet.
The real measure of the internet’s importance lies in the fact that it goes to the core tool of human [...]
Labor releases discussion paper on internet spam
Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow minister for Information Technology, today released a discussion paper on internet spam – the most invasive and frustrating form of internet content.
Spam is growing as a widespread community concern. It contributes to the general angst about the internet and constitutes a barrier to some sections of the community going online. Spam [...]
SPAM
APPENDIX A – Defining “spam”
APPENDIX B – Sample Acceptable Use Policies
APPENDIX A – Defining “spam”
In order to construct effective tools to combat spam it is necessary to define “spam” precisely. This is because there are common differences in opinion over what is and is not to be considered spam.
Broadly, spam is email which [...]
Coalition responsible for $14.4 billion ICT trade deficit
Australian information and communications technology imports cost almost $20 billion in 2001-02 – twice as much as was spent on imported motor vehicles
The Coalition’s failure to encourage the development of Australia’s information and communications technology (ICT) industry is directly responsible for the huge size of the $14.4 billion ICT trade deficit in 2001-02, the Shadow [...]
