Ben FairlessRE: https://social.oaf.org.au/@oaf/116084115560452558
Do you know anyone with fundraising experience who would be willing to donate their time?
If so, put them in touch with me!
OpenAustralia FoundationThe OpenAustralia Foundation needs someone with fundraising experience to help us run a campaign. 🗳️
We build free, open-source civic tech that enables people to participate more fully in their democracy: #PlanningAlerts, #RightToKnow, #TheyVoteForYou, and #OpenAustralia.
More Info and how to express your interest: https://oaf.org.au/2026/02/17/become-a-fundraising-champion-for-civic-tech/
#OpenAustraliaFoundation #CivicTech #OpenGov #Fundraising #AusPol #FOSS
We've just improved PlanningAlerts coverage for 19 councils across Victoria and NSW.
🆕 9 new councils (~98,500 people)
🔧 10 fixed councils (~270,000 people)
That's nearly 370,000 Australians who can now get free alerts when someone applies for planning permission near them.
📧 Sign up at www.planningalerts.org.au
💰 Donate at donate.oaf.org.au
#PlanningAlerts #CommunityUpdates #LocalCouncils
kattekrabAs a follow up - here's how you can help!
You can give your
💰Treasure - https://donate.oaf.org.au
Ongoing regular donations help us pay the bills, and will let us give our mighty team more time to get work done.
Or if freedom of information is relevant to your work, please consider subscribing to right to know pro
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/pro
💪Talent - https://github.com/openaustralia
All our work is open, check out the issues and repos and see if there's something you can help with.
⏰ Time - follow / amplify us on the socials and in your networks
Follow us, boost, retoot, like and share to help others learn about what we do.
🦣 Fedi - @oaf
https://social.oaf.org.au/@oaf
https://www.linkedin.com/company/openaustralia-foundation/
🦋 https://bsky.app/profile/oaf.org.au
#EverythingOpen #EO2026 #RightToKnow #TheyVoteForYou #PlanningAlerts #OpenAustralia
Our chair @kattekrab is talking about all our services at @everythingopen! #EverythingOpen #eo2026 #RightToKnow #PlanningAlerts #Transparency #OpenGovernment #TheyVoteForYou
Wowser!
Over 140 people have shared their opinion on this Development Application on @oaf’s #PlanningAlerts since it was published 28 days ago!
https://www.planningalerts.org.au/applications/3405751
This is the sort of change we like to see. I’m hopeful that the City of Sydney takes their feedback into account.
In 2025, Planning Alerts sent 8.1 million notifications on 164,000 development applications, facilitating 1,368 comments to planning bodies. Right to Know allowed people to make over 1,300 information requests from 445 users. They Vote For You played a crucial role during the 2025 Federal Election. Our team phased out Election Leaflets to enhance security and cost-effectiveness.
We rely on your help. Please consider donating: https://donate.oaf.org.au
#PlanningAlerts #RightToKnow #TheyVoteForYou
We're bidding goodbye to Election Leaflets and shifting our focus to Planning Alerts, Right to Know, and They Vote for You. For more details, visit this link: https://www.oaf.org.au/2025/12/02/farewell-election-leaflets/ #ElectionLeaflets #PlanningAlerts #RightToKnow #TheyVoteForYou
Our democracy needs you!
Last chance to make your tax deductible donation for EOFY: Chip in to help us keep vital services going https://donate.oaf.org.au/ Proving a small number of ordinary humans can help do great things like #openaustralia #rightoknow #theyvoteforyou #planningalerts
Last chance to make your tax deductible donation for EOFY: Chip in to help us keep vital services going https://donate.oaf.org.au/ Proving a small number of ordinary humans can help do great things like #openaustralia #rightoknow #theyvoteforyou #planningalerts
Read the final installment in Sabina Popin's three part series on applying research service design to improving Planning Alerts. There's real gold here.
"Journey to Improving Planning Alerts: A Service Designer’s Perspective – Part 3 Toolkit for Service Improvement" https://www.oaf.org.au/2023/06/08/journey-to-improving-planning-alerts-a-service-designers-perspective-part-3-toolkit-for-service-improvement/
