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 [...]
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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 [...]
Citizen-centric services: A necessary principle for achieving genuine open government
Below is a speech given by Senator Kate Lundy at the Citizen Centric Service Delivery 2011 conference on March 1st 2011. Open Government can mean many things. It relates to accessible and transparent data, the extent government engages citizens in decision making and the accessibility of government itself. With the increases in Internet access in [...]
Gungahlin Mobile Office
I’m holding a Mobile Office at Gungahlin Marketplace tommorow (Saturday 5th February) 10:30am-12pm to hear what issues are important to you. If this Mobile Office time and location is not convenient, you can contact me by: Phone: 6230 0411 Fax: 6230 0413 Mail: 11 London Circuit, Canberra Email: senator.lundy@aph.gov.au
Federal ACT Members urge Senator Humphries to support Telecommunications Legislation
Federal Members, Andrew Leigh and Gai Brodtmann, and ACT Senator, Kate Lundy have today urged ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries to support the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010 currently before the Senate. “Senator Humphries needs to come clean to ACT residents about whether he will support a more competitive market for [...]
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 [...]
Funding our future in the ACT
Gai Brodtmann MP, Andrew Leigh MP and Senator Kate Lundy today congratulated the Gillard Government for continuing to fund fundamental programs and investments in the ACT. Since 2007 the Federal Labor Government has made unprecedented investments in Canberra for education, health, social housing, community infrastructure and roads. The Federal Labor Government and the ACT Labor [...]
Senator Lundy wins International Top 10 People Changing the World of Internet and Politics
Senator Lundy wins International Top 10 People Changing the World of Internet and Politics MEDIA RELEASE Senator Kate Lundy Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Citizenship Senator for the A.C.T Monday 18th October 2010 Labor Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has been named the winner of the International Top [...]
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 [...]
