Federal Member for Canberra Annette Ellis, Federal Member for Fraser Bob McMullan and ACT Labor Senator Kate Lundy have welcomed yesterday’s announcement of more than $2.7 million in funding over two years from the Rudd Government for the ACT Regional Investment Strategy through the Caring for our Country program.
This funding is part of a total [...]
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Canberra benefits from Caring for our Country investment
Community News June 2009
Here is my annual ‘Community News’ letter for the residents of Canberra, which I sent out to the Canberra Senate electorate in June. It includes a brief overview of latest news and initiatives which affect the people of Canberra. This edition of ’Community News’ focuses on the 2009/10 Federal Budget and nation building infrastructure for economic stimulus. [...]
Students saving the planet through sustainable housing
Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy today presented Latham year 5/6 primary school students with an award for their environmentally sustainable housing projects.
The projects were part of a 7 week program in which students had to engage with parents, family and friends as homework, to come up with ideas for this year’s topic- environmentally sustainable [...]
$1.8 million to help local office buildings reduce emissions
Labor Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy today congratulated the owners of buildings in Canberra which will receive $1,871,329 from the Rudd Government to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their office buildings.
The funding has been awarded as part of the Government’s Green Building Fund.
The $90 million fund aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Climate change: the best way forward
The Canberra Times asked ACT Senators Gary Humphries and Kate Lundy how can the Australian Government best tackle climate change?
Building Australia’s Low Pollution Future
Senator Kate Lundy has welcomed the release of details on the Government’s 20 per cent Renewable Energy Target (RET) and new ‘Solar Credits’ as part of Australia’s move to a low pollution future.
Draft legislation to deliver the RET was released yesterday, following on from the release of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme White Paper on [...]
Friends of the ANBG meet with Minister Peter Garrett
Last night Senator Lundy, together with representatives from the Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens and the Australian Native Plant Society ACT Branch, met with the Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon. Peter Garrett.
The meeting aimed to inform the Minister on the outcomes of a public forum hosted by Senator Lundy [...]
Botanic gardens develop seed bank for future
Senator Kate Lundy says the gardens are a national treasure and need to be preserved.
Transport plan fails to address car park problems
ACT Senator Kate Lundy said the Commonwealth could not resolve the paid parking issue until more research, including impacts on public servants, was completed.
Government officials withdrawal ‘disgraceful’: coalition
The committee’s stand-in chair, Labor senator Kate Lundy, read out a letter from the department.
