OpenAustralia news
3 November 2008
Government website changes everything
We've completely rewritten the engine that drives OpenAustralia. We didn't want to, the government (website) made us do it. No really. For a bit of background read our blog post "Why is OpenAustralia not getting updated?".
The outage of new update has only been over the last couple of weeks (from 13 Oct) and this all fixed now. I did quit a paying job to make it happen, so if that makes you feel like donating some money to us, please go ahead!
Catch up on the debates that happened while we were down. As of next week when parliament resumes, email updates will be back in action too.
Posted at 23:57:00 by Matthew | Link to this
4 October 2008
A new look OpenAustralia
OpenAustralia has a lovely and sleek new look courtesy of Nathanael Boehm.
We're always interested in feedback, so let us know what you think by emailing us at the usual place. Enjoy!
Posted at 12:26:00 by Matthew | Link to this
17 August 2008
The Senate is Here!
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 Senate, so get over there and see what they're up to. Better still, write to them and ask them what they've been doing on your behalf over the recess.
While we've tried to bring you a perfectly working website, it is in beta, so if you find anything broken, or see anything wrong, please drop us a line.
Posted at 19:40:00 by Katherine | Link to this
6 July 2008
OpenAustralia behind the scenes
This news feed will tell you about updates to the site.
There have been some pretty exciting developments behind the scenes, which you can follow on our blog at blog.openaustralia.org. There's a link at the bottom of every page as well.
For live updates follow @openaustralia on twitter.
Posted at 19:56:00 by Matthew | Link to this
6 July 2008
Photos on all representatives page
On the "All Representatives" page you now get a photo for each member so you can more easily browse through the list and find the person you're looking for.
Posted at 19:35:00 by Matthew | Link to this
16 June 2008
Public Launch of OpenAustralia Beta
We're open to the public! After more than six months work by a small group of volunteers working in their spare time, we're launching OpenAustralia to the public.
With OpenAustralia we hope to strengthen our traditions of fair and open democracy in Australia. This site is about giving you, the Australian public, the tools to easily follow what goes on in Parliament, and be just a little better informed.
You'll hopefully discover with OpenAustralia that what goes on in Parliament is much more interesting than you might imagine - entertaining even!
What you see on TV or in newspapers is only a small part of what goes on. OpenAustralia is about giving you access to all the other stuff in an easy to use and friendly form.
This site is still in beta, which means that we're not totally confident that we've ironed out all the small problems, but we didn't think it fair to keep it from you any longer. If you do find something that looks wrong please email us at contact@openaustralia.org.
Enjoy!
Posted at 09:00:00 by Matthew | Link to this