---
authors:
  - Brian Khuu
categories:
  - Events
  - Deliberative Democracy
date: 2026-05-29 00:00:00
summary: "A forum on citizens assemblies, sortition, and deliberative democracy — featuring the Sortition Foundation, the People's Assembly of Lismore, and others. In-person at the Kathleen Syme Library, Carlton, this Sunday 31 May."
tags:
  - sortition
  - citizens-assembly
  - deliberative-democracy
  - melbourne
title: "Event: People Powered Democracy Forum — Carlton, 31 May"
event:
  url: "https://actionnetwork.org/events/people-powered-democracy?source=direct_link&"
  title: "People Powered Democracy Forum"
  host: Beyond Billionaires
  cta: "Register here →"
  date: 2026-05-31
  time: "14:00"
  note: "This is an external event organised by Beyond Billionaires — not a DOD event. We're flagging it because the topic and speakers are directly relevant to our work, and DOD member Craig Lambie is one of the speakers."
location:
  name: "Kathleen Syme Library, Multi-Purpose Room 2"
  description: "Kathleen Syme Library and Community Centre — 251 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053"
  address: "251 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053"
  latitude: -37.7994
  longitude: 144.9668
---

# People Powered Democracy Forum — this Sunday in Carlton

Free event, in-person, with video sent to those who can't make it.

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Beyond Billionaires is hosting a public forum on practical ways to give ordinary people more power in democratic decisions. The lineup is strong for anyone interested in how deliberative democracy actually works in practice:

- **Sonia Randhawa** from the [Sortition Foundation](https://www.sortitionfoundation.org/) ([DOD org page](../../organisations/sortition-foundation.md)) on citizens assemblies around the world — including how they've broken political deadlocks that elected representatives couldn't
- **Andrew George** ([Remake the World](https://revolutionorcollapse.substack.com/p/remake-the-world-newsletter-1)) on the [Lismore People's Assembly](../../organisations/lismore-peoples-assembly.md) — a community-run deliberative body set up after the 2022 floods when normal governance failed the community
- **Eddie Kowalski** from [Conversations at the Crossroads](../../organisations/conversations-at-the-crossroads.md) on a large-scale deliberation on nuclear energy using a Stanford method — he also co-organised the recent Reclaiming Democracy event at Melbourne Town Hall
- **Craig Lambie** on using local deliberative processes as the basis for choosing and guiding independent candidates. Craig is a DOD member and founder of [Deliberative Super](https://deliberativesuper.com.au) ([DOD project page](../../projects/deliberative-super.md)), which applies sortition to superannuation proxy voting
- **Jane Morton** from Beyond Billionaires on their wealth redistribution campaign

Plenty of Q&A and discussion time built in.

Can't make it in person? Register anyway — organisers will send you the recording. Want to run a viewing party elsewhere? Email <a href="mailto:movebeyondbillionaires@proton.me">movebeyondbillionaires@proton.me</a>.
