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We care about what’s happening around us, sometimes so much that we are moved to put pen to paper and write about it. Here you will find articles we have written and publications for download.

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Six Foundations of Deliberative Democracy

There are a growing number of deliberative tools and methods – but they all have the same foundations. We have worked with The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) to publish the Six Foundations of Deliberative Democracy. Enter your email to access your free downloadable.

What's the difference? A new blog by Dan Popping.

Our new Director, Dan Popping has been reflecting on the difference between deiberative engagement and consultation. In this blog, he shares his insights and also explains when you should use deliberative approaches.

Democracy is voting at elections right? Think again... it needs you!

We have been observing the qualities of people who are actively engaged in their democracy. The good news is we all have these qualities – we just need to find ways to use them!

Resilience building in Regional Australia

Resilience planning can be so much more than the documentation of a suite of actions for assisting a community to improve its adaptability and strength. The process of resilience planning can be resilience building in of itself.

Fighting back with democracy

“Fragmentation of the population is a key weapon used against democracy – it lulls the public into thinking they don’t have power”. Kettering Foundation CEO has put the challenge out to all partners of the foundation to use our collective practice to improve democratic life.

Challenges facing our democracy

A wide range of institutions, including democracy, economics, religion, gender, technology and higher education, are showing signs of acute stress or outright failure. We need to … re-imagine our social institutions so that they can better contain sources of toxicity and instead empower progressive change if impending catastrophes are to be faced and avoided.

Community Engagement must be part of reform

We published our reflections in InDaily in 2019 about how important it is to involve community in reform.

Want better politics?

The problems of Government are a consequence of a paucity of process – for which we are all responsible. Here we make a case for ‘slow policy’.

Opinion is king

As conveners of the worlds’ largest citizens’ jury on nuclear waste storage in South Australia we explore the trend towards individualism, its consequences for public policy and the opportunities offered by deliberative democracy in forging a new way forward. We shared our experience in The Mandarin.

International review of deliberative democracy

Deliberative processes result in moderate, practical, and balanced recommendations. See here our review of work across the world which proves this.

“The facilitation was described universally as brilliant – sensational! I can’t tell you how many compliments we have had about the summit.”

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