Yearly Archives: 2008

I’ve got it written down here on a piece of paper

By Kat Szuminska | Published: June 14, 2008

As of June 3rd, some more information on the Register of Members’ Interests “… as far as volume is concerned there are 7 binders with A4 sheets in them the size of the register grows progressively during the life of a parliament as members must notify ‘alterations of their interests’ within 28 days of the […]

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I've got it written down here on a piece of paper

By Kat Szuminska | Published: June 14, 2008

As of June 3rd, some more information on the Register of Members’ Interests “… as far as volume is concerned there are 7 binders with A4 sheets in them the size of the register grows progressively during the life of a parliament as members must notify ‘alterations of their interests’ within 28 days of the […]

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Register of Members’ Interests update

By Matthew Landauer | Published: June 4, 2008

We’ve been in email exchange with the Registrar of Members’ Interests, Bernard Wright. He’s been very helpful but the situation with the Register of Members’ Interests falls somewhat short of ideal. Not only, as mentioned before, is the register only kept in one office in Canberra, and not available online for everyone to see, it […]

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Register of Members' Interests update

By Matthew Landauer | Published: June 4, 2008

We’ve been in email exchange with the Registrar of Members’ Interests, Bernard Wright. He’s been very helpful but the situation with the Register of Members’ Interests falls somewhat short of ideal. Not only, as mentioned before, is the register only kept in one office in Canberra, and not available online for everyone to see, it […]

Posted in Development | 5 Responses

OpenAustralia going live on Monday 16th June!

By Matthew Landauer | Published: May 28, 2008

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

By Matthew Landauer | Published: May 21, 2008

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

By Matthew Landauer | Published: May 21, 2008

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 […]

Posted in Development | 3 Responses

Meeting at the ABC

By Matthew Landauer | Published: May 15, 2008

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

By Matthew Landauer | Published: May 13, 2008

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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OpenAustralia needs youse

By Kat Szuminska | Published: April 21, 2008

OpenAustralia development is coming along steadily. However we do still have quite a few bugs to iron out. We’re now looking for people to test out the site before its public release. Get in touch if you’re interested.

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