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Our vision: a democratic Canberra, where citizens trust their elected representatives, hold them accountable, engage in decision making and sustain the public good
We want to make democracy in Australia more responsive, accountable, participatory and transparent
2022 Election
Our 2022 federal election page with resources for voting to contribute to good government and 
finding out about candidates.
# OurDemocracy ACT
In the lead up to the 2022 federal Election, #OurDemocracy ran a survey in electorates across Australia. An explanatory video can be seen here.
The ACT participated, focusing on the electorate of Fenner.
All 151 Australian federal electorates responded. The survey results can be found here. Responses overwhelmingly supported action on integrity measures to be introduced into politics in Australia.
In the ACT responses: Fenner 195, Canberra 143 and Bean 97.
Individual electorate results are here for Bean, Canberra and Fenner.
What CAPaD is doing to strengthen democracy
We work to improve community participation in government policy development and decision making by building strong working relationship with our representatives
How to make democracy stronger
Our Ideas and Resources Hub will help you find out more about democracy, governance and ideas that you can put into practice
Kitchen Table Conversations Kit
Host a Kitchen Table Conversation, a community-based, self-managing conversations and help create the pre-conditions for people to join in participatory democracy.
