Community Engagement - Queensland
Articles and resources about trends and issues in community and citizen engagement initiatives by government in the state of Queensland, Australia.
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E-government and social media: Queensland's MyQ2 Initiative
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Paper presented at EDem10 4th International Conference on eDemocracy 2010 - May 2010 The Queensland Government has framed its 2020 vision for Queensland called Toward Q2 around five ambitions (Strong, Smart, Fair, Green and Healthy) that address current and future challenges. Toward Q2 will soon be supported by MyQ2. MyQ2 will use social media to build citizen engagement, which meets the needs of government.
- Australia engages citizens in US$27 million Great Barrier Reef project
- By Shahida Sweeney. FutureGov, 1 March 2012. "The Australian and Queensland governments have joined forces to create a deeper knowledge of the Great Barrier Reef under a US$27 million (AUD$25 million) citizen engagement program.
This program brings together government and industry partners under a project called eReefs.
The eReefs project combines customised e-portals, mobile communications, as well as modelling and forecasting technologies to engage citizens and other stakeholders to protect and manage the reef..."
- GetInvolved online consultation toolkit
- Queensland Government. "GetInvolved is a suite of consultation tools designed to engage with the community on matters of public policy. The toolkit is comprised of online forum, poll, survey and other consultation tools which suit a range of engagement methods. The toolkit can be used in conjunction with social media and provides a trusted mechanism to capture the opinions of the community combined with real time data analysis..."
- Get Involved - consultations - have your say
- Provides access to the Queensland Government's online consultation facility to obtain feedback from the public so as to contribute to government policy decisions that benefit the community. Consultations generally target a specific issue, and usually run for 4–6 weeks.
- Government online communications during disaster: Best practice model - in pdf format (283kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Mandis Roberts Pty Ltd, May 2011. "... This report will outline the ways government's can best prepare to increase their online communications during disaster. It will examine ways governments can move toward online communications and prepare themselves for future disaster communications. It is intended to be a guide to help build government organisations build it's capabilities for online disaster communications and prepare the community and government its response to disaster..."
- Natural disasters signal new wave in participatory democracy
- By Steve Haigh. PS News - Independent News for the Queensland Public Service, 10 March 2011. "Reflecting on the impact of Queensland's recent natural disasters prompts feelings of pain, loss and utter disbelief. But in the wake of this devastation also comes much positivity. Of particular interest is the role social media played in sharing information and connecting the public sector with the community. So what does this mean for the future? The interest in social media as a way of sharing and accessing information during Queensland’s floods and tropical cyclone Yasi was staggering..."
- Share my story website sets a high standard for Australian egovernment offerings
- by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - Craig Thomler's personal eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, Tuesday, January 27, 2009. "I was recently alerted to the Queensland government's Share My Story website, which invites individuals to share their stories of road tragedies in order to help others rethink their conduct on the road and avoid future traffic injuries and deaths..."
This category last updated: 1 March 2012