Senator Lundy gave a short talk about the Climate Commission on May 24th 2011. Below is the video and transcript as well as links to relevant information available from the Climate Commission. I’m here at the Climate Commission forum here in Parliament House. This morning we’ve had an address by the Chief Climate Commissioner, Tim [...]
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Visit to Thai/Burma border refugee camps
Visit to Thailand From 28 March – 1 April this year, I traveled to the Thai/Burma border to gain a firsthand understanding of how Australia’s humanitarian resettlement program works. My visit took me to two of the nine camps for displaced persons that house Burmese refugees. The two camps I visited were Mae La camp [...]
LHMU name change to United Voice
I was pleased to meet with United Voice ACT representatives following on from their name change in March this year from the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (LHMU). The name change for this union is an exciting new phase for their future. United Voice is running several exciting national campaigns to improve the lives of [...]
Accessing Australia: The Challenges of Digitisation
Senator Lundy gave a speech at the “HASS on the Hill” conference as part of a session on Accessing Australia: the challenges of digitisation. HASS on the Hill is an event coordinated by the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) for the humanities, arts and social sciences sector to communicate with government [...]
Find a Harmony Day event near you!
Harmony Day brings the entire Australian community together to celebrate our diversity, our multiculturalism and our Australian way of life. Harmony Day is celebrated every year on 21 March with events happening in the weeks leading up to the day. This year community groups, businesses, schools, government agencies and councils throughout Australia have registered over [...]
Video: Harmony Day Launch and NSW Fire Brigade
Below is a video from the Harmony Day launch, with comments from the NSW Fire Brigade, NSW Adult Migrant English Service, Minister Chris Bowen and Senator Kate Lundy. Greg Mullins: So firefighters are great supporters of National Harmony Day and we’re very glad to assist in this kind of way. Minister Chris Bowen: Harmony Day [...]
Harmony Soccer Game – Pollies vs Professionals
On the 28th February, Senator Lundy played a football game of professionals vs pollies. Below is a video and transcript including highlights from the game and comments from Craig Foster from SBS sports, Sally Shipard from the Matildas and Senator Lundy. Transcript: Craig Foster: It’s the game that is the window to the world. It’s [...]
Introducing “A Taste of Harmony”
Senator Lundy chats to Sally from the Scanlon Foundation about their initiative, “A Taste of Harmony“, once of the many programs happening for National Harmony Day. Transcript: Senator Lundy: We’re here at the launch of Harmony Day for 2011. It’s been a wonderful announcement and celebration so far but I’d like to introduce Sally from [...]
The Harmony Game soccer match
On the 28th February, Senator Lundy played a football game of professionals vs pollies. Below is a short interview with Craig Foster. Transcript: Senator Lundy: So we’ve just played our Harmony Game Soccer match, Craig Foster’s team won by one goal, it was right down to the wire, come on (the final score was 7-6). [...]
Canberra hosts National Multicultural Festival
This year’s National Multicultural Festival was a huge success with a record number of Canberrans flocking to the event to taste and experience wonderfully diverse cuisines and cultures from all corners of the globe. With over 250 stalls and six entertainment stages, the festival was a one-stop multicultural festival extravaganza with visitors treated to a [...]
