Message from the
Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson
This week I am hosting the Regional Australia Summit in Canberra. The Summit will draw together business and community representatives from across the nation to focus on solutions to the challenges faced by regional Australia.
At the Summit we welcome the opportunity for people through information technology, to contribute their ideas and solutions. We have established a Solutions Line which incorporates an e-mail mechanism as well as a toll free phone and fax so that Australians everywhere will have the chance to participate. Full details of the Summit are available On-line at: http://www.dotrs.gov.au/regional/summit/index.htm
The Federal Government has embraced the importance of this new technology and is working to help more Australians improve their access to the benefits and opportunities that advances in information technology will bring.
I believe that women can make a significant contribution to managing the trauma of change. Women are rapidly increasing their participation in the Australian labour market and in higher education. It is becoming an increasing trend, particularly in regional Australia, for women to become the information seekers for their families and businesses. Women’s On-line Week is an innovative strategy to improving information access for all Australians.
To support Women’s On-line Week, members of the Regional Women’s Advisory Council will be posting updates on the Regional Australia Summit to the discussion sites. The Advisory Council, which will play an important role in strengthening the voice of women in the decision making process, has membership from each state and the Northern Territory.
I encourage you to participate in the On-line
discussions as part of Women’s On-line Week and support the partnership approach of
the organisers to encourage women’s use of new technology.
John Anderson
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister for Transport and Regional Services
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