ACT Labor Senate Candidates

Kate Lundy

Kate Lundy was elected as the Labor Senator for the Australian Capital Territory in March 1996, at age 28. 

Since 1998 Kate Lundy has been Shadow Minister, covering various portfolios throughout this time including Sport, Youth Affairs, Information Technology, Manufacturing and Consumers Affairs.

She is currently the Shadow Minister for Local Government and Sport, Recreation and Health Promotion.

Kate is an active member of several Parliamentary Committees, including the Senate Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology, Sport and the Arts.

She is also a member of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories and a member of the Presiding Officers’ Information Technology Advisory Committee.

Kate grew up in Canberra, attending Latham Primary, Ginninderra High School and Copland College.

Kate is married to David, lives in North Canberra and has a blended family of five children.

You can read more about Kate by following this link...

Peter Conway

Peter Conway is Labor's number two ACT Senate candidate for the 2007 Federal election.

Peter finished his secondary schooling with the Christian Brothers before studying theology in a monastic order (The Passionist Fathers)

He was a senior advisor in the Hawke/Keating Governments in the area of environment, heritage and sport.

After leaving the public service as an SES officer, Peter established his own consulting business and also held the CEO position of the Canberra Property Owners Association for six years.

Peter's statutory board appointments have included:

Peter has officiated as a referee at 650 rugby union games and played rugby for Box Hill in Victoria and represented Victoria, for St George in NSW and for Easts in the ACT.  

Peter is currently director of the Canberra based self-funded think tank 'The Canberra Institute'.  

ACT Labor Senate candidates: Peter Conway and Kate Lundy

Enrol to Vote

The Howard Government has made it harder to vote by changing enrolment rules. If you are 18 and over you will be eligible to vote in this years Federal election. If you are eligible it is important to ensure you are:

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Political Donations

On ABC Local RadioTriple 6's Friday Morning political panel, there has been a discussion about declaring political donations.

I haven't received any personal donations to fund my election campaign, so I have no donations to declare.

The ACT ALP Branch receives some donations to help fund Labor's election campaigns in the ACT, including the Assembly election campaign.

You can find all the donations the ACT ALP has received from 1999/2000 to 2005/2006 by clicking on the following link to the Australian Electoral Commission Website and click on 'annual returns', then 'search' on ALP ACT Branch OR click through to candidate returns, selecting Australian Labor Party - ACT Branch.

Donations received in the 2006/2007 financial year will not be released until February 2008.

Please note that although the Howard Government passed legislation lifting the disclosure threshold to $10,000, the ACT ALP declares donations it receives over $1,500.