Australian Citizens' Parliament

We are fortunate to have Honourable Fred Chaney AO as Co-Chairperson of the Australian Citizens' Parliament.

We are proud to have Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue AC CBE DSG as Co-Chairperson of the Australian Citizens' Parliament. She was Australian of the Year in 1984 and in 1990 became the inaugural chairperson of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

Luca Belgiorno-Nettis' influence on current thinking about the reform of Australia's political system has been established through his leadership since he founded community based citizens' organisation, newDemocracy Foundation Limited, in 2004. His writing and presentations on the subject have been the catalyst for a diverse group of academics, politicians, and business leaders to come together in the interests of democratic political reform.

John Dryzek is Professor of Social and Political Theory in the Political Science Program in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University. John is ANU's Chief Investigator for the Citizens' Parliament Project.

Lyn Carson is Associate Professor in Applied Politics at The University of Sydney, with the United States Studies Centre. "Carson" is The University of Sydney's Chief Investigator on the Citizens' Parliament Project.

Janette Hartz-Karp is Professor of Sustainability at the newly-formed Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP) at Curtin University in Perth.

Professor Ian Marsh is on the faculty of the Australian Innovation Research Centre at the University of Tasmania. He is also the research director for CEDA (Committee for Economic Development of Australia).

Simon Niemeyer is an early career researcher (ECR) in the Political Science Program in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.

Max Hardy is a Director of Twyfords, an Australian consultancy specialising in designing, delivering and evaluating community engagement processes. Max is also a Master Trainer for the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), establishing its Australasian chapter.

Kathy Jones, principal of communications consultancy Kathy Jones and Associates (KJA), is an expert in issues management. She has over ten years' experience devising communications and consultation strategies on complex, politically sensitive projects, particularly in the areas of transport, infrastructure and human services.

Kathryn Kelly is undertaking a PhD in deliberative democracy in the Political Science Program in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.

Ron Lubensky is a PhD candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations at The University of Sydney, under the supervision of chief investigator Associate Professor Lyn Carson.