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ItemeGovernance practice and potential in the local government sector( 2003)This paper presents initial findings of a research project into the current extent of, demand for, and strategic inhibiters / facilitators to / for the development of electronic governance (eGovernance) in the local government sector in Australia. Undertaken by members of the sector in Victoria, in conjunction with the Centre for Public Policy of the University of Melbourne, the project is will produce a final detailed strategic report by the middle of 2004. Based on the results of survey data collected by members of the project team during 2002-3, this paper argues that the local government sector, as typified by municipalities in the state of Victoria , can be seen to have an interest in a broad range of activities that fall under the rubric of eGovernance as defined within.
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ItemWill content regulation encourage ISP rationalisation?(Communications Law Centre, 1999-05)Discusses the Commonwealth governments policy debates surround online content regulation and possible effects on industry structure and competition in Australia.
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ItemPornography, protection, prevarication: the politics of internet censorship(University of NSW Law School, 2000-03)A short article that discusses the development of internet censorship laws in Australia, the politics surrounding them, and the symbolic nature of this legislative regime.
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ItemPolitical Big Brother site masks curious agenda(australia.internet.com, 2001)Outlines some of the interesting characteristics of political campaigning aimed at youth in the 2001 Australian federal election using online webpages.
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ItemPolitical big brother site masks curious agenda(australia.internet.com, 2001-10)Outlines some interesting characteristics of the ALPs use of websites in political campaigning.
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ItemOnline regulation: not so ground-breaking(Communications Law Centre, 1999-06)Outlines the core elements of the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999.
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ItemInformation Technology in Teaching and Learning: A Report on Trial Applications of MultiMedia in the Department of Political Science( 2003-06)In accordance with the policy of the University of Melbourne to develop and integrate the use of Information Technology (IT) in teaching and learning, in 2003 a small-scale trial was undertaken to apply desktop MultiMedia (MM) to the teaching of one subject which had made limited use of teaching in learning in previous years.This document reports on the outcomes of this trial, indicates the positive and negative benefits of this application, and makes some conclusions about barriers and enablers to the implementation of IT in the teaching environment. The aim of the document is to:•Report on agreed activities to the Head of Department, Political Science, and•Provide feedback on IT applications in teaching to other staff of the University of Melbourne.
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ItemRealtime interviewing using the World Wide Web(Universities of Surrey and Stirling, Sage Publications Ltd. and the British Sociological Association, 1999)This paper outlines the adaptation of in-depth interviewing using World Wide Web-based interviewing software between the interviewer and their subject. Through a structured, realtime interviewing process the researcher is able to use the Internet to facilitate communication, recording interviews directly to a file without incurring the costs associated with traditional face-to-face or telephone interviews. The benefits of this approach are the ability of the researcher to conduct inexpensive interviewing over distances and elimination of transcription costs from the research process, allowing the researcher to undertake a wider range of interviews than may be possible on a limited budget. The interview method has problems associated with the depth of material available from this approach, the loss of paralinguistic cues and the limited size of the available sample, limitations that must be accounted for by any researcher considering using the approach
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ItemAustralia: where forward co-regulation?(NetAlert, 2002)Regulation of the online environment has become a common problem for many governments around the world. While the motivations for regulation are diverse, in their desire to censor Internet content, English-speaking countries have tended to focus on the moral implications of unfettered communication between computer users. Issues associated with intellectual property protection, harassment, and criminality following behind initial policy positions aimed, largely, at pornography and other morally-unacceptable forms of communication. In Australia, initial policy debates about Internet content focused almost exclusively on pornography and paedophilia, focusing on conflict between the protection of minors from offensive and morallydegrading material and the freedom of adults to communicate content of interest to them. In 1999, the Federal Government introduced the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act prohibiting the unrestricted distribution of material that would be classified 'R' or greater under the existing film and literature classification regime. In 2000, following public debate about the extent of gambling in the Australian community, the government introduced a moratorium on the expansion of online gambling services in Australia, followed in July 2001 by the Interactive Gambling Act to prohibit the operation of online casinos within Australia. While initial regulatory proposals countenanced the possibility of strict regulation, each law was curtailed to regulatory regimes that would minimise compliance costs for certain established commercial players. (From Introduction)
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ItemWho's in the joined-up government? Australian elected representatives adaptive responses to network technology(The University of Melbourne - Centre for Public Policy, 2002)