SFD Conference University of NSW, Sydney Thank you for having me here today to speak and celebrate international software freedom day! I want to give you an insight into how federal politics and policies impact upon Free and Open Source Software in Australia. There are three main areas of effect: Firstly, the Commonwealth Government as [...]
pair gain
Radio Kate: My Blog – Crikey Article
Transcript (This is the text of an article I wrote for Crikey, Forget political spin, start blogging, and the transcript of the audio file.) Communicating meaningfully with the people I represent is what my blog tries to achieve. Not everyone reads the paper or newsletter or has time to watch the news and this is [...]
Pair Gain Victims
Go to www.gcc.asn.au for the latest atempt to survey for broadband problems in Gungahlin, ACT. Sending me an email senator.lundy@aph.gov.au about your problems provides me with an insight into the level of impairment Telstra’s extensive use of ‘pair gains’ have on blocking broadband or limiting dial-up internet connection speeds. Thankyou to everyone supporting this campaign. [...]
Gungahlin residents still missing out on broadband technology
Senator Kate Lundy and Bob McMullan, Member for Fraser will be launching the Gungahlin Broadband Survey today at 10.30am at the concourse outside BIG W at “the G”, Gungahlin Shopping Centre, Hibberson Street, Gungahlin. This survey is the initiative of Ewan Brown of SETEL, and supported by the Gungahlin Community Council (GCC) and is necessary [...]
Senate Australian Telecommunications Network Inquiry Report
Senator Kate Lundy, Shadow Minister for Information Technology and Lindsay Tanner MP, Shadow Minister for Communications The Senate Communications Committee today released its findings on the Australian Telecommunications Network. The Committee found significant weaknesses in the Australian telecommunications network. For instance: Many Australians do not enjoy universal access to reliable high speed access [...]
Connecting Australia
Connecting Up Conference Keynote address Adelaide 4 May 2004 It’s about people, not technology It makes perfect sense that the current technological revolution is the mere beginning of a far reaching period of social change. Information and Communication Technology represents one of the most critical forms of social, cultural and economic empowerment. How effectively modern, [...]
Broadband Competition
ATUG 2004 Conference 4 March 2004 Sydney Broadband Competition The fundamental dichotomy presented by competition policy is that if it is just set and then followed to its logical conclusion, it inevitably will result in a monopoly. This truism makes it necessary to continually finesse competition policy, ensuring that competitive tension is perpetuated in the [...]
No sale for Telstra
Here is my speech in Parliament opposing the Howard Governments legislation to sell the rest of Telstra. There was also a Senate Inquiry into this Bill: Report on the Provisions of the Telstra (Transition to Full Private Ownership) Bill 2003 – (PDF format) – Tabled 27 October 2003 – Submissions Senator LUNDY (Australian Capital Territory) [...]
Future-proof or crappy copper?
Australian Telecommunications Summit Strategies for a competitive telecommunications and ICT industry. Sydney 30 July 2003 Broadband: Is there any other issue so pressing, so important that it will determine one way or the other the very survival of communities? Let me begin by reasserting Labor’s commitment to broadband. Labor’s vision for Australia is for universal [...]
It may be Christmas time, but Alston wouldn’t know a pair gain from a pear tree
Senator Alston made a complete Christmas goose of himself in Question Time today over pair gains, a line splitting technology Telstra uses which the ACCC found can have unfavourable effects on Internet speeds and ADSL access. In a lame attempt to attack my campaign on behalf of the thousands of “Victims of Pair Gains” who [...]
