http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/luca-belgiorno-nettis/ Luca is Joint Managing Director Transfield Holdings and many of its subsidiary company, as well as a Director of Transfield Services Ltd., Campus Living Villages Funds Management Ltd., Sydney Harbour Tunnel Ltd and Perisher Blue Ltd. Luca holds a Bachelor of Architecture (UNSW) and a Graduate Diploma in Urban Estate Management (UTS). He also holds a number of positions on not-for-profit boards and committees, including Chairman of the Biennale of Sydney, Chairman of the University Art Committees at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and the University of Western Sydney. He is also a member of the Australian International Cultural Committee. In 2007, Luca was awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence at UTS for his contribution to Sydney’s culture. Luca was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2009 for service to the arts and to the community through a range of philanthropic endeavours and executive roles. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-systems-broken-time-for-democracy-2/ When Tim Berners-Lee launched the world-wide-web in 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. At that time the web was a domain for practitioners only. Today it’s: “Here comes everybody.” The web 2.0 enables communication and collaboration on a scale thought unimaginable only a few years ago. Today people want more of a say in everything we do - and that includes our democracy. Voting every few years is not enough for people anymore. What we’re talking about is how to bring our democracy into the 21st century and to align it better with our modern lives. We have moved on, leaving our Parliaments behind. When the Berlin wall fell, so too did political divides. Yet our current democracy - Democracy 1.0 - continues to divide us. In our daily lives, at work and in our communities, collaboration is the norm. In Parliament, collaboration is the exception. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Luca Belgiorno-Nettis) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-systems-broken-time-for-democracy-2/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-systems-broken-time-for-democracy-2/#item7006 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:00:44 +0000 Luca Belgiorno-Nettis | Author bios | The Punch