E-Forums: Examples

The Darebin eForum
http://eforum.darebin.vic.gov.au/

Brisbane City Council: Your Say Online
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE::pc=PC_76

Surf Coast Shire Council
http://www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au

Other councils in Victoria which are commencing online forums include Manningham and Kingston City Council.

International examples
o	http://www.e-democracy.gov.uk/toolkit/default.htm E-Democracy Toolkit developed by the International Centre for Local e-Democracy
 * Brazil's city council of Porto Alegre has used email and the web to facilitate a degree of direct democracy by enabling citizens to discuss and vote on issues.
 * Minnesota E-Democracy also hosts online public spaces for citizen interaction on public issues to increase participation in elections and public discourse in Minnesota through the use of information networks (http://www.e-democracy.org/).
 * Citizens of Estonia use an online consultation process to comment on draft laws and suggest new ones (http://tom.riik.ee).
 * http://www.e-democracy.gov.uk/casestudies.htm

Australian Government Citizen E-Engagement Initiatives
Queensland Government’s e-Democracy Unit
 * http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/community/edemocracy.html

WA Office of e-Government
 * http://www.egov.dpc.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=policiesEengagement

ConsultWA
 * http://www.citizenscape.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=consultWaView
 * provides a list of consultations being conducted by Western Australian state government departments and agencies

Citizenscape
 * http://www.citizenscape.wa.gov.au/
 * an information rich site of resources for those interested in active citizenship and community consultation and participation.

Victorian Parliamentary Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee’s Inquiry into Electronic Democracy (Parliament of Victoria, 2004).
 * http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/SARC/E-Democracy/Final_Report/ToC.htm