Category Archives: Vic

Melbourne Water inquiry open for submissions (Finally)

2008-07-26 – 15:04:40

(crosspost from this.)
As outlined here (2008-05-28), the Inquiry into Melbourne’s Future Water Supply, which was sent the the ENRC by the Legislative Council on 2007-09-19 has FINALLY let people know where they can send submissions (Details over the fold).
Obviously, all those folk protesting about the DeSal and pipeline plans (?secret memoranda of understandings about contracts?), […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Announcement, Editorial, Vic: Environment and Natural Resources | Comments (0)

National eSecurity Review

2008-07-15 – 18:40:17

The Attorney-General’s department is open for submissions (closing 2008-07-31) about Australia’s eSecurity.
Details at http://www.ag.gov.au/esecurityreview, with email submissions to e-securityreview@ag.gov.au

By Dave Bath | Also posted in ACT, Federal, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA, ag.gov.au | Comments (0)

Recent Vic Auditor Reports

2008-06-11 – 18:29:49

Here is a summary of three reports by Victorian Auditor-General, Mr Des Pearson, that were tabled in the Victorian Parliament this morning.
The reports (quick review over the fold) cover youth rehabilitation, progress on the CJEP (Criminal Justice Enhancement Program), and reporting by local governments.
Ultrashort summary of the auditor’s opinions…. "Not happy, Jan"!

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Announcement, Auditor Reports | Comments (0)

Announce: Federal inquiry into state-based law enforcement integrity agencies

2008-05-27 – 22:02:50

If you are interested in the federal powers to keep state-based law enforcement agencies honest, you might like to make a submission (by 2008-06-26) to the Inquiry into state-based law enforcement integrity agencies by the federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity.
The contact email for submissions and further info is […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in ACT, Announcement, Federal, Joint: Law Enforcement Integrity, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA | Comments (1)

Survey about Vic Parl Website

2008-05-22 – 14:16:22

The Victorian Parliament Website has a current survey about how good it is.
Personally, I think the Victorian site is far inferior to the federal parliament, the survey is in a particularly closed format, and, what is surprising, is that the survey is not even hosted by government, but by surveymonkey.com.
Anyway, have a look around the […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Activities, Announcement, Editorial | Comments (0)

Livability in Victoria

2008-05-22 – 13:55:35

The Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission has an inquiry on enhancing Victoria’s livability, with submissions closing 2008-01-31.  There are a number of very interesting submissions, and it will be interesting to see the Brumby government response.
Important URLs include:

Main inquiry page
Terms of Reference
Issues Paper
Received Submissions

As expected, submissions from developers are big on focussing on more land […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Submissions Review, vcec.vic.gov.au | Comments (1)

Kosky calls for comments - very quietly

2008-05-19 – 17:51:46

Another Clayton’s consultation in Victoria: this time Lyn Kosky, Public Transport Minister, is after comments about "train pain".
Talk about making it difficult to ensure your comments go to the right spot!  It’s almost as if the lack of organization is intentional.  Geeks would say the Minister wants all criticism directed to /dev/null (a.k.a. a black […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Announcement, Editorial, premier.vic.gov.au, transport.vic.gov.au | Comments (0)

A glimmer of hope - help if you can

2008-05-19 – 12:33:48

There is some encouraging feedback I received, within 24 hours (and only 3 working hours), from a public servant at egov.vic.gov.au, which has the task of improving "citizen access and transformation" to/of government.  My letter and the response are detailed over the fold.
My note to webmaster@egov.vic.gov.au was prompted by trying to search for an easy […]

By Dave Bath | Also posted in Activities, Agency Feedback, Editorial, egov.vic.gov.au | Comments (1)