The Democracy in Geelong (Geelong Citizens’ Jury) project was unique as no other community had ever had the chance to influence its council’s structure to this extent. Following the dismissal of the City of Greater Geelong Council in April 2016, the Victorian Government committed to consult the community about the structure of its future elected council.
A100-person jury was independently selected by the newDemocracy Foundation and considered a wide range of inputs and information. The remit was ‘Our council was dismissed. How do we want to be democratically represented by a future council?’.