Interesting.

Nominations are open for Australia’s Open Government Partnership Forum until 30 Jan - www.ag.gov.au/integrity/au...

Think. Feel. Know. Intuit. Guess. Speculate. Imagine. Fantasise. Dream. Observe. Investigate. Uncover. Explore. Question. Contradict. Test. Prove. Dissolve.

This is a *free* 150 page chapbook that explores systems, system design and software architecture. And it’s … actually *good*??? Well, at least all the parts where I weave in this systems and design community’s insights are good. 😊

Do voters just copy how-to-vote preference recommendations? Clearly not if you look at available data. Here's some Christmas reading with my latest post on HTVs and preferences based on data from the 2022 South Australian election. antonygreen.com.au/do-how-to-vo...

"There are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion.” — Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems #AdventOfSystemSeeing Day 17: Systems and Boundaries www.ruthmalan.com/Advent/2025/...

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house Of Representatives, not a Member would grouse. The Hansard was printed, the records were set, In hopes that the voters would forgive and forget You can check out all the debates in the House this year here www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/

Good morning Here’s a question for you and yours. Please boost, reflect, and reply? How might we make our world be a better place for all of us? What small, daily habits would improve things just a little bit? Imagine if we all did that. Better for ourselves and for others, not at their expense?

95yo editor still calling the shots at 150yo newspaper: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-02/rural-newspaper-the-buloke-times-turns-150/105595032

We don’t normally ask for help, but our financial reserves are dwindling. If you value Right to Know, Planning Alerts or They Vote for You, please chip in at donate.oaf.org.au. Donations will go to running our services, and will give certainty to our passionate, knowledgeable and dedicated team.

As parliament winds up for the summer I’d like to draw your attention to the OpenAustralia Foundation. We are a small charity with a hard working team running services to support our unique democracy. We need your help to fund our work. Please donate now. donate.oaf.org.au Please boost.

The Govt should be introducing legislation to provide more transparency, not less. Their proposed changes to FOI are deeply troubling, though not surprising given in the last parliament they were the 2nd most secretive in 30 years. That needs to change. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907156...

Do you care about your #RightToKnow and Freedom of Information? Do you know there's currently a bill before the Australian Parliament? Do you have lived experience with the #FOI system? Consider sharing your perspective? www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... @oaf.org.au @asherwolf.bsky.social

👉 Is your data taking an unplanned leave? 👉 Are your cloud hosts all controlled from differing legal jurisdictions? 👉 These are questions of #dataSovereignty. ⏰ Come and share with us at #EverythingOpen Canberra 2026. #CFP 21 Sep 2025! 2026.everythingopen.au/programme/pr... #EO2026 #conference

✨ Are you in Australia and do you like being able to see the sky at night? The Australasian Dark Sky Alliance have submitted a petition to request parliament introduce legislation to control light pollution. The petition is at www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

#FOI costs have doubled over the past decade, not because of more requests, but because the Govt’s culture of secrecy scares sole decision making. Every man, woman & dog in Govt is consulted just in case someone might object to disclosure. #MountainsOutOfMolehills #YouPay #auspol

Hello #PyConAU folk! 👋 Please take note, here's a little PSA - the call for sessions for @everythingopen.au is open until 21 Sept - and will take place in Canberra 21-23 Jan 2026 Thank you @linuxaustralia.bsky.social for auspicing awesome events for our community! also to plz booost!? kthxbai

This podcast from the @australiainstitute.org.au about the FOI bill is excellent. #RightToKnow @oaf.org.au

This is one of the benefits we promote with righttoknow.org.au. We also proactively work with agencies to deal with problematic requests, while fiercely advocating for disclosure.

Hey aussies. I think you should make a lot of noise about this The FOI Amendment Bill 2025 will give government new ways to refuse FOI requests, and also introduce a fee for making the request. 👉 www.oaf.org.au/2025/09/08/2... #RightToKnow #FOI #auspol

The FOI Amendment Bill 2025 makes it harder to hold govt to account: bans anonymous requests, adds a “transparency tax” fee, and expands secrecy. Parliament must reject it. 👉 www.oaf.org.au/2025/09/08/2... #RightToKnow #FOI #auspol

Nice to hear @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social defending Freedom of Information and calling for a common sense approach that doesn't lock people out of FOI with fees on ABC Radio this morning

Official trailer for SBS' soon to be released docu-drama 'The People vs. Robodebt' featuring Jenny Miller, Deanna Amato and many others. www.sbs.com.au/aboutus/2025...

Unfortunately electionleaflets.org.au is down. It does sort of still exist in the Trove Pandora archive: webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100723... But it's clunky. It's not been active for many many years. So, is this something you lot care about? Or should we just allow to sunset?

Huzzah! Everything Open is heading to the University of Canberra 21-23 January 2026 Call for sessions and sponsors is out now! 2026.everythingopen.au Help us get the conversation started! #EverythingOpen @linuxaustralia.bsky.social @everythingopen.au

@ashthelibrarian.bsky.social Call for sessions is out for 2026.everythingopen.au - would love to see a full track for all things #OpenEducation :)

Just Start! Prevent analysis paralysis and get your mission moving. Yes, even the wrong direction is better than sitting still. #Agility and #OpenInnovation with #RedHat

For last Saturday’s show, it was International Women’s Day, where the official hashtag was #AccellerateAction. Great conversation with @kattekrab.bsky.social, Miranda and Tamzyn on from many angles of IWD and what it means for the tech industry. Check out the podcast: joy.org.au/technogaze/2...

We're delighted to present our 2025 Annual Report, ahead of our #AGM at @everythingopen.au in Tarndanya/Adelaide next week. Read about the many events we've auspiced this year - including #PyConAU #DrupalSouth, #WordCamp Sydney, #DrupalCon Asia and #PurpleCon. linux.org.au/about-us/ann...

Everything Open 2025 would not be possible without our sponsors. Auspice sponsor: Linux Australia. Visit: linux.org.au Program: 2025.everythingopen.au/schedule/ Tickets: 2025.everythingopen.au/attend/ticke... #EO2025 #EverythingOpen #conference #openSource @linuxaustralia.bsky.social

If you plan to participate in this tutorial, you should install siril and download the image data that I have linked from the session page. It is 4GB of data and you will not be able to fetch it at the conference. It would also be helpful if your laptop had an SSD with at least 30GB of free space.