The Tasmanian Greens have put forward a plan to have the Tasmanian Parliament live in peoples homes and offices, to be available when Parliament resumes in March. The Greens want information technology to be used to make State Parliament more accessible to the people by broadcasting it live over the internet, and claim the idea is the first step in electronic democracy.
Parliament is the house of the people.
Labor's National Conference broadcast live over the internet is an excellent example of what can be achieved. This is something politicians can do to really reform Parliament. The Greens said whilst there were other high technology options available, it was appropriate to start with the cheapest and easiest solution to implement. The most important thing was people's access to their elected representatives. This move will mean access for newspaper editors at their desks, kids in schools, business people, Government employees, students of politics, libraries and the general public - the benefits are enormous.