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In June 2011, the Australian Capital Territory's Chief Minister Katy Gallagher launched the 'Open Government' initiative to enhance citizen engagement in policy-making. Key measures included creating an Open Government website, ensuring public access to data, and providing regular reports on significant issues. Gallagher emphasized that public information should be readily available and introduced Virtual Community Cabinets for direct communication with citizens.

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In June 2011, the Australian Capital Territory's Chief Minister Katy Gallagher launched the 'Open Government' initiative to enhance citizen engagement in policy-making. Key measures included creating an Open Government website, ensuring public access to data, and providing regular reports on significant issues. Gallagher emphasized that public information should be readily available and introduced Virtual Community Cabinets for direct communication with citizens.

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In June 2011, the Australian Capital Territory provided a relevant example of how citizen

engagement is gaining traction as an important aspect of participatory policy-making. Katy

Gallagher, the newly-elected Chief Minister, decided to commit herself to the ‘Open

Government’ initiative during her first Ministerial remark towards the ACT Assembly, that she

described as working towards three tenets of public accountability in processes and information,

active involvement in the process of governing, and public cooperation in finding quick fixes to

leadership challenges.

The announced general measures for transparency included:

 Creating an Open Government website to publish governmental research studies and

assessments.

 Public accessibility to data and to proposals provided during public consultations through

Government information transparency. 

 A weekly or monthly report discussing significant issues and Cabinet decisions.

The Chief Minister stated that public availability of information should be the government's

default position. She also pledged to convene Virtual Community Cabinets to address inquiries

and answer citizens queries on Twitter (House, 2014). As time passes, these initiative will prove

effective in facilitating genuine and substantial dialogs among citizens and parliamentarians or at

attracting individuals to real forms of cooperation with governmental bodies.


Reference

House, C. P. A. (2014, January 10). Citizens’ engagement in policymaking and the design of

public services. PARLIAMENT of AUSTRALIA.

https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Li

brary/pubs/rp/rp1112/12rp01

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