Senator Lundy spoke at the annual dinner for the Institute of Information Management, as part of Information Awareness Month. Below are some notes from the speech. Please note, a video will be released next week featuring Senator Lundy discussing all technology related items from the budget which will build upon the items below. The value [...]
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Senator Kate Lundy announced FutureGov Congress coming to Canberra
Today Senator Kate Lundy announced that FutureGov Congress is coming to Canberra this September. Below is a transcript of the event proceedings with some information about Gov 2.0, eGovernment, some related Gov 2.0 initiatives in the 2011-2012 Federal Budget and information about the upcoming FutureGov Congress event and related links. Please also find more information [...]
Press Clipping: NICTA’s eGov technology cluster backs FutureGov Congress in ACT
Media release by NICTA about the upcoming FutureGov Congress in Canberra this September, launched by Senator Kate Lundy: A prominent conference featuring local and international experts in eGovernment will be held in Canberra this year from 12 -14 September. The FutureGov Australia Congress, announced by The Hon. Kate Lundy, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory [...]
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: Gov 2.0 more than a “one-shot” for South Australia
Article in ComputerWorld Au by James Hutchinson about Gov 2.0 and what the South Australian Government is planning: The United States Air Force and Labor senator, Kate Lundy, have become inspirations for the South Australian Government’s burgeoning Gov 2.0 initiatives, according to government CIO, Andrew Mills. Though the state hasn’t been as proactive in its [...]
R18+ adjournment speech – your comments
Tonight I presented an adjournment speech to the Australian Senate to table a petition and add my support for the introduction of an R18+ games classification in Australia. The speech is linked below, along with a few other useful references. I’d like to hear what you think. Kate Adjournment speech – http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/11/23/adjournment-speech-supporting-an-r18-games-classification-in-australia/ Some additional useful [...]
Adjournment speech supporting an R18+ games classification in Australia
On November 23rd, Senator Lundy tabled a document which had almost 90,000 signatures from Australians all over the country supporting the introduction of an R18+ games classification. Below is the transcript of the speech. Please add your comments to the related blog post at http://www.katelundy.com.au/2010/11/23/r18-adjournment-speech-your-comments/ Transcript I rise today to advocate for the introduction of [...]
Speech to ACACA conference on the importance of cultural diversity and technology skills in education
On September 27th 2010, Senator Lundy did a pre-recorded video for the 2010 Australasian Curriculum, Assessment and Certification Conference about the importance of technology and cultural diversity skills for preparing young people for the 21st century. Transcript to follow. Senator Lundy’s submission on technology skills to ACACA from April 2010: katelundy.com.au/2010/04/22/open-submission-to-the-national-curriculum-consultation/ Conference information is available [...]
Senator Lundy discusses technology and cultural diversity skills at 2010 ACACA conference
Senator Kate Lundy spoke at the 2010 Australasian Curriculum, Assessment and Certification Conference about the importance of technology and cultural diversity skills for preparing young people for the 21st century. ACACA information at: acaca.bos.nsw.edu.au/ Senator Lundy’s submission on technology skills to ACACA from April 2010: katelundy.com.au/2010/04/22/open-submission-to-the-national-curriculum-consultation/ Transcript to follow. Uploaded by: Kate LundyHosted: vimeo
