The Principled Parliament Project
is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to evaluating the diversity and quality of representation in the Parliament of Australia.
Aims
To understand what representation should look like in Australia, sensitive to the Australian political system and the history of its peoples.
To evaluate the composition, processes and decisions of the Parliament of Australia on a diversity sensitivity framework.
To develop and promote policy solutions that will aid diverse representation and diversity mainstreaming in the Parliament of Australia.
Values
We believe that
Representation of its citizens’ ideas and experiences is the primary role of the Parliament of Australia.
Diversity in representation is a principled aim with practical benefits.
Diversity sensitive representation can be achieved through Australia’s existing liberal democratic political and electoral systems.