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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Press clipping: NBN key to open government: Lundy
Article by Josh Taylor on ZDNet: Labor senator and technology advocate Kate Lundy has told a New Zealand conference that only high-speed broadband offered by the National Broadband Network will lead to a true open government in Australia. While Labor continues in its to attempts to woo the three rural independents into forming a minority [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
NBN expands FTTP from 90% to 93%
Senator Kate Lundy discusses the policy announcement to expand the NBN fibre to the premises 100Mbps network from 90% to 93% of the population, with the remaining outlying areas serviced by next generation 12Mbps wireless and satellite. Transcript: Yesterday the Federal Labor Party announced the National Broadband Network would be going further than the 90% [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
