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Happy talk
Last week I gave a talk at the Open Source Developers’ Conference in Sydney. It was great. The room was full, people were excited, asked great questions and even applauded. To round it all of, at the end of the conference I was voted best speaker of the conference. What a wonderful surprise. I met […]
Why is OpenAustralia not getting updated?
It’s only a temporary affair but OpenAustralia is not getting updated with the latest speeches in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Why? Well, let me explain. It’s been a tumultuous few weeks behind the scenes here. If you use OpenAustralia you’re probably blissfully unaware of some changes that have taken place at the […]
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"Are you a lawyer?" update
I mentioned in a previous post how we are looking for some legal help to set up a legal entity with the aim of getting charitable status. The latest news is that the Public Interest Law Clearing House of NSW (PILCH) has reconsidered our application and agreed to help. In the next couple of weeks […]
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The Senate is Here!
To quote the latest news item on www.openaustralia.org: Just in time for the next sitting, for your civic pleasure, we bring you the Senate. Read the Senate Hansard as far back as 2006, and get to know those lovely people working on your behalf, the Senators. No bills pass without the say so of the […]
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Interview about OpenAustralia
Read an interview with me by Maxine from WebDirections about OpenAustralia and some of the many ideas we have for its future. WebDirections runs a host of conferences in the area of web development. I’m a little late as this was over two weeks ago but hey, better later than never.
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Are you a lawyer?
Are you a lawyer? Can you offer us advice about setting up a legal entity and charitable tax status for OpenAustralia? Setting up a charity under the correct legal status is a complicated business in Australia. We need help. We’re not lawyers ourselves and we want to do this right. OpenAustralia is strictly a non-partisan […]
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The Register of Members’ Interests is on our doorstep
A copy of the Register of Members’ Interests for the House of Representatives has quite literarily arrived on our doorstep! We can now begin the task of scanning and transcribing. Please contact us at contact@openaustralia.org if you want to help with the transcribing. If we get enough people this won’t be too big a task. […]
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The Register of Members' Interests is on our doorstep
A copy of the Register of Members’ Interests for the House of Representatives has quite literarily arrived on our doorstep! We can now begin the task of scanning and transcribing. Please contact us at contact@openaustralia.org if you want to help with the transcribing. If we get enough people this won’t be too big a task. […]
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Richard Allan – The Power of Information
About a week ago, shortly after the public launch of OpenAustralia, we were contacted by Richard Allan, who has been involved with TheyWorkForYou over a number of years. He used to be a UK Member of Parliament with a strong interest in technology issues. While he was an MP, he even wrote the first version […]
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