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"Don\u2019t know how this one managed to slip by, but our favourite poli \u2013 Senator Kate Lundy \u2013 was recently named \u00A0the winner\u00A0of the International Top 10 People Changing the World of Internet and Politics\u00A0Award at the 11th World eDemocracy Forum held last week in Issy-les-Moulineaux, (Paris, France).\r\n\r\nSenator Lundy was presented with the International eDemocracy Award by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in recognition of her active and forward-thinking work toward building Open Government culture and practice in Australia. Senator Lundy has been strongly engaged in the Australian Gov 2.0 agenda and has put the principles to work in her own office through her online communications and Public Sphere consultations.\r\n\r\nMany of you will know Senator Lundy from her work with the Public Sphere/Government 2.0 series and the efforts she has made to both engage with and represent the local tech startup community. The aim of these efforts is to find new ways in which Government can fulfill their mandate by being more citizen friendly and inclusive.\r\n\r\nAs we covered, it was hoped that Lundy might pick up the Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy portfolio after the recent Australian federal Elections, but that wasn\u2019t to be.\r\n\r\nThat hasn\u2019t deterred her from carrying on her crusade to drag the Government into the 21st century.\r\n\r\nFor those interested in finding out more about Senator Lundy's\u00A0work, CLICK HERE to watch a video from the eDemocracy Forum where she explains her goals and what\u2019s been achieved to date."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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