Senator Kate Lundy spoke about the special part that libraries can play in the future, and particularly in a Gov 2.0 agenda in educating, supporting and enabling access for the community, particularly for disadvantaged people in the community. Transcript to follow. Uploaded by: Kate LundyHosted: vimeo
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Press clipping: IT industry applauds as NBN proves key to Australia’s political future
Article by David Ramli in ARN: Labor Senator, Kate Lundy, said the result was a huge relief for her and a strong endorsement of her party’s policy. She said she was not surprised by the influence broadband had on Windsor. “I’m pretty happy right now,” she said. “For Windsor to call it up like that [...]
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 [...]
Speech to the New Zealand Labour Open Government policy consultation
Senator Lundy was invited to speak about her experiences and understanding of Open Government and the Australian Gov 2.0 agenda at the New Zealand Labour Open Government policy consultation on the 28th August 2010. The Senator gave a pre-recorded video presentation with her thoughts. Transcript: Hi. I’m Senator Kate Lundy. Thank you very much for [...]
ACT Housing announcements and new initiatives
Below are the videos and full transcripts (including questions from journalists) from the ACT housing initiatives recently announced by Minister Tanya Plibersek, Chief Minister of the ACT Jon Stanhope, and the Fraser Labor candidate Dr Andrew Leigh on August 11th 2010. Comments from Minister Tanya Plibersek TANYA PLIBERSEK: Thanks very much for that. It’s a [...]
GP Super Clinic for the ACT
The Gillard Labor Government will build a new GP Super Clinic for the ACT to improve access to health services for local families. GP Super Clinics are a key part of the Gillard Labor Government’s plan to improve GP and other primary care services around the country. The ACT is a growing community with young [...]
Speech to the Technology in Government and the Public Sector conference
Firstly I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we have gathered, the Ngunnawal people, and thank them for their continuing contributions to our wonderful Canberra community. The first term of a new government is arguably one of the most transformative periods in modern democracies as new ideas responding to [...]
New Facilities Open at Waniassa and Woden Schools
Campaign Media Release Senator Kate Lundy Labor Senator for the ACT Gai Brodtmann Labor Candidate for Canberra Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy, and Labor Candidate for Canberra, Gai Brodtmann, today attended the official openings of two school projects in the ACT as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER). Senator Lundy [...]
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 [...]
Humphries turns his back on Gungahlin: Liberals to abolish NBN
Today Senator Humphries was forced to concede that the Liberals, if elected to government, will abandon the NBN rollout in Gungahlin with no alternative plan to deliver high speed broadband. Last week Liberal Senator Gary Humphries was trying to claim credit for the announcement that Gungahlin is one of the early rollout sites for the [...]
