I reckon: yes. Every aussie community I've been connected to—from tradies in Rouse Hill to surfers on the Northern Beaches—have had valuable perspectives to contribute to policy discourse that otherwise seem to be ignored. Why rely on 151 brains (227 if you include our senators) when you could use 25 million? Are any of the Aussie unis currently doing work in this space, Rach? What key hurdles do the "Connecting to Parliament" project face in their attempts to scale? Is it lack of interest from politicians? Organisational capacity? Something else?
Thanks to Prof John Gastil and the Connecting to Parliament project for the Tweets! https://twitter.com/jgastil/status/1546508303433207808?s=20&t=ZKyDb3E9wQlAKBBtjtjcNA, https://twitter.com/connecting2parl/status/1546895918905135104?s=20&t=ZKyDb3E9wQlAKBBtjtjcNA
I reckon: yes. Every aussie community I've been connected to—from tradies in Rouse Hill to surfers on the Northern Beaches—have had valuable perspectives to contribute to policy discourse that otherwise seem to be ignored. Why rely on 151 brains (227 if you include our senators) when you could use 25 million? Are any of the Aussie unis currently doing work in this space, Rach? What key hurdles do the "Connecting to Parliament" project face in their attempts to scale? Is it lack of interest from politicians? Organisational capacity? Something else?