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My presentation at the first OKFN Iceland meeting in Rejkjavik on 29 November 2012.
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Craig ThomlerGovernment 2.0 Advocate &
Managing Director, Delib Australia30 November 2012
Open government in Australia
6/09/11
Australia: •Colonised by English in 1788•Became a nation in 1901
•74x the size of Iceland•Population: 22 million•Beer consumed: 4.5L/person
•Democratic freedom: 3rd
•Political freedom: equal 1st •Press freedom: 18th
Australia vs Iceland
Source: Sensis Social Media Report May 2012
Australia’s internet use
Source: Sensis Social Media Report May 2012
Social media channels used
Use internet: 98%
Use social media:
•62% of Australians
•73% of Federal agencies
•77% of Federal politicians
Social media in Australia
73% of Australian Government agencies use social media for official purposes
However only 25% have social media policies
Australian Government social media use
Answer Response Share
For stakeholder engagement or collaboration 32 54.24%
Operating an information campaign 25 42.37%
Responding to customer enquiries/comments/complaints 25 42.37%
For engaging with journalists and media outlets 24 40.68%
For engagement or collaboration with other government agencies
24 40.68%
Monitoring citizen, stakeholder and/or lobbyist views and activities
17 28.81%
For a public consultation process 16 27.12%
For a stakeholder or other restricted access consultation 13 22.03%
Other type of activity (i.e. recruitment, crowdsourcing, staff) 11 18.64%
For policy or services co-design 7 11.86%
Why are they using social media?
Over 800 online consultations in last four years
Over 630 Departmental Twitter accounts
Over 180 agency blogs
Over 160 Facebook pages
Over 80 agency mobile apps
Over 40 agency YouTube channels
At least 7 data competitions
Four open data sites
All levels of Australian government
Growth in Twitter use
Engage https://www.facebook.com/QueenslandPolice?fref=ts
Inform http://www.alert.sa.gov.au/
Inform http://www.police.act.gov.au/crime-and-safety/crime-statistics.aspx
Collaborate http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper?q=
Consult http://saplan.org.au/
Open data http://data.gov.au
Open data http://data.act.gov.au
Empower http://http://theopenbudget.org/
Empower http://govmonitor.org
Open data generations #1
Open data generations #2
Craig Thomlercraig@delib.net
@CraigThomlerhttp://eGovAU.blogspot.com
www.delib.net/australia/
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