Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy has welcomed the announcement that 39 Howitzer Guns will be made available to RSL clubs and historical organisations around the country. “The Howitzers have been an important part of Australia’s arsenal. They were critical to providing fire support to the Australian Army in Vietnam,” Senator Lundy said. “I would [...]
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ACT students encouraged to apply for technical trade defence scholarships
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy is encouraging students interested in learning a trade to apply for a Defence Technical Scholarship. The 2011 program is currently accepting applications for up to1500 scholarships for students in Years 11 and 12 interested in pursuing a technical trade career in the Australian Defence Force. Senator Lundy said the [...]
Defence commemorates the service of Indigenous men and women
THE HON. ALAN GRIFFIN MP Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Minister for Defence Personnel SENATOR THE HON. KATE LUNDY Senator for the ACT Wednesday, 7 July 2010 34/2010 Defence commemorates the service of Indigenous men and women The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel, Alan Griffin, has announced that a commemorative service was held [...]
Public Sphere: Government 2.0 – Justin Freeman
Justin Freeman from Agileware speaking on “Bringing Web 2.0 to Defence and other Government agencies” as part of the proceedings from the Public Sphere event on Government 2.0, hosted by Senator Kate Lundy on the 22nd June 2009. The slides for this talk are available at: http://www.slideshare.net/greebo/public-sphere-gov-20-justin-freeman The rest of the videos from the day [...]
Campaign background for pension indexation
Pension Indexation Campaign What is this campaign about? Commonwealth superannuation pensioners, (former Commonwealth public servants and former Defence Force personnel) have their superannuation pensions indexed by the CPI, an indexation tool abandoned more than a decade ago for other Government funded pensions. This issue affects almost 350,000 senior Australians whose average pension is now less [...]
