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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Families get more help from Teen Dental Health Plan
Senator Kate Lundy today welcomed the expansion of the Rudd Government’s Medicare Teen Dental Plan which in 2008 provided up to $150 per person towards an annual preventative dental check for teenagers aged 12-17 years. The value of the voucher will be indexed to $153.45 in calendar year 2009. ”In 2008, from July to November [...]
Youth lead the way at Model United Nations Assembly
Once again the Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise have organised the Model United Nations Assembly, to be held over this weekend at Old Parliament House, Canberra. Their commitment to this event is legendary and provides an excellent opportunity for many young people to develop leadership skills. I am honoured to have been invited to open [...]
Lundy congratulates the 2001 Young Australian of the Year
Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs, Senator Kate Lundy offered her congratulations today to the 2001 Young Australian of the Year.James Fitzpatrick was announced the Young Australian of the Year yesterday at a ceremony in the Great Hall at Parliament House. James is a 26 year old medical student who received the award in recognition of [...]
Youth Roundtable documents suppressed by Minister
After spending over a quarter of a million dollars of public money on the 1999 National Youth Roundtable, the office of the Minister for Youth Affairs, Dr David Kemp, has confirmed that the recommendations made by delegates to the Roundtable have been classified ‘not for public release’. The departmental document containing valuable youth policy initiatives [...]
Institute of Criminology report shows sport offers a diversion from crime
The Shadow Minister for Sport and Youth Affairs, Senator Kate Lundy, today welcomed a report prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology, which found that sport offers a diversion from criminal activities. “The report, Crime Prevention Through Sport and Physical Activity by Margaret Cameron and Colin MacDougall, reveals that sport acts as a ‘positive’ by [...]
Launch of Labor’s Youth Kit
Senator Kate Lundy will launch Labor’s Youth Kit on Wednesday. at 12.30 pm, at Senator Lundy’s Parliamentary Office (SG 32), with a presentation to Cameron Lamont from Copland Collage for his award winning cover design of the Youth Kit. “The Youth Kit is designed for young people to help them find solutions and to provide [...]
Australian Entrepreneurs win Global Entrepreneur Challenge
Four University of Sydney students have shown the world that Australians have entrepreneurial the equal of – if not better than – the best in the world by taking out an international entrepreneurial prize in the heart of Silicon Valley, Senator Kate Lundy said. Sydney Worldwide, Ltd. won the inaugural Stanford University Global Entrepreneurship Challenge [...]
