NSW government fair trading blogs

Research­ing Gov­ern­ment use of web 2.0 tech­no­logy for this week’s Bar­Camp Nano, I found the Ripped Off blog. Which allows NSW con­sumers to tell their stor­ies about being ripped off

Given my back­ground of work­ing for DOCEP, the West Aus­tralian equi­val­ent of NSW Office of Fair Trad­ing, I was suprised that such a blog exis­its, given the con­ser­vat­ive nature of the pub­lic ser­vice and pos­sible legal rami­fic­a­tions. A quick look at the con­di­tions of use did not sur­prise me, it is pretty heavy going given that it aimed at youth, with terms like You irre­voc­ably con­sent to. Fair Trad­ing NSW needs to pro­tect them­selves, but it could be easier to read and understand.

Those con­cerns aside it is great to see some Aus­tralian Gov­ern­ment agen­cies tak­ing steps to act­ively engage their audi­ence. I will be keep­ing an eye on Ripped Off and Are we on the right track? a blog on the pro­posed reforms to NSW res­id­en­tial ten­ancy law.

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