Bio

Senator Lyn Allison is Leader of the Australian Democrats and has been spokesperson for telecommunications for most of the last ten years. As chair of the Environment, Communications, IT & the Arts References Committee from 1997 to 2005, she presided over inquiries into Australia's telecommunications network and regulatory regime and has carried the debate for the Democrats on each tranch of the privatisation of Telstra.

Lyn Allison's contributions:

It's not too late to get it right on Telstra

'Telstra frankly has the Government where it wants it', writes Democrats Senator Lyn Allison. It will take something a little more creative than T3 to get Telstra - and Australia's internet services - up to speed.

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• Real world economics
• Media, Arts and Culture

Federalism - where is it headed?

Lyn Allison critiques the Prime Minister's recent embrace of centralism and questions whether it is underpinned by some vision or is simply driven by populism and an attempt to gain the political advantage. She looks to New Zealand's unitary model, with its devolution to local sectors, as a model we can learn from. That system makes a clear distinction between policy formulation and service delivery - and it works

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• Democratic Renewal

• Federalism

Values of the Australian Democrats

Senator Lyn Allison identifies the values that define the Australian Democrats and the party's vision for the future. Her policy paper is available here.

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• Our Common Wealth