Policies and practices that advance belonging are key for building a successful multicultural democracy. This report presents key findings from a deliberative workshop designed to examine how multicultural Australians understand and experience belonging. The findings suggest several ways to strengthen a sense of belonging while underscoring its importance for social cohesion and democratic engagement.

A comprehensive resource for designing, implementing and evaluating deliberative engagement. It is developed to assist government agencies across Australia in selecting the most appropriate methods for deliberative engagement and effectively put them into practice. Deliberative engagement can be used for various purposes, from informing public opinion to collective decision-making.

This paper advances a theory and method for evaluating political reasoning from a deliberative democratic perspective, as well as its transformative effects and outcomes.