Apologies for such a vast gap between my last posting and now.
No excuses I just didn't get to it. But now that the Gov 2.0 Taskforce have announced the Mash Up Australia competition opening on 7 October, I have something interesting to say...
Where is all the data??
Federal and State government have lots and lots of data so why are there less than 100 data sets listed on data.australia.gov.au - the website you will find all the datasets for the competition.
Are you telling me that 6 state, 2 territory and 1 federal government have less that 100 data sets they are able to share with the world!! Why are government so unwilling to share??
Are the scared? Do they want to sell it instead of give it away? I don't understand how a government agency can charge the public that the public have already paid for through their taxes.
I look forward to seeing what people do with the data that has been released. I'm sure there will be some very smart people out there who will have some great ideas about what to do - it's just a shame I'm not one of them.
FREE THE DATA and START MASHING
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