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Item Metadata only Citizens to netizens: Grass-roots driven democracy and e-democracy in South Australia(Idea Group Publishing, 2007) Alport, K.; Macintyre, C.This article explores whether information and communication technologies (ICTs) are being used to their full capacity by government agencies in South Australia to engage citizens in interaction with the government. It surveys government and private sector Web sites to determine “best practice” for civic engagement and describes several innovations that offer promising models for e-democracy. In South Australia, it appears that the movement towards innovative e-inclusion is driven from the bottom up—from Local Government Councils, the arts industries, and the education sectors, in the main. The State Government has a well developed e-presence, but much of it is concentrated on the provision of information rather than the fostering of e-democracy. The article examines these trends and questions whether the government is giving the appropriate priority to the citizen-state relationship in an era characterized by rapid economic growth and change.Item Metadata only Electronic conduits to electoral inclusion in an atypical constituency: The Australian case(IGI Global, 2009) Hill, L.; Alport, K.; Mehdi Khosrow Pour,Due to compulsory voting, Australia’s turnout rate is among the highest and most socially-even in the industrialised world. Nevertheless, some voters are still left behind on election day. In this chapter we examine the potential for E-technologies to address the problem of political exclusion among some currently excluded groups of voters. We canvas known and suspected patterns of such exclusion and, in some cases, suggest possible reasons for it. We review the capacity for electronic forms of voting and registration to address: Low voting and registration levels among indigenous Australians; declining registration levels among the young; restricted access to the secret ballot caused by disability; informal voting among minority language speakers and people with low literacy and numeracy competence; low voting participation among people who experience difficulty in attending a polling place on election day and low voting participation among the Australian diaspora. We begin by providing some technical background, after which we report briefly on the E-voting state of play in Australia today.Item Metadata only Political exclusion and electronic conduits to civic (re-)engagement in Australia(University of Newcastle, 2006) Alport, K.; Hill, L.; Australasian Political Studies Association Conference (2006 : Newcastle, New South Wales); Jose, J.; Tate, J.; Goldsmith, B.This paper examines the potential for e-technologies to address the problem of political exclusion among some currently excluded groups of voters in Australia today. It canvasses known and suspected patterns of such exclusion and, in some cases, suggests likely reasons for it. Topics covered include the capacity for electronic forms of voting and registration to address: low voting and registration levels among indigenous Australians;1 declining registration levels among the young; access to the secret ballot caused by disability; informal voting among minority language speakers and people with low literacy and numeracy competence; low voting participation among people who experience difficulty in attending a polling place on election day (including the isolated and physically immobile) and low voting participation among the Australian diaspora. We begin by providing some technical background, after which we report briefly on the e-voting state of play in Australia today.Item Metadata only Reconnecting Australia's Politically Excluded: Electronic Pathways to Electoral Inclusion(Idea Group Publishing, 2007) Hill, L.; Alport, K.This article examines the potential for e-technologies to address the problem of political exclusion among some currently excluded groups of voters in Australia today. It canvasses known and suspected patterns of such exclusion and, in some cases, suggests likely reasons for it. We review the capacity for electronic forms of voting and registration to address the following issues: low voting and registration levels among indigenous Australians, declining registration levels among the young, restricted access to the secret ballot caused by disability, informal voting among minority language speakers and people with low literacy and numeracy competence, low voting participation among people who experience difficulty in attending a polling place on election day, and low voting participation among the Australian diaspora. We begin by providing some technical background, after which we report briefly on the electronic voting (e-voting) state of play in Australia today.Item Open Access Voting attitudes and behaviour among aboriginal peoples: Reports from 29 Anangu women(UQ, 2008) Alport, K.; Hill, L.; Australasian Political Science Association Conference (2008 : Brisbane, Australia)In this paper we address the issue of lower than average turnout rates among Aboriginal Peoples in remote regions of South Australia. A number of hypotheses have been offered to explain the low voting participation of such constituencies: Some have asserted that Aboriginal Peoples do not, in fact, wish to vote; others have suggested that first order elections generally have low salience for Aboriginal Peoples, thereby depressing turnout while the low political efficacy thesis has also been proposed. We explore whether any of these hypotheses are plausible using data obtained in group interviews with 29 Anangu women. The paper begins by providing some historical background to the development of the Aboriginal franchise after which there is some discussion of the problems of determining turnout levels in remote Aboriginal communities. After assessing the significance of the fieldwork results we close by reflecting on means for stimulating turnout within this constituency.Item Metadata only Voting attitudes and behaviour among aboriginal peoples: Reports from Anangu women(Blackwell Publ Ltd, 2010) Hill, L.; Alport, K.At state and particularly in federal (or national) elections, Aboriginal Peoples in remote regions turn out to vote in low numbers. A number of hypotheses have been offered to explain the low voting participation of such constituencies. Some have asserted that Aboriginal Peoples do not wish to vote; others have suggested that “first order” elections have low salience for Aboriginal Peoples, thereby depressing turnout. The low political efficacy thesis has also been proposed, as well as cultural and mechanical factors. We consider whether any of these hypotheses are plausible using data obtained in group interviews with twenty‐nine Anangu Women in remote South Australia. On the basis of this fieldwork we consider means for stimulating turnout within this, and in similar, constituencies.