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Monday, June 18

Clear-headed citizens' jury refused to be dazzled

The citizens’ jury’s rejection of a high-level nuclear waste dump for South Australia was based on courage and common sense, writes economics commentator Richard Blandy – one of the expert witnesses called to address the jury.

A businessman, an environmentalist and an oncologist walked into a citizens' jury...

Passionate advocates and fierce opponents of a state-based high-level nuclear waste dump will confront the first Citizens’ Jury debating the issue over the weekend.

Nuclear Royal Commissioner Kevin Scarce explaining his economic modelling to the media - not the citizens' jury. Photo: Nat Rogers, InDaily.

Nuclear jury about the big picture, not manufacturing consent

The citizens’ jury beginning this month to debate South Australia’s nuclear future is not an attempt to manufacture the “social consent” alluded to by Royal Commissioner Kevin Scarce, but a bid to establish whether it exists, says one of the architects of the forum.

Weatherill is right to seek a "social licence" on nuclear industry

Criticism of the State Government’s decision to turn to citizens’ juries for advice on our nuclear future overlooks the importance of gaining a “social licence” for such a momentous decision, writes Nathan Paine.

Can Jay's citizens' jury model help Singapore breed?

The Adelaide-based company responsible for Jay Weatherill’s citizens’ juries is taking their model of deliberative democracy to Singapore – to help the city-state formulate something akin to a government-run dating service.