As I have indicated in several blog posts, I am working to change the Internet filtering policy to better achieve the policy goals of protecting children through empowering and educating parents. I have spoken before about the two key amendments I am advocating, ie: a) protect in legislation the availability of an unfiltered, open Internet [...]
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Senator Lundy presents at the 2010 HighSpeed ECTA conference
Senator Lundy gave a video presentation outlining the progress of the National Broadband Network in Australia to the ECTA HighSpeed 2010 conference in Brussels. Full details and transcription on the blog post at http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/06/04/speech-for-ecta-highspeed-2010-conference/ Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: KateLundyHosted: youtube
Declaration of open government imminent
Article in Computerworld: The Federal Government will soon act on one of the Government 2.0 Taskforce’s central recommendation in declaring an open government, according to Labour Senator, Kate Lundy. Full article at http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/348084/declaration_open_government_imminent/
Metadata Australia 2010 opening speech
Senator Kate Lundy opened the Metadata Australia 2010 conference with this remote video presentation. Transcript I’m really pleased to be giving this opening address at the Metadata Australia 2010 conference. I’m sorry I can’t be there in person but this is an incredibly important issue and I’d like to wish you all the best for [...]
ICT & Open Government in the 2010-2011 Budget
As I looked through the budget looking for benefits to my constituents are areas of interest, I was very happy to see some of the ICT-related budget items. I thought I would make a short video about some things that I found interesting, and have added a few more below the video transcript with plenty [...]
Information Awareness Month – Gov 2.0: Communities and conversations
Senator Lundy gave this speech to open Information Awareness Month 2010. Below is the full speech, whereas the video was edited slightly to the maximum length allowed by Youtube. Below are also some of the other video content presented at the event. I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we are gathered, [...]
The history and issues around broadband in the Gungahlin area
This video describes the history, technical issues and the impact on users resulting from the broadband issues in the Gungahlin area. The video includes commentary from Senator Kate Lundy, Russ Gillon (from ACT Broadband) and Palmerston resident, Greg Wells. The captions are on the video, and there is a transcript below. Transcript: Kate Lundy This [...]
Broadband issues in Gungahlin, ACT
This video describes the history, technical issues and the impact on users resulting from the broadband issues in the Gungahlin area. The video includes commentary from Senator Kate Lundy, Russ Gillon (from ACT Broadband) and Palmerston resident, Greg Wells. Further information on the history of broadband in Gungahlin: http://actbroadband.net/ http://www.katelundy.com.au/1998/06/21/privatisation-plan-threatens-critical-broadband-project/ The 2006 Gungahlin Broadband Survey: [...]
NBN urgently needed in Gungahlin
MEDIA RELEASE NBN urgently needed in Gungahlin Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy and Gungahlin Broadband activist Mr Russ Gillon have today called for NBN priority in Gungahlin to get around Telstra’s broadband blockers. Senator Lundy and Mr Gillon from ACT Broadband, a grass roots campaign highlighting the impact of broadband-blocking technologies (RIMs)* in Telstra’s [...]
