Importance of Facilitation
Lyn Carson – Research Director, The newDemocracy Foundation What is the question? How are the usual challenges associated with working with groups addressed in mini-publics? What are the usual answers? In...
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Democracy is broken but we can fix it with real people power: Campbell Newman
I entered politics with an engineer’s mindset — to assess the challenges, then build things to solve those problems. I went into it knowing politics can be bruising, and I...
Silvertail subversives: the men aiming to change a system in which they prosper
Meet four men who have prospered hugely under our current political system, yet want to dramatically overhaul it for the greater good. On the cover of Oz magazine’s February 1964...
newDemocracy News | April 2017
Welcome to our latest update on the pursuit of a better democracy. We haven’t managed to write a newsletter for some time now; and that hasn’t been for want...
Hearing from Experts
Lyn Carson – Research Director, The newDemocracy Foundation What is the question? How can participants in mini-publics critically and effectively, hear and learn from expert witnesses in a way that ensures...
Enhancing citizen jurors’ critical thinking capacity
Lyn Carson – Research Director, The newDemocracy Foundation What is the question? How can we enhance the ability of randomly-selected citizens in mini-publics (such as citizens’ juries) to understand and evaluate...
Take Action
Thank you for taking action and for your commitment to be an active part of the solution. Here are five easy things you can do right now to get informed...