Showing posts with label ozpolitics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ozpolitics. Show all posts
Friday, August 05, 2016

Is it time for governments to extend digital security protections to all parliamentary candidates & parties?

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Over the last few years we've seen increasing attention on the use of personal technology by politicians. From our current Prime Mini...
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Friday, September 12, 2014

New South Wales's iVote® system - an interview with Ian Brightwell

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This is the second in a series of interviews I'm doing as part of Delib Australia's media partnership with CeBIT in support of GovI...
Monday, September 01, 2014

92% of Australia's federal politicians now use Facebook and/or Twitter

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I've been tracking the number of Australian Federal politicians using Australia's leading social channels for two years now, seeing...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Young people in Australia are highly engaged in politics - but engagement has moved online. Have governments?

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A few years ago I heard it said by political advisors that one hand-written letter to a Minister counts for more than 100 emails on the sam...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Mirror, mirror - can modern societies survive looking into the internet and seeing their own reflections?

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One of the most major challenges for governments and societies around the world today is the rapidly declining trust in politicians, instit...
Friday, January 31, 2014

It's all about recovery - tech disruption and government

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My post yesterday on  Has Gov 2.0 in Australia got too boring too fast? (thanks @sandihlogan for the title correction) attracted some good...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Appropriate use of LinkedIn in politics? Should there be a social media electioneering blackout prior to elections?

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Yesterday I received the following message from a Linkedin contact: Dear LinkedIn Friend I hope you may be able to help me… Over the comi...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

What does the election of a Coalition government in Australia mean for federal Government 2.0 and open data efforts?

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As I've blogged previously , when state governments in Australia have changed ruling parties there's often been a temporary hiatus ...
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Thursday, August 08, 2013

Political participation in a crowded age

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Whether we call today the information age, the digital age or the internet age, it is very true that society today has changed radically fr...
Friday, July 05, 2013

My presentation to the UK Government Digital Service

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I'm going to do a full post on my visit to the UK Government Digital Service (the GDS), but thought I'd lead with the presentation ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

What competing Australian broadband policies really tell us about how Australian politics and government are changing

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Yesterday the Liberal-National Coalition released its broadband policy for Australia, in front of a high-tech set at Sky News, in contrast ...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Is social media blurring the non-partisan status of appointed public servants?

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A separation that is widely understood within governments, but often less well understood in the rest of the community, is the separation b...
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Friday, October 05, 2012

Sharing and comparing political party policies - developing an XML schema for party policies

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Something I've had on the backburner for awhile has been the development of a better way to share and compare political party policies....
Friday, August 24, 2012

The Rise of the Fifth Estate - a good yarn worth reading

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This morning I read Greg Jerico's book ' The Rise of the Fifth Estate ' which chronicles the rise of political blogging and soc...
Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Where's Australia's robust discussions on democracy, openness and transparency?

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Australia is an interesting country. We're one of the world's oldest democracies, with a strong tradition of free and independent...
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