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Citizens' Parliament Handbook released |
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The NewDemocracy Foundation, which provided the lions share of funding and logistical support for the Australian Citizens' Parliament project, has just released a handbook describing how the event was organised.
The main report (PDF 2.5mb) is the definitive summary of the planning that went into it and what happened. There is also a detailed Appendix (PDF 1.4mb). |
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Video about Citizens' Parliament |
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The newDemocracy Foundation, which provided the bulk of financial and logistical support for the Citizens' Parliament, has posted a very nice preview video about it to YouTube. The video was produced by Kaye Shumack at University of Western Sydney. |
Fiona Hollier and Phillip Hart provided an Ombudsman service to the Citizens' Parliament, as experts in dispute resolution. On the final day of the event, Fiona and Phillip interviewed the co-chairs, the organisers and two participants. The professional association of dispute resolvers LEADR has just published these interviews as podcasts. To hear them, click this link.
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What is the Australian Citizens' Parliament about? |
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150 randomly selected citizens will deliberate, then deliver their recommendations at Old Parliament House, Canberra on February 06-09, 2009.
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If you want to know more about the Australian Citizens' Parliament, find your answers amongst these Frequently Asked Questions.
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