The Australia Government has contributed R&D funding for academia to research for local government – this may be linked to our national
declaration on Open Government which will emphasize a big push for using the Internet to deliver Open Government capabilities via the Government 2.0 (ie a web service capacity for eGovernment) -
"The Australian Government now declares that, in order to promote greater participation in Australia’s democracy, it is committed to open government based on a culture of engagement, built on better access to and use of government held information, and sustained by the innovative use of technology."
We encourage community advocates to respond to this working paper, otherwise the research can orient towards the perspectives of Local Government in shaping community engagement improvements.