Entries to Civic participation for a more resilient, cohesive democracy.

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! Coral Bells !

<p align="center"> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MirisWisdom/Coral.Bells/master/logo.png" width="192px"> </p> <h1 align="center"> Coral Bells </h1> <p align="center"> <b>Guiding and Reassuring Safety, Holistically and Empathetically</b> </p> <p align="...

Go to Project | The Late Bloomers

introducks

Team members: Sarah Ann Kanisius Sosrodimardito Rachel Tan Roshaal Roberts (no Hackerspace account) James Audcent Steven Hodgskin IntroDucks is a tool designed to address the growing disconnect within Australian communities by fostering civic participation and building stronger local con...

Go to Project | Bloomers

Project WeNet

Project WeNet Objective: The primary objective of the WeNet project is to utilize public datasets to assist local councils and charities in pinpointing vulnerable communities that require support. By identifying these groups, organizations can deploy bilingual volunteers or workers to conduct...

Go to Project | Team Black Box

KnowledgeCommons

KnowledgeCommons is an innovative AI-driven platform that revolutionizes civic engagement and government transparency. At its core, it utilizes Source-Backed Response technology to create a smart, searchable knowledge base from complex government documents. Unlike typical AI systems, KnowledgeCom...

Go to Project | BYD

AI Universal Translator for Inclusive Government

# AI Univeral Translator for Inclusive Government # =============================================== # Our Mission Our mission is to enhance civic life, driving democratic renewal and build a sense of belonging by fostering social inclusion. We aim to __empower all citizens__—regardless...

Go to Project | AI Guardians

Initiative for Accessibility, Trust, and Inclusion

This challenge focuses on operationalising and expanding the application of the Style Manual through AI tools. We explore innovative ways to improve the accuracy, efficiency and inclusivity of government content. By leveraging AI, we can focus the government communication around the needs of peop...

Go to Project | Hacks

Parli Pulse

I use AI to analyse political debates in the House of Reps, highlighting constructive and divisive moments. By promoting more data around trends in parliamentary debates, I aims to improve democracy and showcase responsible AI use. ## Motivation It took me until Saturday lunch time to settl...

Go to Project | Parli Pulse

Council Voting🗳️

We’re developing an AI to help voters engage with and access information in local elections, similar to ABC’s “Election Compass” for federal elections. This AI will scrape the web for up-to-date candidate research and summarize council minutes to present incumbents’ voting history. As part of the...

Go to Project | Council Voting🗳️

A Better Way to Look at the ACT Wellbeing Framework

## Problem Under the ACT Domestic Violence Wellbeing indicator, the ACT community's attitude towards violence against women shows **increasing rejection** of domestic and sexual violence, based on data from the NCAS mobile survey. However, as evidenced by domestic violence offence reports from...

Go to Project | Bytes & Brains

TINA - This is not Acceptable

Project TINA is designed as an AI agent that sits between a constituent and any Local, State or Federal Government Department, Agency, or Service to provide a conversational interface that better facilitates the communication of constituent issues and the resolution of those issues.

Go to Project | Team Awesome

Gather

Gather was inspired by the social connection domain in the ACT’s Wellbeing Framework, our work in this domain could make a difference by examining data around both social connection and how it improves wellbeing. Gather is an app informed by research and aims to: - improve social connection ...

Go to Project | Hunter Gatherers

CivicMate

Civic Mate is a multi-functional platform aimed at increasing civic participation, fostering community engagement, and improving access to government services through AI-driven recommendations, educational modules, and inclusive tools. Designed to empower citizens and increase transparency in gov...

Go to Project | Sukai

Wattle Watch

Wattle Watch is an interactive gamified app that encourages people to go outside, explore the wilderness, document their discoveries and interact with other locals about their favourite landmarks. A real-time augmented reality user interface provides users with information about the flora and fau...

Go to Project | Wattle We Do

Citizen-in-Touch

A way to connect back to community. This challenge seeks to address the current difficulties faced by individuals in finding and accessing relevant local information, such as healthcare facilities, businesses, education, transportation, social services, and events. The proposed solution should b...

Go to Project | AussieZen

Be More

Overview: A simple app that is designed to improve the well-being of people but at the same time gathers the information of the user ( gender, age, height, weight, how social he/ she is, etc) Purposes of the app: Helping people to improve their well-being level. Gathering data to predict th...

Go to Project | Team 2635

Local Connect 📍

Target Groups: 1. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CALD) Communities: Migrants or non-native speakers may face language barriers in understanding their tax obligations and entitlements. 2. People with Special Needs (Disability, Unemployed, Special Health Conditions, Single Parents, Homeless,....

Go to Project | Local Connect 📍

Fostering Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

Idea of "Fostering Civic Engagement in the Digital Age through A Community-Led Digital Civic Engagement Hub" in order to understand their democracy, have an opportunity to participate in civic life, contribute to their community, and/or feel a sense of belonging and responsibility.

Go to Project | Team Telstars

EasiGov

# EasiGov for GovHack 2024 **EasiGov** is an innovative platform that employs **Artificial Intelligence (AI)** and **Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)** technology to simplify complex government documents, making them more accessible and understandable for the general public. Its flexible d...

Go to Project | TeamPacman

DigiVote

<b> <h1>Why DigiVote? </b> </h1> In today’s democratic framework, government services such as traditional voting methods can pose challenges, including difficulty accessing polling stations, navigating complex procedures, and insufficient support for understanding the voting process. As a s...

Go to Project | NextGen

GovSnacks

![GovSnacks](https://imgur.com/kGPNSVw.jpeg) [![Watch video](https://imgur.com/abzSb0e.jpeg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOu6O0VdJjE) ![The issue: Information Overload](https://imgur.com/4yEESWK.jpeg) Every day that parliament sits... - ...**Thousands** of pages of transcripts ar...

Go to Project | Just Bryce

Morethan Steps

Morethan Steps is a step-tracking app designed specifically for a Local Government Area like Moreton Bay, where every step contributes to greening the community. Users can select weekly step challenges tied to planting local flora. For instance, reaching 50,000 steps in a week results in the coun...

Go to Project | Morethan Bay

Australian Technocracy

Overview: TNWOs remote control interface and encrypted digital wallet that will improve accessibility to all government services such as voting, tax, and social benefits. Through a familiar form factor I have designed a simple accessible user interfaces that can works by connecting a 2 fact...

Go to Project | Technocratic New World Order

EnviroLink

Our project - EnviroLink fosters community engagement and collaboration by enabling real-time data collection across multiple locations in the Pine Rivers catchment and Moreton Bay, encouraging active participation and raising awareness of environmental changes. This system provides Unity Water...

Go to Project | Team 2428 - Hydro Hackers

DemocrACT

# DemocrACT - The Duolingo for Australian Democracy ## Overview DemocrACT is a highly interactive app designed to teach them about their constitute given right to a democracy in a gamified format, similar to the language education app, Duolingo, making the experience approachable for all ages. ...

Go to Project | Team DemocrACT

Snag the Vote!

# The Challenge How can we help more people to understand their democracy, have an opportunity to participate in civic life, contribute to their community, and/or feel a sense of belonging and responsibility? # Snag the Vote Our innovative application integrates the tradition of the "democ...

Go to Project | Envoy

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