New Page — Australia Remade

Welcome!

Our work in 2020 showed us that many people are weary of struggle, but they are also attuned to the desire for deeper transformation. They are longing to be part of bigger solutions, not just endless critique. They are asking for places to come together and connect in joyful, purposeful ways across difference; without being treated as a means to someone else’s predetermined end.

People are asking for community, agency and belonging. They are asking for new and renewed conversations within safe spaces and inviting public squares. They are asking to contribute.

In response to this Australia reMADE is launching a New Public Squares project, a deep networked approach to an ambitious, collaborative and transformative building of a new agenda, a new common sense, for the public good.

A more detailed project plan is available here (PDF).

The three key aims of the project:

Build a new big picture agenda around a shared notion of public good.
Elevate a conversation about the public good, asking “What should drive our decision making as a country?”
Connect within and across networks, communities and organisations to rebuild trust, avoid polarisation, and reMAKE the public square.

Get Involved - The New Public Good Project

Name

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Are you interested in participating as:

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A community or organisation

If you would like more information on getting your community or organisation involved, please name the community or organisation you are involved with and your role there

Do you have any other questions or comments?

Definitions

Public good

Public good means ensuring that the things we (the population) decide are important are available and accessible where and when they are needed, regardless of whether they make anyone a profit.

There are three broad categories of public good:

Things (such as schools, hospitals, park benches, healthcare).
Connections (such as time, faith, culture, community, creativity).
Frameworks (such as safe climate, democracy, human rights).

public squares

Public squares are the spaces (physical and virtual) for us (the population) to come together to share ideas, debate nuance, and actively contribute and participate in community life and governance.

For those wanting more insights into the background thinking around these concepts you can read our work on Introducing the public good, Unravelling privatisation, and Forget GDP, we need a bold new ‘why’ fit for the times we live in.