Cowra was one of two NSW clubs that dominated the 2009 Australian Junior Dirt Track Championships held at Canberra’s newly redeveloped Fairburn Park Dirt Track Complex last weekend.
One hundred and fifty-six competitors from all over Australia converged on the Fairburn complex to compete in the titles.
Eighteen Cowra MCRC riders overcome some very strong competition to [...]
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Six National Champions Heading To Canberra for Aussie Junior Dirt Track Titles This Weekend
Senator Kate Lundy is officially opening the 2009 Australian Junior Dirt Track Championship tomorrow at 9am.
Six current Australian Champions are heading to Canberra this weekend for the 2009 Australian Junior Dirt Track Championships at Fairbairn Park, 14/15 November 2009, and if all of the lights are green, they’ll take home another Australian title or two.
The [...]
Laurie Wilson interviews Senator Lundy on Viewpoint – from sport to technology
Senator Lundy is interviewed about her background, interest in ICT, Government 2.0, Canberra and a few personal topics such as her passion for sport.
Transcript:
Laurie Wilson: Hello and welcome to another edition of viewpoint. Kate Lundy has represented the people of the ACT in the senate for well over a decade. Like many Labor party politicians [...]
Fingers crossed for 13th licence
As a Western Sydney team secured the 12th A-League licence, Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy has her fingers crossed that Canberra could yet be the 13th licence.
Senator Lundy said “It was encouraging to hear from Football Federation Australia chief executive Ben Buckley that they think Canberra is the right choice for the next A-League [...]
Bipartisan bid for “Let’s do it Canberra”
Senators’ for the ACT Kate Lundy and Gary Humphries will tomorrow be showing their support for the “Let’s do it Canberra” bid to join the inaugural season of the Australian Baseball League (ABL), beginning November 2010.
As part of the bid, “Let’s do it Canberra” must obtain 5,000 $20 pledges of support from the Canberra community [...]
ACT trail and mini bike riders need a safe place to ride
The campaign launched by ACT Policing today which targets unsafe and illegal trail bike riding in suburban and rural areas shows there is a need for a safe place for Canberra’s riders.
The ACT Government has been investigating the options for a safe riding park for unlicensed and unregistered motor bike riders in and around the [...]
Coonan Must Find a Way to Televise World Netball Final Live on Saturday Night
Federal Communications Minister, Senator Helen Coonan must find a way to broadcast live the World Netball Championship grand final.
We are concerned about the delay in broadcasting the grand final from New Zealand. These elite athletes are being treated like a second class citizens.
Mr Shorten and Senator Lundy have had representations from netball players and fans.
Currently, [...]
Physical Activity Conference
Speech to the National Physical Activity Conference Adelaide Convention Centre
Tuesday 16 October 2007
Thank you for your invitation to be here today. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of Labor’s views on building healthy communities.
I should say in the context of the session, many of these principles and [...]
Netball series decider broadcast live tonight!
Labor wishes the Australian netball team the best of luck tonight in the series decider against the Silver Ferns in New Zealand.
The ABC’s decision to reschedule and bring the game to Australians live (AEST) at 4:30pm today is to be applauded. It is rare that Australians get to watch our best netballers live on free [...]
We want more netball on TV!
Labor wishes the Australian netball team the best of luck tonight as they take on arch rivals New Zealand in Wellington. The game is the first of a three match test series across the Tasman. The last test series was played in Australia with each team winning a match.
I wish we could see more of [...]
