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Encouraging more inclusive citizen engagement through deliberative democracy processes is not a new idea.
In fact, former Prime Minister Julia Gillard proposed in 2010 organizing a citizens’ assembly of randomly selected ordinary Australians to address the polarization of climate change politics.
Now a new community project aims to encourage Australian citizens from diverse backgrounds to contribute to policy solutions, with the help of experts, and tackle the big issues that matter to them.
Entrepreneur and investor Paul Bassat is the founder and president of Amplify, a non-profit organization independent of any political party.
He explained to Biwa Kwan why he thinks it’s necessary now.
