Kate’s Digital Economy Blog 2 – Tech startups: Now is your chance to shape...
opinion A key priority in my roles in the Innovation and Digital Economy portfolios is to boost the prospects of technology start-ups in Australia. New companies create new jobs and that’s what...
View ArticleInnovation keeps Australia at forefront of Space Industry
Canberra will be home to a new Space and Spatial Innovation Partnership that will capitalise on Australia’s position as home to what will be the world’s biggest space project – the Square Kilometre...
View ArticleCoalition has no plans for our Digital Future
The Coalition’s digital economy policy lacks vision and scope, mirroring its second rate broadband plan that will be obsolete before it is finished. Over six years in opposition the Coalition has said...
View ArticleRing the Bell: Watching Surfing Anywhere, Anytime No Longer a Pipedream
The Rudd Labor Government is increasing its support to Surfing Australia to help it set up a new digital channel that will enable Australians to watch their favourite surfers anytime and anywhere. In...
View ArticleSevere mental illness support service launched in the ACT
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Senator Jacinta Collins joined Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy and Federal Member for Fraser, Andrew Leigh to launch the Partners in Recovery program in...
View ArticleThe Rudd Labor Government’s Commitment to Multicultural Affairs
Australia is multicultural by definition. Successive waves of migrants have made Australia home. With respectful acknowledgement of our first Australians, our Indigenous peoples, with whom the journey...
View ArticleTony Abbott will filter the internet and cut the NBN
Under the cover of releasing their so-called costings and only 36 hours before election-day, the Coalition has today dropped a bombshell promising to impose an internet filter on all Australians....
View ArticleInternet Filter Shambles Shows Why Coalition Can’t Be Trusted With Government
The Coalition’s policy chaos over its planned internet filter is a stark example of why they can’t be trusted with government. Liberal MP and chair of the Coalition’s Online Safety Taskforce Paul...
View ArticleKate’s Digital Economy Blog 5 – Liberal Party takes axe to ICT Research &...
Earlier in this election campaign I had the privilege to visit the National ICT Australia (NICTA) headquarters to announce that the Rudd Labor Government would be investing a further $42 million into...
View ArticleThank you
I would like to thank the Canberra people for re-electing me to represent them in the Senate. Over the past six years we have had a strong record of reform and implemented policies that made a positive...
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