Today Canberra’s Federal Labor representatives Senator Kate Lundy, Bob McMullan MP and Annette Ellis MP announced a Rudd Labor Government will commit $500,000 towards the cost of restoring Albert Hall. The Albert Hall is listed on the Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture, the National Trust of Australia (ACT) Register and the ACT Heritage Places [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Liberals will take Work Choices even further if given the chance
Senator Kate Lundy and Peter Conway, second ACT ALP Senate Candidate, today launched the ACT Labor Senate Campaign by highlighting how the Liberal Government will take their extreme Work Choices legislation even further. John Howard has conceded he would “finetune” his laws after the next election saying earlier this year”We don’t have any changes in [...]
ACT family budgets slugged $212 more a month as another interest rate rise hits
With today’s interest rate rise, families in the ACT are paying an average of $212 more a month since Mr Howard promised to ‘keep interest rates at record lows’. “Today’s interest rate rise alone will add $36 a month to the typical mortgage in the ACT”, Senator Lundy said. “This is the sixth straight interest [...]
Federal Labor’s Low Tax “Dream Saver” Accounts Will Help First Home Buyers in the ACT
Senator Kate Lundy, Bob McMullan and Annette Ellis today said that a Federal Labor Government will help aspiring first home-buyers save a larger deposit by establishing new, low tax First Home Saver Accounts. “This will be a great way for young people in the ACT to save up for that all-important deposit for their first [...]
Labor’s plan to put the focus back on OH&S
Today Senator Kate Lundy visited the Electro Skills training centre to talk to apprentices about Federal Labor’s plan for occupational health and safety. The Howard Government has failed to address significant issues in the area of workplace health and safety because of its ideological obsession with Work Choices. In contrast, Federal Labor believes that policy [...]
Botanic Gardens Wilt Under Government Neglect
ACT Federal representatives, Senator Kate Lundy, Bob McMullan and Annette Ellis have today expressed concern about reports that the Australian National Botanic Gardens will be forced to compromise its research and biodiversity programs in order to service projected debts. “This issue faced by the Botanic Gardens is just one example of the type of problems [...]
