Parliament House was the venue for Alcatel Lucent’s hosting of Bell Labs Chief Scientist Alice White’s showcase recently. I was able to make it early in the morning. I had a chat to Alice about her work, in particular with photonics. The roadshow headed down to the CSIRO/ANU after briefings in Parliament and then to [...]
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ICT in the 2011-2012 Federal Budget
As someone who has been interested in technology for many years, I thought it would be interesting to do a bit of an overview of programs in the 2011-2012 Federal Budget that relate to technology and to our capacity as a nation to leverage the benefits and opportunities presented in the digital age, along with [...]
Accessing Australia: The Challenges of Digitisation
Senator Lundy gave a speech at the “HASS on the Hill” conference as part of a session on Accessing Australia: the challenges of digitisation. HASS on the Hill is an event coordinated by the Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) for the humanities, arts and social sciences sector to communicate with government [...]
National Broadband Network decisive
I am watching the press conference of independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakshott. Tony Windsor has cited the importance of the Federal Labor commitment to the National Broadband Network to his decision to support a Gillard Labor Government. Rob Oakshott is also supporting a Gillard Labor Government. I am proud to be part of [...]
Investing in education in the ACT
This video showcases education investments in the ACT including projects under the Digital Education Revolution, Building the Education Revolution and the Trade Training Centres. Thank you to all schools, principals, teachers and students who agreed to participate! Transcript: Senator Kate Lundy: I’ve been visiting schools all around Canberra looking at how our investments in education [...]
Press clipping: Politician Profiles: Senator Kate Lundy
Senator Lundy was interviewed by Computerworld for a profile piece on her thoughts around ICT: Senator Kate Lundy has become known in the technology community as a fierce advocate of government engagement and Gov 2.0, pushing for support of many of the recommendations made last year by the Government 2.0 Taskforce, and pre-empting the declaration [...]
Speech notes from Google Election 2010 Launch
Senator Lundy spoke at the Google Australia Election 2010 launch, alongside other panelists, Paul Fletcher MP and Senator Scott Ludlam. Her speech notes are below, and all video content from the event is available at http://www.youtube.com/australiavotes. If the first incarnation of the internet saw the democratisation of information and made us all publishers, the second [...]
ACTA: DMCA Mark II?
We are entering the information age, where economies are built on the back of digital infrastructure. This ensures the full spectrum of ICT related policy, from Gov2.0 to growing ICT exports is more important than ever. We need to make sure our capacity to innovate and collaborate with ICT is harnessed to strengthen our exports. [...]
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 [...]
