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Could one "consultation-based community question" per Question Time in the Australian parliament strengthen our democracy?
The need to reform Question Time is widely recognised but we haven't found a solution that aligns incentives for change
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Rachel Krust

July 2023

Australian independents' proposal for a citizens' assembly on housing affordability: the chance the public deserves to consider bolder…
Experts can't keep asking politicians to step up and make tough decisions without a vehicle for meaningfully engaging the public
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Rachel Krust

May 2023

January 2023

Could "Australia in One Room" be the "national conversation" the Government has promised?
Without a different kind of national conversation, major policy reform proposals are doomed to fall flat with the public again
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Rachel Krust

November 2022

CETA: Citizen Engagement Team of the Australian Public Service
Genuinely empowering the Australian Public Service requires equipping it with the resources to do innovative and meaningful citizen engagement
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Rachel Krust
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October 2022

Reimagining civic participation in Australia: national civilian service
We stand to benefit enormously as individuals and as a society from more civic participation in Australia, but we first need to reimagine what it means
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Rachel Krust

September 2022

Beyond the loudest voices and immediate marketability: could deliberation get more good policy ideas on to the political agenda?
Too many transformative policy ideas get left off the political agenda because they're not sexy, shouted loudly or marketable enough. Deliberation could…
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Rachel Krust
Reimagining civics education in Australia: participation in practice
We're not doing nearly enough to realise the Australian Curriculum's objective of creating "active and informed citizens". What could be a more…
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Rachel Krust
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August 2022

Will independents call for a citizens' jury on political finance reform in Australia?
Political parties shouldn't be setting the rules of the political game, including the rules about political finance
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Rachel Krust
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Could large Australian philanthropies pilot a "deliberative grant-making" process?
Philanthropies are addressing fundamentally public problems but without much democracy
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Rachel Krust

July 2022

Deliberative democracy and the Australian Government’s promised youth engagement model
The Government's promise creates an exciting new opportunity to more meaningfully represent Australian youth, but it needs to look beyond the old…
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Rachel Krust
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A new kind of town hall meeting
Radically rethinking a powerful but in some ways outdated tool could empower both Australian politicians and their constituents
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Rachel Krust
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