
OpenAustralia A little over a week until the Sydney OpenAustralia Hackfest - register _now_ for this free event http://openaustralia.eventbrite.com
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Google Australia presents OpenAustralia Hackfest - MashupAustralia Edition -- Saturday, November 07, 2009 | Sunday, November 08, 2009 -- Pyrmont, New South Wales

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The next hackfest is going to be in Sydney and it's going to be big and span the whole weekend! It's going to have speakers, directed hacking sessions, free sessions, lightning talks, the works...
It's devoted to getting people to enter into the MashupAustralia competition. That's why it's called the "OpenAustralia Hack...fest - The MashupAustralia Edition"
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The OpenAustralia FoundationandGoogleinviteyou to this free all-weekend hacking extravaganza for anyone interested in creating a mashup for the MashupAustralia competition or hacking on the OpenAustralia website.

OpenAustralia The ups and downs of funding new projects
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About two months ago we put in an application for funding to the auDA Foundation for a new project called “Planning Alerts”.

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From Sarah Stokely: http://www.foxforcefive.com/2009/10/open australia_edemocracy_and_education/
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I’ve been a volunteer with OpenAustralia for some time now, and I don’t think I’ve talked enough about why I admire this project so much, and why I think it’s so important. It’s because I believe in transparent, accountable and accessible government. ...

OpenAustralia In Melbourne? Like beer, transparency and tech? Come to tomorrow's OpenAustralia Social 8:30pm Bar Etiquette http://www.baretiquette.com.au/ - 408 Sydney Road, Brunswick
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Bar Etiquette is a lounge bar focussed on quality microbrews, wine and spirits. You'll find a decent outside area for smokers and three individually themed upstairs rooms. We have tried to create an atmosphere that is accessible, artistic and yet unpretentious and above all, comfortable. ...

Sally Rose Enjoying poking around the site for hackfest by distance

James Hyams
Hi Guys,
I am a journalism student from Griffith University writing a media news story. I have read the info on QLD Parliament's refusal to allow you to re-publish reports from it's Hansard. Is it possible for me to contact one of your team for an interview regarding this. The article is due this Friday at 4pm. It would... be great to talk with Katherine Szuminska if possible? If so, is it possible to get a number to call?
I appreciate the site you have developed and am greatful you stand up to such challenges.
Kind regards,

OpenAustralia OpenAustralia is hosting its first Melbourne hackfest on Saturday, September 26! Come along and help us making our democracy a little more open. See the Anyvite invitation for more details, and don't forget to RSVP as places are limited. Hope to see you there!
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OpenAustralia.org, Australia's first eDemocracy website, would like to invite its friends, fans and volunteers to its first Melbourne hackfest.The first OpenAustralia hackfest, held in Sydney in June, was a big success, attracting 50 volunteers. ...

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A commendable part of the setup of the Government 2.0 Taskforce was a blog which in the nearly two months since its creation has become the primary means of communication between the taskforce and the general public.

Michael Hartley "Search will .. rewire the relationship between ourselves and our government", John Battelle, http://tinyurl.com/onergl (page 9)

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This blog takes an interest in all issues associated with Freedom of Information (FOI) and privacy legislation in Australia. It also includes comment about open transparent and accountable government and ...

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If you live in Queensland you might want to read this http://blog.openaustralia.org/2009/08/07 /queensland-bars-openaustralia-from-repu blishing-its-hansard/
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In an extraordinary turn of events the Clerk of Queensland’s Parliament has refused OpenAustralia permission to republish the state’s proceedings of parliament. This is the email we received this afternoon

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Matthew Landauer from OpenAustralia speaking on "Open access to government data, open source software in government" as part of the proceedings from the Public Sphere event on Government 2.0, hosted by Senator Kate Lundy on the 22nd June 2009. ...
















