How clueless are Australia’s “best and brightest” about the Internet? “Completely”, it seems. The “governance” section of the Final Report of the Australia 2020 Summit mentions the Internet just twice seriously.
Here’s what our finest minds had to say…
The “circus” of question time doesn’t give a positive view of parliament or promote confidence in the system. The community should be able to contribute questions to parliament. This could be achieved by greater use of technology such as the internet.
… and…
Government doesn’t seem to be using the internet. It could be such a powerful forum but is currently under-used in the government context.
Yes, Dear Clever People, it could be, and it is. Glad you noticed.
So what else did they have to say about the most significant factor to affect civilisation in, oh, 300 years?
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