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The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference 2015

In late March I was lucky enough to be in London attending The Impacts of Civic Technology Conference 2015. mySociety organised this first international conference on research and civic tech and they kindly shipped me over to take part. I had a great time. I’ve returned with heaps of questions and ideas that need more […]

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And what a hackfest it was

September 15th is The International Day of Democracy and this year also marked the start of the Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW). GLOW is a week of openness activities around the world, with events hosted by the Legislative Openness Working Group of the Open Government Partnership and members of the parliamentary openness community. To celebrate […]

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Time for another hackfest – Global Legislative Openness Week (GLOW) edition

A photo from a previous OpenAustralia Hackfest

The OpenAustralia Foundation is pleased to invite you to another one of our legendary hackfests. In some of our previous hackfests we’ve opened PlanningAlerts to over 1.8 million more Australians and brought hacks and hackers together to launch our Freedom of Information project Right To Know. Places are limited so RSVP for free now or […]

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Sydney Pub Meet Now A Regular Feature

Photo of the Woolpack Hotel

Before the night was even over at our last pub meet people were asking when the next one would be so we’re making it a regular thing! From now on, the last Tuesday of every month will feature the OpenAustralia Sydney Pub Meet. We’ve now got a fancy Meetup group set up so please join […]

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Sydney Pub Meet – 24th June 2014

Photo of The Library room

We’re having a Sydney pub meet on Tuesday the 24th of June 2014 and you’re invited. Come along, say hi, and have a chat about open government, transparency, FOI, and civic hacking with us and friends. You can even get a sneak peek at our upcoming project. We’ll be sitting by the fire in the […]

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