I’ve had a bit of a hiatus from this site since the federal election, busy with family, work, and community & industry pursuits. But lately I’ve been thinking about the future of Canberra – the Canberra 2030 consultation has given us an opportunity to reflect on where we want the city to be in 20 [...]
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ACT Labor Candidates pledge their support for our public servants
What is important to our Public Servants in this Federal election? • Ensuring that the APS has quality jobs and provides quality services • Genuine negotiations on pay and conditions • Restoration of fair workers’ compensation rights • Access and training for workplace delegates. Today in Canberra all ACT ALP Candidates have signed the CPSU [...]
Humphries getting desperate defending Abbott’s 12,000 job cuts
This morning, Senator Kate Lundy, Gai Brodtmann Labor Candidate for Canberra, Andrew Leigh Labor Candidate for Fraser and I put out the following media release: Senator Humphries is getting desperate in an attempt to distract from the Liberal’s plan to cut 12,000 public sector jobs and plunge our regional economy and local communities into a [...]
Media Release – High Speed Broadband: Coming to your town
Senator for the ACT, Kate Lundy, Labor Candidate for Canberra Gai Brodtmann and Labor Candidate for Fraser Andrew Leigh and Labor Second Senate Candidate David Mathews today welcomed the announcement that Federal Labor will extend NBN Co’s fibre coverage objective from 90 per cent to 93 per cent across Australia. “I am extremely proud to [...]
Downhill unicycling at Mt Stromlo
Unbelievable! You’ve got to love Canberra! Unbelievable. You’ve got to love Canberra!
Great ANU Research Ideas
The Canberra Business Council’s Connect@ANU event the other night was an eye opener to the kind of amazing research coming out of the ANU. Research students designed and produced A0 posters explaining their research projects and these were displayed all throughout University House. The students then mingled with a packed crowd of Canberra government, business [...]
NBN Rollout set for Gungahlin
In great news for Gungahlin, NBN Co today announced that Gungahlin will be one of the first mainland rollout sites for the National Broadband Network. People have been campaigning long and hard for improved internet services for Gungahlin for 15 years. Recently, Russell Gillon has run a very effective campaign on his ACT Broadband site [...]
ACT Labor 2nd Senate Candidate
I’m very proud to announce that I have been endorsed as Labor’s 2nd Senate candidate for the ACT. It is a privilege and an honour to run as a member of Julia Gillard’s team at the next Federal election.
Canberra ahead in internet usage
ZDNet posted an article yesterday showing Canberra is ahead of the rest of Australia when it comes to internet access and usage. The raw info comes from the ABS’s release of statistical data on the ACT and its feature on internet accessibility. 88% of Canberra households have access to the internet, and while this is [...]
ACT Budget – easy does it
Treasurer Katy Gallagher released the ACT Budget this afternoon and it’s an “easy does it” approach to working our way out of a net operating deficit of $83.9m in 2010-2011. The Treasurer has forecast a return to a balanced budget by 2013-2014 (two years earlier than originally forecast) and there are modest investments in transport, [...]
