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OpenAustralia

  1. @jamezpolley More details about 2012's debates not downloading is in this ticket: bit.ly/xKxt5b
  2. @jason_a_w No worries - thanks for pointing it out. We'll announce on Twitter when we've had time to fix it
  3. @jason_a_w No, this year's debates aren't online :( bit.ly/JkALhd It's almost fixed
  4. @jason_a_w It looks fine from here. Also see downforeveryoneorjustme.com/openaustralia.…
  5. RT @erietta: RT @zaferbilda: Government Digital Service Design Principles bit.ly/HFJFdr
  6. @jamezpolley Can you pass that on to the organisers @gavintapp?
  7. RT @gavintapp: #Govhack is on again in 2012! If you like code,data & making things quickly, grab a spot now govhack.org Pls RT
  8. RT @stokely: Thanks to the ever helpful @openaustralia for that last fact. They make it easy to see what's going on in Parliament. :)
  9. "Australia shuns good company at Open Government Partnership meeting in Brazil" bit.ly/I7gluc #gov2au
  10. in Australia "More spent on shredders than taking FOI requests" SMH: bit.ly/HrFphR
  11. RT @sydience: @OpenAustralia named in "The 25 best @WindowsPhone apps" by @SMH smh.com.au/digital-life/s… #auspol #windowsphone #wp7 #wp7au
  12. @cosmicjester Yet another format change by APH broke the way we get Hansard :( So far a volunteer hasn't stepped up to fix it again
  13. RT @dhart: Data.gov.au loses dedicated staff bit.ly/xOUqwL - what's the story? #gov2au #opendata
  14. "Welcome, Mzalendo" bit.ly/x3CK9P "...a true ‘second generation’ parliamentary monitoring site..."
  15. There's a problem downloading 2012's debates. We've stopped processing new ones until a volunteer can fix it :(
  16. @dwightwalker Are you using the doco here? bit.ly/zXcsmO If something is wrong or unclear it'd be great to improve it :) cc/@dracos
  17. Disk space on our donated server from @octopusvps was magically increased when we ran out. On a Sunday. Thanks! bit.ly/zgVyAm
  18. @dwightwalker Looks like that might be a problem with Ruby 1.9.2 bit.ly/ymuN1F Is that what you're using? If so try 1.8.7
  19. @dwightwalker What's the problem you're having?
  20. Watch our very own @henaredegan talk on "Guerrilla Data Liberation" at #lca2012 now LIVE streaming view.streamti.me/c001