Legislation was passed in the Senate this week, delivering on the Gillard Government’s commitment to open up access to university education. This change ensures public universities will be funded for undergraduate student places based on student demand. “Universities will no longer have to negotiate annually over how many undergraduate places to offer in each discipline,” [...]
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New cost of living help for ACT families this financial year
The Gillard Government recognises there are genuine cost of living pressures across the country and not everyone is seeing the benefits of a strong economy. Federal Labor representatives for the ACT, Senator Kate Lundy, Gai Brodtmann MP and Andrew Leigh MP, said a range of initiatives will come into effect from today that will help [...]
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 [...]
Budget delivers for Canberra
Federal ACT Labor Representatives, Kate Lundy, Gai Brodtmann, and Andrew Leigh, have welcomed 2011-12 Budget investment in Canberra. To mark the capital’s Centenary celebrations, the Budget delivers over $68 million to partner with the ACT Government to deliver a program of Canberra Centenary celebration for all Australians. Labor’s responsible Budget will strengthen Australia’s economy, create [...]
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 [...]
Congratulations to Graduates of the Botanical Internship Program
A long time supporter of the Australian National Botanic Gardens and Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy today presented certificates at the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research’s (CANBR’s) Botanical Interns graduation ceremony. The Student’s Volunteer Botanical Internship Program at CANBR provides a select group of students studying environmental and plant science with the opportunity [...]
Senator Kate Lundy opens a new multipurpose hall at Telopea Park School
Senator Kate Lundy today attended the official opening of the new multipurpose hall and refurbishments to the assembly hall at Telopea Park School, built as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER). Telopea Park School received $3,335,377 under the National School Pride (NSP) program and Primary Schools for the 21st Century element [...]
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 [...]
Investing in education in the ACT
This video highlights some of the Federal Government investments in the ACT, discussing examples of the Digital Education Revolution, Building the Education Revolution and the Trade Training Centres. Transcript to follow. Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: KateLundyHosted: youtube
Gungahlin Mobile Office
I’m holding a Mobile Office at Gungahlin Marketplace tommorow (Saturday 5th February) 10:30am-12pm to hear what issues are important to you. If this Mobile Office time and location is not convenient, you can contact me by: Phone: 6230 0411 Fax: 6230 0413 Mail: 11 London Circuit, Canberra Email: senator.lundy@aph.gov.au
