This report highlights significant opportunities to better engage key sections of the population in electoral matters and to improve the quality of civics education. The report follows successive surveys of young people which have shown that Australians between the ages of 15 and 35 typically have limited knowledge of Australia’s political history and political system...

This review draws on independent evaluations of the eight Council of Australian Governments trials to identify key lessons around new ways for governments to work together and with communities to address the needs of Indigenous Australians. The review found evidence of the value of governments and communities working together and identified implications for the future.

This report discusses various models of community consultation and documents why there is currently such enthusiasm for community consultation at the local and state level in Victoria. The report also includes new research about practical approaches in Victoria to reaching people who may be disengaged, disinterested or facing barriers to public participation.

This paper presents current research examining how metropolitan plans create urban environments to nurture healthy and happy citizens. Specifically, we ask: do metropolitan strategies lay an adequate foundation for neighbourhood and local plans to bring about environments for holistic wellbeing?

What role can community education and reorientation of policy framing to incorporate community engagement play in ameliorating the impacts of increased population and development and in working towards the goal of sustainable cities with high quality environmental characteristics?