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RED LEATHER
This is my blog: 3-4 posts a week for ongoing conversation about my work and issues of the day.
Red Leather #62 - now available
Submitted by Penny on Fri, 03/07/2009 - 5:36pm.
Parliament has now finished until 1 September. In the last week of parliament I introduced and debated on behalf of the government 18 pieces of legislation including:
- new regulations for Star City Casino,
- new rules about how school results are to be reported,
- reform to Freedom of Information Legislation, and
- changes to road transport regulation for trucks.
Gov 2.0
Submitted by Penny on Fri, 26/06/2009 - 11:26am.
On Monday, I participated in Senator Kate Lundy's Public Sphere #2 - Open Government conference in Canberra.
I am interested in how new technologies can assist parliaments and public agencies to have a more collaborative process between the politicians, the public agencies and our citizens. A collaboration that means that good ideas can come from anywhere, can be discussed openly with public input and have a real chance of being implemented.
It is about turning around service delivery - away from a "we know best" approach to a "what can government do to assist you to tackle the issues you face?"
Red Leather #61 - now available
Submitted by Penny on Sat, 20/06/2009 - 7:01am.
On Monday I will be attending Senator Kate Lundy's second Public Sphere Gov 2.0 event in Canberra. Through an open and collaborative process there will be a day of discussion that will have between 400 and 600 participants both on and offline.
In NSW there have been huge improvements to the way the government information can be accessed. This week the Premier also introduced the new Information Commissioner and far reaching reform of Freedom of Information laws.
Red Leather - Budget special edition now available
Submitted by Penny on Tue, 16/06/2009 - 7:10pm.
Welcome to the budget edition of Red Leather. In previous years this edition has come out a result of a lot of laborious work from my office because not all the information was available online. The good news is that those days are now over!
Here you will find the comprehensive links to all the portfolios.
The regular Red Leather will come out as usual on Friday.
Kind regards
Penny
Red Leather #59 - Now available
Submitted by Penny on Tue, 09/06/2009 - 9:07am.
20 years ago, aged 19, I attended my first demonstration. It was outside the Chinese Embassy. I was there as a result of the images I had seen in Tiananmen Square. It was the first time I had actually thought about what democracy meant and (from my safe and somewhat sheltered youth in Canberra) it began to dawn on me why it was important.
As news coverage remembered the people who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square and the Chinese government tried to pretend it never happened - this week there were protests outside parliament from sex workers to farmers to individuals with issues with the police and the courts. NSW is if nothing else, a robust democracy.