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Moving council away from proprietary software to a more equitable and ethical solution will give council greater control over how it can serves its functions, and secure long-term savings, not just in terms of licensing fees but also in terms of overall resilience against economic forces that are not always based on the realities we face but on speculations and other underhanded means.

Using freedom-respecting software that anyone can use will create greater scope for innovation, interoperability, transparency and equity; things we desperately need in the 21st century, yet in Australia we seem to lag behind.

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