NEWS.COM.AU FOXSPORTS CAREERONE CARSGUIDE REALESTATE NETWORK Hobart 6°C - 13°C . Shower or two. NEWS SPORT ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS LIFESTYLE VIDEO CLASSIFIEDS BREAKING TASMANIA SCALES OF JUSTICE POLITICS NATIONAL WORLD OPINION PHOTOS TAS COUNTRY WEATHER NEWS ppa naici t i lop eni lno skiurps ttel traB MATT SMITHSTATE POLITICAL EDITOR STATE POLITICAL EDITOR • MERCURY • FEBRUARY 26, 2015 12:00AM FORMER Tasmanian premier David Bartlett says a new ​online application could revolutionise the way people interact with politicians. ADVERTISEMENT Mr Bartlett said the application PlaceSpeak — a start-up by a company of which he is a WEDEIVM OTS director — could be adopted by local government to create better outcomes for 1 Nikolic ejected after rebuke citizens. 2 Tip tipped to stay, at a price PlaceSpeak is a ​location-based community Permit key to Buddhist cultural park consultation platform. 3 Better to fix the roof in the sunshine It uses geo-location technology to allow 4 people to sign up and contribute to ​debates Sea continues to sparkle that concern their community. 5 NWES In an Australian-first this week, Kingborough councillor Dean Winter used PlaceSpeak to Warning on Libs’ plan for low growth encourage debate on a proposed dog ban at RATINGS agency Standard and the Alum Cliff track in his municipality. Poor’s says the Government’s plans Former Tasmanian Labor Premier David Bartlett to maintain expense growth at a has a new app. very low rate will be “somewhat “I used ​social media to let the community challenging”. know about the proposal and asked them to sign up to PlaceSpeak and tell me what they thought,’’ he said. Tip tipped to stay, at a price HOBART ratepayers look set to “About 90 per cent didn’t want dogs banned from the final section of the track.” keep their entire tip site a while longer yet — but at a cost. After the PlaceSpeak consultation, a majority of councillors changed their votes on the issue and decided to support dogs on leads in the area, after previously considering banning them. Budget surplus ahead of schedule THE Hodgman government has Mr Bartlett, who is co-ordinating the rollout of PlaceSpeak in Australia, said the application made the most of a lucky GST could be used to link the community with politicians in a way that had not previously been windfall to deliver a surplus three possible. years ahead of schedule while increasing spending on health, “People become sensors, ​interacting with their city and, in doing that, government can solve education and police. a whole lot of problems in new ways,” he said. State Budget 2015 live blog DEPUTY Premier Jeremy Rockliff He compared it with a ​recent trip he took to Europe 20 years after his first visit, when he joins us for a live blog on the State lugged travel books around instead of using travel apps on a smart phone. Budget today from 5.15pm, followed by other industry representatives “Government needs to stop acting like the old Frommer guide and start behaving more like from 5.45pm. Tripadviser,” he said. Our 10 questions left unanswered “Government is finding it hard to keep up. Platforms like PlaceSpeak allow government to THIS morning, State Political Editor MATT SMITH identified 10 key make that switch. questions about today’s Budget. “There is a massive economic opportunity to reduce costs and produce better services and After the handing down of the outcomes.” Budget, they are still to be answered. Ads By Google Strahan Tasmania NWES Tassie's No1 wilderness destination The BREAKING NEWS west coast of Tasmania NATIONAL WORLD OPINION PHOTOS WE RECOMMEND FROM AROUND THE WEB Wendy's Mother found pushing her 13 Chilling Childhood Photos Of @Wendys dead three-year-old son in History's Most Infamously Evil Humans aNE sWwS ing at a park BRAINJET Want fresh? See how we make McDonald’s $290,000 heist What Does Your Last Name Say About our Asian Cashew Chicken led to discovery of M16, You? 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