The 150% hike in Surf Life Saving Australia’s (SLSA) public liability insurance premium this year represents another of Sport Minister Kemp’s failed promises. In August this year Senator Kemp told the Surf Lifesaving Australia National Conference that he was “extremely concerned about the potential impact of the public-liability insurance crisis in the sport sector”. In [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2003
Alston: Three strikes and you’re out
Senator Alston’s removal from the front bench comes after years of being asleep at the wheel and disinterest in his portfolio, particularly Information Technology (IT). Alston’s legacy in the IT portfolio is one of holding back Australia’s ICT potential and ensuring Australia slips in the ranks of key knowledge economy indicators, like broadband penetration. For [...]
Alston abandons Framework for the Future
Today’s Agenda for the meeting of the Online Council, organised by the Minister for Information Technology, Senator Alston, proves that even he has lost faith in his Framework for the Future (F3) Report. The meeting between Federal, State and Territory information and communications technology (ICT) Ministers was the perfect opportunity for Senator Alston to address [...]
Bailout is Soccer’s last chance
I welcome the multimillion-dollar grant/loan bailout to Australian soccer, as it represents the last chance for soccer in Australia to sort itself out. I congratulate Chairman Frank Lowy and the new board for securing the grant/loan which they believe is necessary to fully and effectively implement the Crawford Inquiry recommendations. Labor believes that soccer has [...]
Art exhibition: From the sublime to the digital
Senator Kate Lundy will open From the sublime to the digital the new work by Lelde Vitols and baskets by Yolngu women artists from Elcho Island Saturday 27 September 2003 3.00pm ANCA Gallery 1 Rosevear Place Dickson, Canberra, ACT Media contact: Adina Cirson 0418 488 295 or 02 6277 3334
Launch of Labor’s policy to tackle obesity
TRANSCRIPT OF POLICY LAUNCH – PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 2003 E & OE – PROOF ONLY MACKLIN: Thank you all very much for coming along. I’m very pleased to be here this morning with my colleagues, Senator Kate Lundy, Julia Gillard and Senator Collins to announce this terrific new policy tackling obesity and [...]
Alston takes another swing
Senator Alston has again attempted to bully an Australian media outlet with details of his methods published today on the APC Magazine website. Documents on the APC Magazine website show that Senator Alston, his Chief of Staff, and his media adviser used heavy-handed tactics against an APC Magazine journalist in relation to two articles published [...]
Procrastination on spam costs Australians
Today’s introduction of anti-spam legislation into Parliament marks the end of a long eighteen month wait for the Howard Government to act on spam. During the last eighteen months, spam is estimated to have risen from 17% of all emails in February 2002, to a massive 50% in August 2003. This means it has taken [...]
Howard Government Sloth No Cure for Obese Australia
It has taken a party room coup to finally force the Howard Government to belatedly acknowledge Australia’s obesity problem. Liberal backbenchers, frustrated with their Party’s lack of action, have resorted to drafting a formal memo to attract the Prime Minister’s attention. The fact that it has taken some ten years after the World Health [...]
Rally reminds everyone of childcare responsibility
A rally organised by the ACT Childcare Campaign Committee outside Parliament House today highlighted the importance of quality childcare and the responsibility of everyone to value and recognise the expertise of childcare professionals. The rally demonstrated support for all those working in children’s services and asked Government to commit to better funding for childcare. The [...]
