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Investing in local jobs and education
The Rudd Labor Government’s economic and infrastructure stimulus is supporting local jobs and the Canberra economy. Investments include:
$242.705 million for 257 halls and classrooms across the ACT’s public and private schools.
$28.68 million for the construction [...]
I was very pleased to be asked by Sam Sheppard of Buildmore to be the national patron for an Australian first project to promote women in the construction industry- The Women Into Building Housing Showcase.
My background in the workforce was as a labourer in the building and construction industry, removing asbestos from buildings, including the [...]
CALL it drive, call it determination or call it girl power.
In what has been deemed an Australian first, south-east Queensland’s finest female construction workers have come together to build one of the nation’s most unique display homes.
The Women into Building Housing Showcase is the brainchild of multi-award winning Sunshine Coast builder Sam Sheppard, who is [...]
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has welcomed the announcement by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope that construction work has commenced for the $1.8 million state-of-the-art youth plaza in the Woden Valley, which is expected to employ 58 construction workers.
The federal Labor Government provided $1.4 million for the Eddison Park youth plaza, with the remaining [...]
Senator Kate Lundy describes her personal story of how she became interested in ICT and what meaning it has for her in politics and government.
Transcript
My interest in ICT really started back when I worked for a Trade Union. I didn’t go to university, so I didn’t know about the Internet before about 1993. But when [...]
Labor senator Doug Cameron and left-winger Kate Lundy co-authored an amendment in yesterday’s caucus meeting to make coercive powers occur only in “opt in” cases rather than have blanket application.
Three amendments designed to further soften the legislation had been proposed by former union chief Doug Cameron and ACT senator Kate Lundy, but all three amendments were defeated.
The debate inside caucus has been described as passionate and constructive. Twenty-one MPs spoke – seven in favour of a proposal by Doug Cameron and Kate Lundy to change the bill to water some elements down; but in the end the Deputy Prime Minister says it came through unscathed.
Labor sources later described the debate as passionate and constructive, with two former unionists, senators Kate Lundy and Doug Cameron, failing in an attempt to reduce the sunset clause to three years and to introduce an “opt in” clause for the coercive powers.
