The ACT rollout of an innovative driver education program that provides a free driving lesson to learner drivers and their parents – keys2drive – has begun. keys2drive is an important new, national road safety initiative. It provides extra incentive for novice drivers to get more on-the-road experience as well as assists those supervising them to [...]
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Launch of Shout Out For Climate Change Competition
Young Australians – from primary school kids to university students – have been invited to share their views on climate change, in a new schools competition announced today. Inspired by the success of the 2009 Think Climate, Think Change competition, which attracted more than 7500 entries from schools across the country, this year’s competition has [...]
Two ACT schools chosen for the 2010 Youth Advisory Group on Cyber-Safety
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy today announced that 30 schools would participate in the Australian Government’s Youth Advisory Group on Cyber-safety in 2010. The YAG has now expanded its membership to include primary school students. School students aged 8 to 17 years will have the opportunity to advise the Government on cyber-safety [...]
Youth videos up online
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
$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 [...]
$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 [...]
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 [...]
$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 [...]
