Register for the Citizen Lottery

Following on from Council’s work with deliberative democracy and citizen juries  in 2018 and 2019, we will be establishing a Citizen Lottery process in 2020. 

The intention of this process, as identified by the Byron Model Panel, is to enable Council to hear the views of a broader cross-section of our community – including people who might not normally make their opinions known.

In 2019, Council undertook a deliberative democracy project called “The Byron Model” which sought to develop a new democratic ethos. A co-design process was developed to deliberate on the question:

“How do we want to make democratic decisions in Byron Shire that can be widely supported?”

The Citizen Lottery builds on the success of the Byron Model and was developed from the panel recommendations. Council is committed to supporting the principles of deliberative democracy and the citizen lottery will provide a mechanism for supporting people to represent the wider community on projects and activities involving engagement and consultation.

All members of the Byron Shire community are invited to register in the Citizen Lottery. Council will use this register to randomly select participants for engagement purposes over the next two years. You will remain on the register for this period and may be randomly selected to be involved any one of Council's engagement programs.

Registering on the Citizen Lottery does not obligate you to any future participation.

If you are randomly selected to participate in a particular engagement activity or program, you will be notified and provided with further information prior to agreeing to participate. We will let you know what commitment is required, the timeframe, and any other information that might be relevant to your decision to be involved.