Canberra celebrated it’s 97th birthday on 12 March 2010, meaning the Centenary while still 3 years away. This has not stopped the ACT Government and Chief Minister Jon Stanhope making sure we clearly mark each milestone towards this event.
For example, on Friday 12 March, the Centenary of Canberra’s Creative Director, Robyn Archer, introduced the new [...]
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Adjournment Speech about Canberra history & ANBG
Below is the adjournment speech on Canberra and the ANBG given by Senator Lundy on the 15th June 2010.
When the members of the first national parliament met in the elegantly refurbished Victorian parliament building over a century ago, in May 1901, they had the building of a new nation firmly in mind. The substance of [...]
Doorstop Interview with Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett AM MP and ACT Senator Kate Lundy- Australian National Botanic Gardens
SUBJECTS: $2.9 million water project for the Australian National Botanic Gardens; Peter Spencer protest; Liberal candidate for Bennelong; Parliament House artworks
GARRETT:
And knowing that this is a commitment that the Rudd Government has made – we are delivering on an election promise on hot and dry summer day in this really important national institution. And I [...]
Humphries and Nairn Playing Politics with Water – again
Senator Kate Lundy, Member for Fraser, Bob McMullan and Member for Canberra, Annette Ellis today said after 11 long years in power the Federal Government was still playing politics with local water supplies.
Today’s announcement to transfer Googong Dam to the ACT Government 25 days out from an election follows years of obfuscation and political games [...]
Labor’s 1 Billion National Urban Water and Desalination Plan
Senator Kate Lundy today meet with representatives from the National Parkes Association ACT to discuss Federal Labor’s comprehensive plan to protect our natural environment and combat climate change.
Senator Lundy also discussed with the representatives Kevin Rudd’s announcement proposing a $1 billion National Urban Water and Desalination Plan to help secure the water supplies of Australia’s [...]
Humphries plays the ‘blame game’ card with Canberra’s water
ACT Liberal Senator, Gary Humphries, is getting more desperate as today saw him unreasonably criticise the ACT Government’s water plan without having lifted a finger himself when he had the opportunity as Chief Minister of the ACT.
As Senator Humphries knows very well that while he was a member of the ACT Liberal Government and Chief [...]
Bishop Wrong on Linking Extreme IR Laws to Productivity
Today Julie Bishop, Minister for Education, again attempted to link the Howard Government’s extreme IR laws to productivity.
When will this Government come clean and admit that their unfair IR laws are about getting rid of unions and giving more power to big business, not about productivity.
Under the Howard Government’s workplace laws, many Australians have [...]
