In a major reorganisation of the website I had to move a couple of pieces I had published on this subject. These are very archival:
One of these looks at the opportunities for deliberative democracy at the local level: ‘Open Government should start locally.’
This was published in On Line Opinion in May 24, 2011, and is available here:
https://www.onlineopinion.com.au/print.asp?article=12080
The second is local councils taking innovative approaches to engaging their citizens: ‘Beyond the (local) ballot box,’
This was published by Australian Policy Online on August 27, 2012 and is available here: