Below is the address Senator Lundy gave to FutureGov 2011 on Gov 2.0 as a mechanism for resilience in a 21st century democracy. Below the speech are some short podcasts from Andrew Stott (previous Director of Digital Engagement in the UK) and Chris Moore (CIO for the City of Edmonton, Canada). All transcripts are under [...]
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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 [...]
Senator Lundy announces the FutureGov Congress coming to Australia
Senator Kate Lundy spoke at the launch event for the FutureGov Congress event, which will be running in Canberra this September. Full details and a transcript of the speech are available at: Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: KateLundyHosted: youtube
Mohit Sagar from FutureGov Magazine speaks at the FutureGov Congress Australia launch
This is the second video from the FutureGov Congress Australia launch. Mohit Sagar from FutureGov Magazine speaks at the FutureGov Congress Australia launch. Full details along with the speech by Senator Lundy available on the blog post at: Category: News & PoliticsUploaded by: KateLundyHosted: youtube
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 [...]
Welcome news for Open Source
Last week the Federal Labor Government’s Special Minister of State, Gary Gray announced the revised Federal Government policy on open source procurement. I have taken a long standing interest in open source and ICT procurement generally and want to acknowledge the merit of the revised policy, which aims to strengthen the consideration of open source software by agencies [...]
Press clipping: Lundy’s tops in changing internet and politics
Story: “Lundy’s tops in changing internet and politics” by Charlotte Harper Did you know that the ACT’s own Senator Kate Lundy (@KateLundy) was named one of the Top 10 People Who Are Changing the World of Internet and Politics last month?She actually topped the top 10, winning the International eDemocracy Award at the World e.Gov [...]
Speech at CeBIT Gov 2.0 Conference
CeBIT Gov 2.0 Conference Using Web 2.0 Tools for transparent Government and the Public Sphere methodology Thank you for having me here today. I’d like to outline the progress of the Gov 2.0 agenda in Australia, compare the high level agendas in the UK, US and in Australia, and then share with you some of [...]
The Office of the Information Commissioner
Today marks an exciting step for open data, open government and the Gov 2.0 agenda in Australia. Today the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) is being launched in Canberra at Parliament House by Brendan O’Connor, the Minister for Home Affairs. Also speaking at the launch is the new Information Commissioner Professor John MacMillan [...]
NBN public consultation for Gungahlin announced
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Jon Stanhope ACT Chief Minister Kate Lundy Senator for the ACT Andrew Leigh Member for Fraser NBN public consultation for Gungahlin announced ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy and Member for Fraser Andrew Leigh have today welcomed the announcement that there will be an open public consultation [...]
