Monthly Archives: May 2008

OpenAustralia going live on Monday 16th June!

It is my very great pleasure to announce that OpenAustralia will be going public and live on Monday 16th June. This will be a fully open public beta. We have one big thing we would still like to get done before the launch. We are in the middle of doing a visual redesign of the […]

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The Register of Members’ Interests is not available online

As you may know, the Register of Members’ Interests says who or what organisations are paying what to members of the House of Representatives. This is a really important document that explains who is financially influencing your Representatives. For this reason, we obviously want to include this information in OpenAustralia. This is what happened when […]

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The Register of Members' Interests is not available online

As you may know, the Register of Members’ Interests says who or what organisations are paying what to members of the House of Representatives. This is a really important document that explains who is financially influencing your Representatives. For this reason, we obviously want to include this information in OpenAustralia. This is what happened when […]

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Meeting at the ABC

Yesterday we had a meeting at the ABC about their forthcoming show, Q&A – “Adventures in Democracy”. It brings a live studio audience together with politicians and gives ordinary people the opportunity to ask questions directly to their representatives. It sounds dry, but it definitely isn’t! The first show is next Thursday (22nd May) at […]

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Beta testing going strong

We’ve had a top bunch of people road-testing OpenAustralia on its path to being born into the scary wide world. You’ve found some bugs, we’ve fixed ’em and we’ve added a few new features in to the mix. Come join the fun, be one of the first people to see OpenAustralia and in the process […]

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