Wikimedia Australia supports the mission of the Wikimedia Foundation, to empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally. As a chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation offer our members an official voice in the global Wikimedia community.

Below are some of our submissions and publications we have created to further support our mission.

2009 - Submission on Australian Digital Future Directions

Following the publication of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy's paper Australia's Digital Economy: Future Directions, Wikimedia Australia submitted a comment. Read our submission here.

2021 - Response to the Copyright Amendment (Access Reforms) Bill 2021

Wikimedia Australia submitted a response to the Australian Government's Copyright Amendment (Access Reform) Bill 2021. Read our response here.

2021 - Response to the Proposal for a National Open Access Strategy

When Australia's Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley identified open access as a key pillar of her strategic work plan, this was followed by consultation with stakeholders and open access advocates, and Wikimedia Australia delivered a response highlighting six recommendations for a national open access strategy. Read our submission here.

2022 - Submission to the National Cultural Policy

Wikimedia Australia contributed to the consultation on a new National Cultural Policy for Australia. We addressed five pillars outlined in the submission template below with an emphasis on the role of public interest platforms, digital technologies, skills and training and the need for copyright reform. Read our submission here.

2023 - Wikimedia Australia and First Nations Metadata: ATSILIRN Protocols for Description and Access

Wikimedia Australia commissioned a discussion paper by Kirsten Thorpe, Nathan Sentance, and Lauren Booker looking at First Nations Metadata, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Protocols for Libraries, Archives and Information Service, and projects supported by Wikimedia Australia. Read the paper here.