The Floor exists to make Parliament as easy to follow as social media, without the spin. Here is exactly how — including the parts that aren't automated yet.
Everything starts from Hansard, the official transcript of the Australian Parliament, published by the Parliament itself. Every card links to its Hansard source. Division results (the ayes and noes), debate durations and bill stages are taken from the record — we count them, we don't characterise them.
Cards are drafted from the transcript into plain English. The current sitting day was summarised and checked by a human. As coverage grows, drafting will be done by AI, checked by a second, adversarial AI against the source — does every claim trace to the transcript? is any side represented that didn't speak? — and held for human review wherever the risk is higher: anything naming or criticising a person, identity hot-buttons, and all of Question Time.
We won't claim this is bulletproof, because that would be a lie. It is honest and robust: AI-drafted, AI-verified against the official record, human-checked where it matters, correctable by anyone.
There is no engagement algorithm. Every sort is a countable fact you can verify from the numbers shown on the cards:
The day-shape line counts debates as bills with a recorded stage that day, and votesas recorded divisions in either chamber. “Hot”, when it arrives, will mean measurable vote velocity — never anger, and never an assigned importance.
Any personalisation will be by your explicit choice (you follow Housing → you see Housing), never inferred from your behaviour.
A public mood-check, not a scientific poll. One vote per person per card, stored once and never changed. (New to how Parliament itself works? Start with the five-minute explainer, and the privacy promises live at /privacy.) Bills, motions and urgency debates take Back it / Block it — a decision, comparable to what Parliament actually voted. Debates that are never voted on (Matters of Public Importance) take Back it / Reject it — you judge the charge; there is no process to block. Question Time takes Answered / Dodged — a judgement on whether a straight question got a straight answer. Your vote on a political issue is sensitive information: we store it to count it and to stop double-voting, nothing else.
Every card can be flagged, and a flag pulls a human review. If we got something wrong, the card is corrected and the correction noted. The crowd catches subtle slant; the checks catch factual errors — we need both. For now you can also just email corrections.
A free, non-commercial project. No ads, no subscriptions, no monetisation, no party affiliation. The refusal to manipulate — honest summaries, factual sorts, verifiable stats, no hidden ranking — is the product.