ICT

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 [...]

Senator Lundy briefly discusses the NBN expansion of fibre to 93%

Senator Lundy briefly discusses the announcement of the NBN expansion of the fibre to the premises 100 Mbps network from 90% of the population to 93%.
TRANSCRIPT
Yesterday the Federal Labor Party announced the National Broadband Network would be going further than the 90% fibre to the premises.
They’ve now followed the advice of the implementation study and [...]

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 of [...]

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 incarnation [...]

OLPC Oceania update and chance meeting with Gartner’s Andrea Di Maio

Some days just work out right. Last Thursday week was one of them.
Early in the day, I bumped into Glenn Archer, the CIO of DEEWR whilst walking in Parliament House who mentioned Andrea Di Maio was in Canberra for the day. I asked Glenn if he could ask whether we could arrange a meeting at [...]

Declaration of open government imminent

Article in Computerworld:
The Federal Government will soon act on one of the Government 2.0 Taskforce’s central recommendation in declaring an open government, according to Labour Senator, Kate Lundy.
Full article at http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/348084/declaration_open_government_imminent/

Keynote Address: Gov2.0 Expo 2010

Update: Please also see my “Reflections from Gov 2.0 Expo 2010, Washington DC” post for my thoughts on the event, and the media and Twitter coverage.
Below are the notes for two speeches Senator Lundy gave to the international Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington D.C. on the 26th May 2010, including additional links, information and examples [...]

Senator Lundy to Keynote at Global Gov 2.0 Expo

Senator Kate Lundy will be a keynote speaker at the international Gov 2.0 Expo later this week. She will be discussing Open Government, and how Australia is innovating with technology and new community collaborations to make government more transparent, participatory and responsive to the changing needs of citizens.
http://www.gov2expo.com/
The Senator was originally invited to share the [...]

Opposition NBN stance is ‘absolutely appalling’: Lundy

News story from the National Broadband Network News:
Senator Lundy “All of my critiques through my Opposition years was ‘you can do it better’. There should be better competition, there should be fatter pipes, and there should be less pair gain systems. That character of the debate has been suddenly flipped on its head because the [...]

Launch of Australian Gov 2.0 Showcase

Senator Lundy in collaboration with Minister Tanner and Department of Finance and Deregulation today announced the launch of the Australian Gov 2.0 Showcase.
“This showcase will collate and show off Aussie innovation in Gov 2.0. It will be a source of knowledge, experience and inspiration both in Australia and around the world. Australia boasts a growing [...]