Google will be hosting a hack session in support of the Gov 2.0 Taskforce’s MashupAustralia competition in Sydney on 14 October. In case you’re unaware, MashupAustralia is a competition being run by the Gov 2.0 Taskforce based on Federal and state government datasets released via data.australia.gov.au. There are cash prizes on offer for developers who…
I’ve been rereading the ABC article about the two girls who got caught in a drain and used their mobile phone to update their Facebook status, rather than call Triple 0. A representative of the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) in Adelaide said that, If they were able to access Facebook from their mobile phones, they…
The NSW government has launched the Transport Data Exchange (TDX) Program to provide access to NSW transport routes, timetables and stop/station/wharf information for download and reuse in third party applications. It’s been provided as part of the data available for the Apps4NSW competition. launched by the NSW Premier at NSWSphere. Unlike similar initiatives in the…
The Gov 2.0 Taskforce this afternoon announced the launch of data.australia.gov.au featuring 59 datasets from Australian Federal, State and Territory governments released under licenses that permit reuse. Alongside the launch the Taskforce announced on their blog the launch of a Mash-up competition challenging Australian developers to use one of more of the datasets to create…
Community-based budgeting is an approach that involves a government allowing its constituents to nominate how some or all of the government’s budget is spent in either a binding or non-binding manner. It’s not a new approach – in fact it’s been used for thousands of years in different forms around the world. What is reasonably…
Nick Gruen over at the Gov 2.0 Taskforce has reminded me of a project I took a look at last year but have never mentioned in this blog. It’s the National Library of Australia’s Historic Australian Newspapers archive, which contains digitalised versions of Australian newspapers from between 1803 and 1954 (which are not covered by…
As discussed in NSW MLC Penny Sharpe’s blog last week, the NSW government is trialling video Hansard for proceedings in both NSW houses. Videos are tagged via the Hansard transcripts to improve searchability – though at present the search system implemented finds the video clip, but not the precise time within the video. In addition…
Collaborative legislation is one of the potential outcomes for Gov 2.0 – a process whereby those affected by legislation can be directly involved in the process of developing it, or even write their own legislation as a ‘community bill’ for government to consider. We’ve seen some work around the edges of this space over the…
In a recent submission (PDF) to the Federal government’s Inquiry into the effectiveness of House Committees, I C Harris, the Clerk of the House, suggested that Technological developments offer tremendous potential to extend the reach of communities work in times of community participation. The submission provided an example of how one government committee had successfully…
Various research reports have indicated that at least 50% of Australian internet users participate in social networks. Forrester’s Groundswell profiling tool suggests that 23% of Australians aged 18+ actively create content online; 31% are ‘critics’, providing comments and feedback online; and 50% are ‘joiners’ of social networks, forums and online groups. So should we expect…
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