I love the version control suggestion, especially if you were able to propose you're own versions and there was some form of voting system. It would still ultimately be up to the political parties in power unfortunately but at least they'd have more guidance from the people on the ground.
OpenAustralia looks pretty interesting, anything that attempts to shift voters from a passive obstacle requiring navigation to a real participatory stakeholder is a good thing in my books. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html