Acknowledgements: Mr Wayne Gilbert, CEO, 4walls; Mr Peter Maher, CEO of St Vincent de Paul Society, Qld; Ms Annastacia Palaszczuk, Minister for Transport and Multicultural Affairs; Ms Karen Struthers, Minister for Community Services and Housing and Minister for Women; Mr Abel Sibonio, President, Association of the Burundian Community of Queensland; Ms Stacey Holt, Director of [...]
Public Speeches
Citizen-centric services: A necessary principle for achieving genuine open government
Below is a speech given by Senator Kate Lundy at the Citizen Centric Service Delivery 2011 conference on March 1st 2011. Open Government can mean many things. It relates to accessible and transparent data, the extent government engages citizens in decision making and the accessibility of government itself. With the increases in Internet access in [...]
Multicultural Policy – The People of Australia
Australia is a nation built on migration. Each sitting day of parliament we are reminded of this in our acknowledgement of the First Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Acknowledging their custodianship of the land and paying our respects underlines that for the rest of us our path to this country was through migration. I [...]
Launch of the African Cultural Festival, SA.
Let me begin by acknowledging and paying my respects to the traditional owners of this land on which we meet today, the Kaurna people, and thank them for their continuing contributions to the Adelaide community. I would also like to acknowledge: The Hon. Hieu Van Le, Lieutenant Governor of South Australia, my federal and state [...]
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Chris Bowen – Multiculturalism in the Australian Context
Speech to the Sydney Institute Less than a month ago, millions of Australians celebrated our national day. Among the most enthusiastic participants were our newest Australian citizens. Thirteen thousand people – from every corner of the globe – passionately and enthusiastically took the pledge of commitment to this nation. I’ve seen people, proudly wearing the [...]
Foundation House End of Year Celebration
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen Thank you for your invitation to attend the Foundation House End of Year Function. I am honoured to be speaking here this evening and presenting the Quentin Buckle awards. Let me begin by paying my respects to the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet today, the Wurundjeri [...]
Centre for Multicultural Youth End of Year Celebration
Let me begin by acknowledging and paying my respects to the past and present Traditional Custodians of this land on which we meet today, the Wurundjeri people. I pay my respects to their elders and I thank them for their continuing contributions to the Melbourne community. Thank you for your warm welcome. It is a [...]
Migrant Resource Centre Annual General Meeting
Let me begin by acknowledging and paying my respects to the traditional owners of this land on which we meet today, the Kaurna people, and thank them for their continuing contribution to the Adelaide community. It is a pleasure to be here this evening for the Migrant Resource Centre’s Annual General Meeting and to have the [...]
Adjournment speech supporting an R18+ games classification in Australia
On November 23rd, Senator Lundy tabled a document which had almost 90,000 signatures from Australians all over the country supporting the introduction of an R18+ games classification. Below is the transcript of the speech. Please add your comments to the related blog post at http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/11/23/r18-adjournment-speech-your-comments/ Transcript I rise today to advocate for the introduction of [...]
Sharing Histories – Kiap Tribute Event
Let me begin by acknowledging and paying my respects to the traditional custodians of this land on which we meet today, the Ngunnawal people. I pay my respects to their elders, past and present, and I thank them for their continuing contributions to the Canberra community. It is an honour to be here with you [...]
