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10 Tips for Business Bloggers
editor | July 20, 2009A blog can show your business employs talented people who know a lot about their speciality. How can one create an effective business blog that will attract interest?
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Government 2.0 Taskforce Announced
editor | July 1, 2009On Monday 22 June 2009, Open Forum was represented by Sally Rose at the Public Sphere Event: Government 2.0 hosted by Senator Kate Lundy, where the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP made the exciting announcement about the new Government 2.0 Taskforce. Hopefully this new government body, chaired by Dr Nicholas Gruen, will encourage many more departments and agencies to embrace the benefits of web 2.0 tools.
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National Human Rights Online Consultation closes
editor | June 18, 2009Between 19 May – 26 June 2009, the National Human Rights Online Consultation received over 10 000 visits and gathered nearly 500 contributions. We would like to extend an enormous thank you to everybody who participated. Your comments are an invaluable part of our move towards a more deliberative democracy.
The National Human Rights Consultation Committee will report to the Australian Government by 31 August 2009. Open Forum will keep you up to date as the outcomes of the consultation unfold.
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e-Security & Small Business
editor | June 5, 2009For the second consecutive year Open Forum is proud to be a community partner of the Australian Government's annual National e-Security Awareness Week (5-12 June 2009), by hosting a special e-Security & Small Business forum »»
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Blogger-in-Chief’s Column
editor | April 17, 2009- NATIONAL BROADBAND REFORM: A major hindrance to the effectiveness of government-run public consultations is that most of us often have no idea just how much we actually care until it's too late. A new blog by Sally Rose »»
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Open Forum’s new feature
editor | April 4, 2009As part of ongoing site improvements, we now have a Comment Alert System. Update your user profile to receive email notifications when somebody responds to one of your blogs or comments.
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Open Forum in Canberra
editor | April 1, 2009Check out our Blogger-in Chief, Sally Rose, presenting at Microsoft Australia's second annual Politics & Technology Forum: Campaigning Online in Parliament House, Canberra, to an audience of 150 parliamentarians, bureaucrats, bloggers and party officials. »»
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Exciting Careers in IT
editor | January 4, 2009"IT is exciting! Why don't young people know that?" That will be the subject of a report being prepared for release in 2009 by the UTS Faculty of Engineering and Information, Industry Advisory Network supported by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Foundation and ACS NSW.
This is your opportunity to collaborate and have your ideas considered in their findings. To join our "Exciting Careers in IT" forum, follow this link »»
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Talk Openly: Indigenous e-Health Forum with special guest blogger, The Hon. Tony Abbott
editor | November 24, 2008The Hon. Tony Abbott MHR, Federal Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, was our guest blogger in a forum on the potential benefits of e-Health practices for Australia’s remote Indigenous communities.
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Talk Openly: Better Regulation Forum with special guest blogger, The Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP
editor | October 9, 2008From 13-17 October Open Forum hosted The Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, in an online discussion forum on Better Regulation. Thanks to everyone who participated, some quality ideas were shared. See for yourself how the Minister responded to such comments as "Case study: Regulating to distroy innovation and add cost" (Charles on energy regulation in Victoria), "The Minister may consider the use of Web2 technologies" (Victor Perton on reducing the cost of policy input) or Russell Yardley's idea of a small business wikipedia of everyday practical problems.
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Online Question Time for Jodie Campbell MP, Federal Member for Bass
editor | September 10, 2008Here's where e-Democracy hits the ground running! As part of our exciting new Online Question Time initiative, we're inviting kids from all over Australia to put their elected representatives on the spot, and ask them about the issues that matter to the young people of Australia.
Our guest this month is Jodie Campbell MP, Federal Member for Bass (Tasmania), Australian Labor Party.
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Green Paper sends no signal for change
editor | July 16, 2008By Tim Hollo
The Rudd Government's Green Paper has failed the test of true leadership by neutralising the carbon price signal and still providing no responsible target, says Australian Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne.