Despite the Howard Government’s rhetoric about investing in the ICT industry and the apparently ‘desperate’ need for skills, the number of students studying IT is falling.
DEST figures clearly show there has been steady decline in the number of students enrolled in university level IT courses. Since 2002, enrolments in IT related courses dropped from an [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Falling IT enrolments bad news for local skills
Sports facilities neglect falls at Howard’s feet
The Howard Government is under attack for their negligence of sport infrastructure.
Today, 11 key sports joined the Australian Local Government Association (ALGA), the Confederation of Australian Sport, and the National Growth Areas Alliance in calling for an investment in community infrastructure.
Senator Brandis should be embarrassed that his Government has had 11 years to deal with [...]
Immigration and Multiculturalism Forum
Immigration and Multiculturalism Forum
On Tuesday 11 September 2007 I hosted an Immigration and Multiculturalism Forum at Parliament House. Over 130 people attended to discuss Labor’s policies regarding immigration and multicultural affairs.
Mr Tony Burke MP, Shadow Minister for Immigration, Integration and Citizenship, and Mr Laurie Ferguson, Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs, addressed the forum and answered [...]
Out of Comp. Illicit Drugs
Statement on Out of Competition Illicit Drugs in Sport
If elected to Government, Federal Labor will develop a campaign to stamp out illicit drug use in sport.
Labor believes that any culture of acceptance and cover up of illicit drug use by athletes must not be tolerated.
Federal Labor will convene an expert working group drawn from law enforcement agencies [...]
Howard admits workers have no choices under Workchoices
Kim Beazley, ACT Labor Senator Kate Lundy, Member for Fraser Bob McMullan and Member for Canberra Annette Ellis today met with Canberra cleaners regarding their concerns about being pushed off the ACT cleaning award and onto AWAs.
With the assistance of the LHMU, the cleaners know all their options and they want a collective agreement that [...]
Federal Labor responds to CLP scare campaign on NT council amalgamations
Federal Labor is opposed to forced local government amalgamations anywhere in Australia, including the Northern Territory.
We believe there are other ways other than forced amalgamations to achieve economic and financial efficiencies, including more effective working relationships between local governments.
Federal Labor believes all proposals for forced amalgamations should be tested through the democratic process of a [...]
Federal Court finds Howard Government breached its own law
Back on November 14, 2005, I issued a statement expressing grave concern about the conduct of a number of departments plans to prevent or revoke leave for public servants planning to attend a union day of protest. (See attached)
Today it has been reported that the Federal Court have determined that in advising federal departments, the [...]
Labor Funds Reclink Nationally
A Rudd Labor Government will provide $2.8 million over five years to roll out RecLink programs across Australia.
RecLink is the highly successful organiser behind the Choir of Hard Knocks, a choir of 50 homeless people based in Melbourne which captured the hearts and minds of millions of Australians in an ABC documentary earlier this year.
The [...]
Canberra-Bashing Offensive and Inaccurate
Malcolm Farr’s article, ‘Capital Offences: ACT hit by crime wave as the economy collapses’ in the Daily Telegraph, Saturday 2 September, was nothing more than a blatant Canberra-bashing exercise.
Farr’s comments are unjustifiable and unfounded. Not only is Farr’s article offensive to many Canberrans, but the article was rife with inaccuracies.
The Australian Federal Police today confirmed [...]
Equine Flu Claims Another Victim
News this weekend that another major equestrian event has been forced to cancel highlights the cost of the Equine Influenza (EI) outbreak to the whole equestrian community in NSW, Queensland and the ACT.
The Canberra International Horse Trials committee has announced that its major competition – scheduled for 29-30 September – would not go ahead.
The Canberra event [...]
