The Howard Government will abolish several sections and jobs at ScreenSound Australia with as many as 15 positions and major functions relocated to Sydney or Melbourne. This is after Minster for the Arts Senator Kemp stated unequivocally, during a debate in the Senate on the merger, that; “…staff will not be disadvantaged.” Senator Kemp also [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2003
Howard Government Asserts Control over National Museum of Australia
The Howard Government today announced the appointment of Mr Craddock Morton as the Acting Director of the National Museum of Australia (NMA) throwing any doubts about the extent of political control of the Museum out the window. Mr Morton is currently the Chief General Manger of Corporate and Business Division within the Department of Communications, [...]
Labor Puts Recreation back on the sports agenda
The incorporation of recreation into the Sport and Recreation shadow portfolio reaffirms Labor’s commitment to providing participation opportunities for all Australians where the Howard Government has failed to deliver. Since the Howard Government came to power it has dropped recreation from the sport and recreation portfolio, ditched the Active Australia program and cut funding [...]
DCITA’s $4 million web site down for 24 hours: still waiting… waiting… waiting
The saga of the hugely expensive web site of the Department of Communications IT and the Arts (DCITA) (www.dcita.gov.au) continues, with the news that even the expenditure of $4 million of taxpayers’ money wasn’t enough to keep the site online for the last 24 hours. As at 1 30 pm today, the costly site was [...]
Labor Supports Passage of Spam Legislation
After over a year and a half of dithering by the Howard Government, Australians now enjoy the protection of anti-Spam legislation, passed with Labor support. Labor is disappointed that the Government chose to reject our amendments, and therefore the concerns which they addressed. The amendments proposed by Labor would have improved and refined the Bills [...]
