Digital economy future directions paper. This paper aims to identify the themes and suggestions that will inform the action plan of the forthcoming future directions paper for Australia's digital economy. [Creative Economy : Reports]
10:32:33 PM    

Open access to public sector information. If information is power, then information use and re-use can be powerful and potentially drive innovation in the digital economy. Recognising this, we are exploring the issue of open access to public sector information and invite you to tell us how this should be implemented to benefit you... [Digital Economy Future Directions Latest Topics]
9:19:07 AM    

We are not alone on public data.

I have lamented before the apparent lack of publicly released data in Australia for use in, say, Google Transit and similar services. Well, it turns out we are not alone. In Washington DC, talks have broken down between Google and the authorities. So the public data will not be so public. It seems, as usual, that the government wants some cut of the pie. By why negotiate? Why not simply say, if you want this data, it costs $x?

[CoreEcon]
9:11:33 AM    

Open Access.

A friendly reader has pointed me to this post on the Federal Government’s blog about open access to public data. Thanks to the Cutler Review, it is clear that they are aware of these issues but the blog is a good place to put some specific examples in the comments. When it comes down to it, the best way to cut through this is likely through an Office of the Innovation Advocate as recommended by that review.

[CoreEcon]
9:10:56 AM    

Predictions of a long, hot summer may please many Australians, but it is not good news for one of the country's top tourist attractions.

Satellite images show sea surface temperatures in the Coral Sea are already higher than average and the Bureau of Meteorology and the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have both forecast a high risk of coral bleaching.

Dr Russell Reichelt, the chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, says scientists are comparing this year's summer to another devastating time for the world's reefs.

"They're likening the conditions that we're looking at this summer now to be same as they were in 1998, when a very large global event occurred where 16 per cent of the world's coral reefs died from coral bleaching," he said.

[Source: ABC News]
8:50:16 AM