[LINK] All Commonwealth Hansard online

[Alex (Maxious) Sadleir]

They (state/federal parliaments) have a policy that "The material
shall not be used for:
the purpose of satire or ridicule;
advertising for or by political parties or electioneering;
commercial advertising or sponsorship"

And sometimes they still oppose openness using arcane laws contrary to
the supposed Right to Know philosophy of the political parties in
power: http://www.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/2009/08/07/queensland-bars-openaustralia-from-republishing-its-hansard/

"Most significantly, I am concerned about an alternative
“non-official” site upon which lays the Queensland Parliaments
official Record of Proceedings but which no-one in authority within
the Parliamentary Service has control."
Control, eh?

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Tom Koltai <tomk at unwired.com.au> wrote:
>
> Linkers, purely as a note of interest, I offered to digitise the Hansard
> for Fidonet in 1988.
>
> I was turned down flat.
> It was suggested to me that the Government print office put the kybosh
> on my suggestion.
> Now, 23 years later, it would appear that giving the public access to
> Hansard is a good thing.
>
> So could someone tell me, why are our politicians so dead set anti
> against entrepreneurs ?
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au
>> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Antony Barry
>> Sent: Tuesday, 10 May 2011 5:22 PM
>> To: Link list
>> Subject: [LINK] All Commonwealth Hansard online
>>
>>
>> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 19:42:02 +1000
>> From: "Missingham, Roxanne (DPS)" <Roxanne.Missingham at aph.gov.au>
>> Subject: [Aliaozgovpubs] Digital Hansard
>> To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
>> Message-ID:
>>    <05D3A79EC4506046805877FD10737240016C09B0 at exchange1.parl.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Dear Colleagues
>>
>> I am very pleased to advise on the 110th anniversary of the
>> first sitting of the Parliament of Australia the complete
>> Hansard of the Australian Parliament is now available online.
>>  The digitisation of Hansard from 1901 was undertaken to
>> provide access to the record of the Parliament which is vital
>> for community awareness and engagement with the Parliament.
>>
>> The digitisation project was undertaken to deliver first the
>> PDFs, which occurred in mid 2010, and now the eXtensible
>> Markup Language (XML) versions in 2011. The project was
>> funded by the Department of Parliamentary Services with
>> support of the Presiding Officers.
>>
>> A brochure is attached with information on:
>> *         What is available online;
>> *         The digitisation project;
>> *         Hansard search tips;
>> *         How to report any errors; and
>> *         Some significant speeches.
>>
>> I would be grateful if you could pass this information on to
>> anyone you think might be interested in Hansard online.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Roxanne Missingham
>> Parliamentary Librarian
>> =============================
>> Roxanne Missingham
>> Parliamentary Librarian
>> Parliament House
>> Canberra  ACT  2600
>> Phone: (02) 6277 7102
>> FAX:  (02) 6277 2403
>> Email: Roxanne.Missingham at aph.gov.au
>> =============================
>
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