We have been witnessing a technological revolution for many years now and like the renaissance, the social revolution that follows is profound. As recently as 2002 I remember being challenged about what was perceived as my inappropriately high level of enthusiasm for the Internet. The bursting of the dot.com bubble saw many a cyber-sceptic adopt [...]
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Tanner and Ludwig to announce new Government 2.0 initiative
On Monday 22 June, Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation together with Joe Ludwig, Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary, will launch an exciting new initiative designed to explore the benefits of ‘government 2.0′ tools and strategies. The launch will take place at 11.40 am at Parliament House at the all day Government [...]
Open Australia highlights parliamentary errors
Kate Lundy, Senator for the Australian Capital Territory told news.com.au she used the service regularly.
Copyright Future – Dinner Address
Copyright Future: Copyright Freedom Conference 27-28 March 2009 Old Parliament House Canberra Dinner Presentation I’d like to begin tonight by illustrating the beauty of open access to intellectual property. I am going to borrow a thought from Lawrence Lessig, who in turn is borrowing from someone else. I thinks it contextualises my comments. Lawrence wrote [...]
Metadata Seminar – opening address
Sharing Data, Sharing Ideas Slides will be available from presentions at the seminar. Wednesday 21st May 2009 Knibbs Theatre, ABS House, Canberra Notes from opening address. I would like to acknowledge the traditional owners on whose land we are gathered. I pay my respects to elders past and present, and thank them for their ongoing [...]
Is citizen-centric government on the way?
Interesting developments last week in the US signal an important shift in attitude to government/citizen relations. Is citizen-centric government on it’s way? Pia brought this White House press release to my attention and I agree that it is noteworthy. It outlines the change in title of the Office of Public Liaison to the Office of Public Engagement. The [...]
Live Blogging from Pipe Dreams event at UC
At 12.30 today Senator Lundy spoke at the Pipe Dreams: A vision for a connected Australia and I (Pia) liveblogged the event for everyone. The full video is also available on that link for viewing. Pipe Dreams: A vision for a connected Australia
The right recipe for the Public Sphere
Another big thankyou to all who participated in our first public sphere and I can’t wait to read through the twitter stream and blog comments. I am keen to gather feedback about the structure and formula we used the public sphere today so please let me know what you think worked and what we can [...]
Really looking forward to tomorrow’s public sphere…
I am really excited about our first public sphere event! Thanks to Pia and all the speakers and to everyone commenting and following. The positive response is really heartening. Even local radio was interested! The posts have already got me thinking about where we need to go to next with the ideas. See you in [...]
Why I have a new website
This new website is a continuation of the experiment that I started back in 1996 when I first published a website as a Senator in the federal parliament. Things have changed since then and if active participation in our democracy is going to grow, then I believe that growth will be closely associated with, even driven by, social [...]
