Organisation
Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy (WS)
Items published
Research report
Deliberative methods provide an effective mechanism for strengthening communities through engagement in decision making.
Recently, some of the worst disasters in Australia’s history have led to billions of dollars being spent to rebuild communities. The capacity for these efforts to reshape and revive communities...
Discussion paper
This paper discusses the findings of a recently released study to ‘measure the progress of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians’ by Reconciliation Australia.
The study, Australian Reconciliation Barometer , was released in February 2009. It breaks new ground in the campaign for ‘reconciliation’...
Items associated
Article
Lyn Carson argues that citizen assemblies do have a lot to offer if they are done the right way.
The real test of a democracy is not whether it can overcome its disagreements, but how it...