A citizens’ jury The Victorian Government will be running a Citizen Jury over the weekend of 15-16 September with a focus on the setting of targets within the Gender Equality Bill. The Citizens Jury will be asked to consider a key question that relates to the Exposure Draft of the Gender Equality Bill and the scope and implementation of targets as related to the Gender Equality Bill. A Jury is a form of engagement where a cross-section of people from the public are Citizens’ directly involved in the decision making process. A Citizen Jury has numerous benefits, including a more in-depth public dialogue Jury is normally done by random selection to find a representative sample of the Citizens’ community. Invitations are sent to people, who are then asked to register online for possible selection, with a second random draw finalising the jury. The Jury is briefed on the background and detail of a particular issue and asked to Citizens’ discuss a solution or outcome. Citizen Juries are increasingly recognised and used in public engagement processes. Recent examples of Citizen Juries include Infrastructure development of a 30 Year Victoria’s Plan and the process for electing a new Greater Geelong City Council. Get involved The government invites all Victorians to get involved by making a submission about the proposed Gender Equality Bill. All submissions will be made publicly available, unless a specific request is made to the Department of Health and Human Services to consider a confidential submission. Please make a submission in one of the following ways: Online: via the <engage.vic.gov.au/gender-equality>. <gender.equality@dhhs.vic.gov.au> Post: Gender Equality unit Office for Women Department of Health and Human Services 50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Submissions in other formats will also be accepted. To contact the Office for Women: Visit: <https://www.vic.gov.au/women.html> <gender.equality@dhhs.vic.gov.au> Submissions in response to the draft Bill close 28 September 2018 at 5.00 pm.
A citizens’ jury The Victorian Government will be running a Citizen Jury over the weekend of 15-16 September with a focus on the setting of targets within the Gender Equality Bill. The Citizens Jury will be asked to consider a key question that relates to the Exposure Draft of the Gender Equality Bill and the scope and implementation of targets as related to the Gender Equality Bill. A Citizens’ Jury is a form of engagement where a cross-section of people from the public are directly involved in the decision making process. A Citizen Jury has numerous benefits, including a more in-depth public dialogue Citizens’ Jury is normally done by random selection to find a representative sample of the community. Invitations are sent to people, who are then asked to register online for possible selection, with a second random draw finalising the jury. The Citizens’ Jury is briefed on the background and detail of a particular issue and asked to discuss a solution or outcome. Citizen Juries are increasingly recognised and used in public engagement processes. Recent examples of Citizen Juries include Infrastructure Victoria’s development of a 30 Year Plan and the process for electing a new Greater Geelong City Council. Get involved The government invites all Victorians to get involved by making a submission about the proposed Gender Equality Bill. All submissions will be made publicly available, unless a specific request is made to the Department of Health and Human Services to consider a confidential submission. Please make a submission in one of the following ways: Online: via the <engage.vic.gov.au/gender-equality>. <gender.equality@dhhs.vic.gov.au> Post: Gender Equality unit Office for Women Department of Health and Human Services 50 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Submissions in other formats will also be accepted. To contact the Office for Women: Visit: <https://www.vic.gov.au/women.html> <gender.equality@dhhs.vic.gov.au> Submissions in response to the draft Bill close 28 September 2018 at 5.00 pm.