Late last year Minister for Youth Kate Ellis had an online and offline consultation about issues facing young Australians. As our contribution to this consultation, we went around the ACT and did interviews with young people in schools, work and universities. We had an enormous amount of content and were able to put some of [...]
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Local schools winners in 2009 ANZAC Day Schools’ Awards
Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy is today presenting Trinity Christian School winner in the Australian Government’s Anzac Day Schools’ Awards their certificate.
Senator Lundy said the awards encourage school students to learn about Australia’s wartime heritage and to develop innovative ways to commemorate the service and sacrifice of our servicemen and women each Anzac Day.
As [...]
Official Opening of Eddison Youth Park
Kate Lundy, Senator for the ACT, will officially open the redeveloped Eddison Park in Woden today, which will add life and colour into the heart of Canberra.
Senator Lundy will open the new Youth Recreation Facility in conjunction with the Woden Valley Community Festival in the Canberra suburb which is geographically the heart of Canberra.
“The Eddison [...]
$32 million for 15 local primary schools to support ACT jobs
Federal Member for Canberra Annette Ellis, Federal Member for Fraser Bob McMullan and ACT Labor Senator Kate Lundy today announced that 15 primary schools in the ACT will receive $32,196,611 for major new infrastructure projects under the third and final round of Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21).
“The Rudd Government is undertaking the largest [...]
$1.8 million Woden Youth Plaza creates construction jobs
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy has welcomed the announcement by ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope that construction work has commenced for the $1.8 million state-of-the-art youth plaza in the Woden Valley, which is expected to employ 58 construction workers.
The federal Labor Government provided $1.4 million for the Eddison Park youth plaza, with the remaining [...]
Community Grants to curb youth binge drinking in ACT now open
Kate Lundy, Labor Senator for the ACT encourages community groups in Canberra and surrounds to apply for Community Level Initiative funding up to $3.6 million to tackle binge drinking in our Territory.
As part of the Government’s National Binge Drinking Strategy, this funding aims to prevent and reduce binge drinking among young people, specifically in the [...]
$125,080 funding to protect children in Canberra
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy, today welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment of $125,080 funding to support Woden Community Service and Barnados in Canberra.
The ‘Protecting Australia’s Children’ program is aimed at developing the strength and resilience of children and families to prevent child abuse and neglect, and provide additional support to those children who have [...]
$1.2 million to reconnect ACT’s homeless youth
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy today welcomed the Federal Labor Government’s investment of $1.2 million over the next two years to continue to support young people in the ACT who are homeless or at risk of being homeless, through the Reconnect program.
This funding is part of the Government’s $48 million investment Australia-wide in the [...]
Senator Kate Lundy and UC discuss a vision for a connected Australia
Pipe Dreams: A Vision for a Connected Australia will be the topic of a seminar at the University of Canberra on Thursday 21 May. The seminar will focus discussion on the potential impacts of the National Broadband Network (NBN) on Australian communities.
Key note speaker, Senator Kate Lundy, recently launched ‘Public Sphere: Higher Bandwidth for Australia’, enabling people [...]
Students saving the planet through sustainable housing
Senator for the ACT Kate Lundy today presented Latham year 5/6 primary school students with an award for their environmentally sustainable housing projects.
The projects were part of a 7 week program in which students had to engage with parents, family and friends as homework, to come up with ideas for this year’s topic- environmentally sustainable [...]
