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Type 🤝 practice
Country 🇦🇺 AU
Website reclaim.org.au/lpa-home/
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Concepts Citizens Assembly Deliberative Democracy Direct Democracy Democracy
Last activity 2026-02-09 rss
Latest post: Nearly four years after the NR Floods, the community is given a (small) chance t

Lismore People's Assembly

The Lismore People's Assembly emerged from the 2022 flood crisis, when conventional governance structures were seen as failing the community. It operates as a community-run deliberative body — a forum for residents to discuss, deliberate, and take action on local issues, grounded in inclusion, participation, and transparency.

The assembly is notable as a real-world example of citizens establishing their own deliberative institution outside the formal political system in response to a crisis. Andrew George has been involved in developing the assembly and speaks on its lessons for democratic renewal.

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