[LINK] E-Democracy

[Jan Whitaker]

At 11:34 PM 21/11/2006, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>So, although as Jan quite rightly asserts :-) most proposed legislation
>eventually appears somewhere on the web, but, why not in one central
>web location with easy-to-use invitations for comment, before debate?
>We will surely end-up with much more thoroughly thought-through laws.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/legstatus.cgi  Not a bad source. 
Others may know of direct links in www.aph.gov.au

>And why, in this day and age, do most Australians who want to petition
>our State and Federal governments still have to do it the same way it's
>been done for nearly a thousand years .. a hard-copy list of signatures?
>
>E-voting is almost completely incidental to genuine, real e-democracy.

With this I agree. Even with a proper petition as has been gathered 
for David Hicks, the 'Honorable' Foreign Minister won't accept them.

Jan


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