Senator Lundy opened the AuDA Australia and New Zealand Best Practice Awards event last month with this short pre-recorded video.
Entries close for the awards the 31st August 2009, and information is available here: http://www.bestpracticeawards.org.au/
Transcript:
Hello everyone. I’m really pleased to be here as part of the launch – albeit by recording – of the Australian and [...]
Public Speeches
AuDA Australia and New Zealand Best Practice Awards open for nominations
Copyright Future – Dinner Address
Copyright Future: Copyright Freedom
Conference
27-28 March 2009
Old Parliament House Canberra
Dinner Presentation
I’d like to begin tonight by illustrating the beauty of open access to intellectual property. I am going to borrow a thought from Lawrence Lessig, who in turn is borrowing from someone else. I thinks it contextualises my comments.
Lawrence wrote this of the US Republican Party [...]
Metadata Seminar – opening address
Sharing Data, Sharing Ideas
Slides will be available from presentions at the seminar.
Wednesday 21st May 2009
Knibbs Theatre, ABS House, Canberra
Notes from opening address.
I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners on whose land we are gathered. I pay my respects to elders past and present, and thank them for their ongoing contribution to our wonderful community [...]
Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services Open Day
Since coming to office, the Rudd Labor Government has brought an end to the shameful Pacific Solution by closing the centres on Nauru and Manu Island, and by resettling in Australian those people who in some cases had been languishing there for years.
Labor resettled 82 refugees detained on Nauru, transferring the last of the refugees [...]
Speech for CeBIT Access Conference
Session 1: Infrastructure and Policies
Improving ICT infrastructure and the Opportunities for Australian Business and Society.
12th May 2009
The Opportunities for the ICT sector and society in light of the significant policy developments of the national broadband network and the digital education revolution.
Introduction
Today I intend to focus on the significant opportunity that the federal Labor government’s national [...]
MS parliamentary briefing March 09
Preventing MS parliamentary briefing, 17 March 09, co-hosted by MSRA & NHMRC. Keynote speaker – Senator Kate Lundy, Parliamentary Friends of MS group.
Big Steps in Childcare – Senate Speech
ADJOURNMENT
Last Thursday, 21 August, I was proud to assist in the ACT launch of the Big Steps in Childcare campaign. For many years now we have worked to support parents, children and childcare workers so that access to quality child care can be the right of every child. Senators will remember many of our campaigns [...]
CONDOLENCES – Hon. John Norman Button
John Button was elected in 1974 and served as senator for Victoria until 1993. I would like to take this opportunity to reflect upon his career in his capacity as minister for industry and commerce. He is remembered as the architect of Labor’s industry and tariff reforms, as well as his good humour and wit, [...]
Volunteers
Adjournment Speech Volunteers change our world. That is the theme for this year’s National Volunteer Week, which runs from 12 to 18 May, when we recognise and thank Australia’s volunteers.
Official statistics tell us that more than 5.4 million Australians over 18 years of age—that is, 34 per cent of the adult population—do some voluntary work [...]
CONDOLENCES – Ms Ruth Nancy Coleman
Senator Ruth Coleman, who died on 27 March, served in the parliament from 1974 to 1987 as a senator for Western Australia. When elected she was one of only five women in the federal parliament—four in the Senate and one, Joan Child, in the House of Representatives. A feminist and fighter for many women’s causes, [...]
