The Prime Minister must reprimand the Minister for Education and Training, Brendan Nelson for misrepresenting Senator Lundy in Question Time today. The Minister misled the House by wrongly attributing quotes made in a media release dated May 20 2002 to Senator Lundy (a copy of the release is attached). In her release, Senator Lundy had [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2002
Senate Hearings
Senate Estimates Committee Transcripts Committee name: ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATION, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS LEGISLATION Department: COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS PORTFOLIO Program: Telstra 18 February 2002 This transcript identifies Telstra’s general use of pair gain technology 27 May 2002 This transcript details the use of several different types of pair gain, including RIM (Remote [...]
Telstra finally ‘fesses up – over 1 million Telstra customers affected by pair gain
Under pressure from Senator Kate Lundy’s ‘Pair Gain Victims’ campaign, Telstra has finally revealed the full impact of its use of pair gains, telling a Senate Estimates committee that one million customers are affected by the technology. Previously, Telstra had stated that nine percent of its connections used a pair gain, but in Senate Estimates [...]
Joint Press Release: Ruddock ignores importance of Indigenous sport
Senator Kate Lundy- Shadow Minister for Sport and Carmen Lawrence MP- Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs and Reconciliation Ruddock ignores importance of Indigenous sport Sport and physical activities are tremendously important to Aboriginal and Islander people, yet Minister Ruddock did not even mention this in his budget statement on Indigenous Affairs. [...]
Kate Lundy speaks at ACT ‘Labor for Refugees’ Forum
The community needs fundamentally to rethink the language it uses to describe Australia’s refugee situation before real humanitarian progress can be made, the Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy said last night. Speaking at a Public Forum on refugee policy, Senator Lundy said expressed her opinion on a range of issues relating to refugee policy: [...]
Senator Lundy welcomes announcement of ICT Centre of Excellence
Canberra’s status as a leading centre for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) was given a boost by today’s announcement that the National ICT Australia consortium has been awarded the right to manage Australia’s ICT Centre of Excellence, the Shadow Minister for Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. “The ICT Centre of Excellence announcement marks [...]
Why can’t we see the Super 12 final?
Once again, sports fans are being dudded. This Saturday, the ACT Brumbies defend their Super 12 title against the undefeated Canterbury Crusaders in Christchurch. The match begins at 5.30 Eastern Standard Time; yet the Super 12 final will not be shown on free-to-air television. In fact, it will not be shown in NSW or the [...]
7.30 Report makes more Australians aware of Telstra Pair Gains
The 7.30 Report’s expose of Telstra’s use of pair gain technology last night has made more Australians aware that they are being short changed by the giant telco, the Shadow Minister for Information Technology, Senator Kate Lundy, said today. “Within a couple of hours of last night’s 7.30 Report, I received dozens of responses to [...]
Address to Labor for Refugees Forum
Address to Labor for Refugees Forum 22 May 2002 In democratic nations, those people privileged to be chosen to govern have no higher responsibility than to uphold the institutions and the human values that are at the core of our freedoms. Because history tells us that, at the end of the day, democratic institutions can [...]
Kemp can’t be trusted on AIS funding
30 May 2002 – PM must reprimand Nelson for misrepresenting Senator Lundy 29 May 2002 – 7.30 Report makes more Australians aware of Telstra Pair Gains 27 May 2002 – Telstra finally ‘fesses up – over 1 million Telstra customers affected by pair gain. 24 May 2002 – Ruddock ignores importance of Indigenous sport [...]
