Find your place in the Lab.
Whether you want to contribute your expertise, represent your community, follow the work as it unfolds or simply ensure your perspective shapes what gets built, there are several meaningful ways to engage with the Lab.
For organisations ready to contribute.
Core Partners are the engine room of The Lab. They work directly in the Development Tracks, contributing to the design, piloting and testing of the National Conversation model, and championing the initiative within their networks.
Development Tracks include; Government and Policy Integration, Research Design, Data Capture, Privacy and Ethics, Technology and Experience Design, Community-led Design and Localisation, Accessibility, Inclusion and Representation & Narrative, Framing and Social Cohesion
If your organisation works with communities, government, research or civil society, and has expertise in one of the six Development Tracks, we want to hear from you.
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Core Partners contribute through collaborative workshops and contribute to outputs that will shape the final model. Partners can set their engagement according to capacity; they are not limited to a single track and may shift across tracks throughout the Lab.
For experts who want to advise without overcommitting.
With a time commitment of 1-2 hours per month, the Expert Advisory Network provides strategic guidance without requiring day-to-day involvement. This is our suggested entry point for academics, senior public servants, experienced practitioners and subject matter experts.
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Members are kept up to date on progress, key updates and emerging findings. They offer reflections and forward-looking advice during designated review windows, but are not required to attend any live sessions. Their role is advisory, review-based and forward-looking.
For community leaders.
The Community Network builds local readiness for a future National Conversation. It connects councils, community organisations, youth groups and local leaders who want to align their existing work with a national framework and be ready to step in at their local level.
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Members align local initiatives with the Shared Inquiry Framework as it develops, participate in open engagement opportunities, and share learnings from local adaptation. During the Lab phase, members may host small pilot activations. More importantly, they form a growing base of trusted local leaders capable of stewarding the National Conversation when it moves from development to delivery.
For everyday Australian who want to follow along.
We want to hear from you, from the far north of QLD to Cape Leeuwin.
You can follow the Lab's progress as it unfolds. Share your feedback as we go along, or even host a local conversation. The Lab's legitimacy depends on being truly connected to the lives and concerns of everyday Australians, not just institutions and experts. Your interest is essential to the success of this initiative.
