Issues Deliberation Australia/America (IDA) is an international nonpartisan public policy and political psychology think tank co-based in Adelaide, Australia and Austin, Texas. IDA was founded in 1999 with the goal of establishing an organization to encourage education and public debate on important issues facing Australia, America, and the world, with a subsidiary mission of conducting research on the public approach to these issues and public decision-making processes. It is incorporated in Australia as an Approved Research Institute and tax exempt charity, and in America as a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation.
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