Work in Australia
In Australia, IDA is known for its use of Deliberative Opinion Polling, an approach to polling which incorporates focused small-group discussions conducted over a multi-day meeting and is considered by its theorists to provide a superior measure of informed public opinion than other forms of polling. Working with the Australian national and local governments, IDA has conducted four deliberative polls in Australia covering the topics of whether Australia should become a republic (1999), Reconciliation between indigienous and non-indigenous Australians (2001), the formation of a bill of rights for the Australian Capital Territory (2002) and parliamentary reform in South Australia (2003). In 2007, a national Deliberative Poll on Australian Muslim non-Muslim relations is being convened in Canberra.
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