global discussion. local perspectives.
In March 2011, the Sunday Times published an article on how their journalists posed as lobbyists and successfully bribed Members of European parliament in return for amendments to proposed EU regulations that would suit the interests they claimed to be representing.
New Zealand is having another foray into the world of wikis, this time with a wiki asking for contributions to the next phase of the country’s digital strategy. The first wiki was used as part of the consultation process for the updating of The Police Act in 2007 and this year’s most recent prompt for citizen participation will run until mid-May. Worth having a look at the shape of public consultation to come.