I just noticed this the other day, the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation to those people from the states) have re-worked the News section of their site.

The first and most important thing I noticed was that the News was actually there! For example, I heard on the radio this morning that there was an incident involving our opposition leader and a strip club in New York while he was a little shin dig for the UN (wont someone think of the children??). Apparently a statement had been released but there wasn’t any explanation about what the substance of that statement was, jump on to the website and there is the article, posted a whole 24min ago.

I also wanted to know what happened to that passenger jet from Turkey that was hijacked. A quick click on World and then the fantastic tagging system at the top of the page and I found the article. Once in the article I could see all of the related stories so I could back-track through each of the updates.

There are also a bunch of Web2.0 (if I can use that term) features that include a personal list of tags for new stories that are applicable to you, and a personal stash of Articles (like internal bookmarks). Combine that with a lack of advertising, a smattering of new media and the tagging system for navigation and we have a winning site. Of course this is all government funded so check it out and subscribe to the RSS feed, public interest will help ensure the future of this great service and the ABC in general.

News Home: http://abc.net.au/news/