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Thanks Craig,

I haven’t really been away, and have been working directly or indirectly on open data over the past couple of years, initially in New Zealand and recently for the Open Data Institute Queensland….

Cheers

Ben Searle

Email:    bensearle54 at gmail.com
Mobile:  +61 (0) 400 453 601

> On 8 May 2015, at 11:31 am, Craig Thomler <craig.thomler at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Ben,
> 
> Welcome back!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Craig
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> On Thursday, May 7, 2015, Ben Searle <ben at odiqueensland.org.au <mailto:ben at odiqueensland.org.au>> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am doing some collaborative work with the Open Data Institute Queensland and am interested in the information provided by this group.
> 
> As background, I was responsible for managing the Australian Government’s first open data policy, although it wasn’t call ed Open Data.  the Policy was the Australian Government Policy on Spatial Data Access and Pricing.  I was responsible for promoting and developing open data capabilities in government between 2007 and 2011.  Since then I have worked another open data area including in New Zealand in relation to the Christchurch Earthquake Recovery project.
> 
> I look forward to hearing about and contributing to the open data debate.
> 
> Cheers
> 
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