The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
The Lindsay Tanner-appointed Government 2.0 Taskforce is preparing a very One-Dot-Oh road trip in the next three weeks, conducting open forums in capital cities across the country as it canvasses directly for ideas from the broad community.
The two-hour open forums start in Canberra on Monday and travel to all
State and Territory capital cities with the last event being held in
the first week of September in Hobart.
The Taskforce says it is seeking input from audience groups ranging
from government, industry, academics, NGOs and interested others.
It wants direct, face-to-face input on how government can build a
culture that favours information disclosure as its default position,
and what government information should be more freely available.
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner is calling for written submissions to
the Taskforce through its consultation blog to be logged by August 23,
the cut-off day for ideas to be considered by the Taskforce process.
Mr Tanner, a long-time user and advocate of web communication tools,
says Government wants “to tap into the reservoirs of experience and
ideas within the public and private sectors.”
“The Taskforce wants to hear observations, both good and bad, on how we
manage information and engage citizens, and the perspectives and
possibilities for how to improve,” Mr Tanner said.
“I urge everyone with an interest in open government to take this opportunity to contribute their ideas and experiences.”
Meanwhile, Tim Watts, a former political staffer inside Stephen
Conroy’s office and current Telstra employee – a communications officer
engaged to handle Telstra’s NBN messages – has been appointed to the
Government 2.0 Taskforce as an observer.
Watts, who worked for Senator Conroy when he was a Shadow
communications spokesman and more recently in his Ministerial
office, is a Web 2.0 specialist. Between stints in Senator Conroy’s
office, he completed a Masters Degree at the London School of Economics
and Politics, with a thesis on Web 2.0 in political discourse.
Before joining Telstra, Watts worked briefly in Victorian Premier John Brumbies office.
Taskforce chair Nicholas Gruen said Watts was invited join the group as
an individual and was not as a representative of Telstra.
Registration for the open forum events is required at
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