Greater Bendigo is local government area in Victoria, Australia encompassing the city of Bendigo itself and the rural area surrounding it. In 2016 the council decided to undertake a Citizens' Jury to ask how the council should spend money. There is a perception that the urban (majority) area of Greater...

Eurobodalla is a local government area on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. In 2016 the council embarked on a Citizens' Jury process to engage with the community on the question of how the council spends its money. Like most local governments across Australia, Eurobodalla has a growing...

Burnside council, in South Australia, commissioned a community engagement process to find out what Glenunga residents thought about developing a community hub in Glenunga. A community hub is a multi-purpose space that can has facilities and can be used by people in the community for sports, meetings, and so on...

Port Hedland is a town in the Pilbara region in the north-west of Western Australia. In the early 2000s, the town was experiencing exponential growth due to the resource extraction industry. This growth required planning for the future and the opportunity for Port Hedland to think about the design and...

In 2001 the Western Australian government designated $5.5 million (AUD) for the upgrade of Bassendean train station in Perth. This was part of a broader program to improve train stations and precincts. Several state and local government bodies worked together on an enquiry-by-design process.

Newman is a mining town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. In the early 2000s, the mining economy was going strong. However, there was a strong interest in developing a long term strategy for sustainable growth in the area. To develop such a strategy, an engagement process to bring...

In 2002 the Western Australian department of planning and infrastructure undertook a community consultation to consider two possible routes for the transport of agricultural lime. Agriculture in one part of WA has resulted in increasing acidification of the soil; lime is used to counteract this effect. Millions of tonnes of...

The north-east corridor of the metropolitan region of Perth had been identified as an area for potential growth in the future. A general industrial area was proposed in the 1990s, but due to community and environmental concerns, the Minister for planning and infrastructure decided that a community consultation should be...

Multi-criteria decision analysis is a rigorous decision-making method that can be used to analyse possible options for complex decisions. It enables decision-makers to evaluate options against an explicit set of criteria and avoids confusion by following a systematic, highly structured process. It has been used most extensively in democratic innovations...

Scarborough Beach is located in Perth, Western Australia. Development of the area around the beach had been a contentious issue for several years. Many proposals had been put forward and there was strong local opinion and lobbying around possible developments. In 2004 the Minister for planning and infrastructure wanted to...