Senator Kate Lundy has welcomed the release of details on the Government’s 20 per cent Renewable Energy Target (RET) and new ‘Solar Credits’ as part of Australia’s move to a low pollution future.
Draft legislation to deliver the RET was released yesterday, following on from the release of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper on [...]
Yearly Archives: 2008
Building Australia’s Low Pollution Future
Consultation on Aviation Green Paper Taking Off
Senator Kate Lundy has welcomed the release of the Australian Government’s Aviation Green Paper by the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.
The Green Paper is a step on the way in the development of Australia’s first ever comprehensive National Aviation Policy Statement or White Paper. It follows on [...]
$8.6 million for local universities
Member for Fraser Bob McMullan, Member for Canberra Annette Ellis, and ACT Labor Senator Kate Lundy have welcomed Australian Government funding of $8.6 million for the Australian National University and the University of Canberra.
The grants are provided through the Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund and are for four projects:
The Australian National University:
The Engineering Hubs and [...]
Culture on the chopping block
The Labor senator Kate Lundy urged the Government to adopt the report’s findings.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/bridge-not-certain-but-spots-selling-fast/1380098.aspx
Senator Kate Lundy, who was chair of the joint standing committee inquiry into the National Capital Authority, said she thought the concept of the bridge was worthy but she was concerned for all parties over its implementation.
Relief for Small Public Sector Agencies Proposed
Senator Kate Lundy today welcomed the tabling of a report by the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee recommending relief for small public sector agencies from the efficiency dividend.
The dividend introduced in 1987-88 trims the public funding component of agencies’ budgets by 1.25 per cent per annum. For the 2008-09 year only, the Government increased the efficiency [...]
Households should be first NBN priority: report
“You can’t have it both ways, the opposition senators can’t sit both sides of the fence,” Labor Senator Kate Lundy told the Senate.
ACT Men Urged to Speak About Their Health
The Rudd Government wants Canberran men to start talking – to help it develop Australia’s first ever National Men’s Health Policy.
Gender is a key determinant of health in Australia, and the best way to improve health outcomes is to have policies that recognise the unique needs of men.
Life expectancy for Australian men, for example, is [...]
White Ribbon Day
Tonight I will be addressing the Senate on the important role White Ribbon Day is playing in educating the community about cultural change, with the ultimate aim of eliminating violence against women. According to the ABS, nearly half a million Australian women suffer violence in a one-year period.
In the ACT alone, police attend approximately 3,600 [...]
The Future of Our National Botanic Garden: Friends of the ANBG meet with Minister Peter Garrett
Last night Senator Lundy, together with representatives from the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens and the Australian Native Plant Society ACT Branch, met with the Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon. Peter Garrett.
The meeting aimed to inform the Minister on the outcomes of a public forum hosted by Senator Lundy [...]
