In 2020, Local Government Victoria decided to review their existing Act (the state’s mandate which its government updates periodically). One minister, Natalie Hutchins, who was the Minister for Local Government, Industrial Relations, and Aboriginal Affairs at the time, had championed deliberative processes as early as 2016. The Greater Geelong City Council began implementing citizen participation in 2016 when the Victorian Parliament voted to dismiss the City Council after an independent investigation. Because of the political shake-up, the Parliament committed to consulting the community in the restructuring of its local government. A citizens’ jury was called by Natalie Hutchins, Minister for Local Government.