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Finding the 'radical centre'

Contemporary policy debate is being hampered by shallow tribalism. Australia’s most pressing policy challenges too often become stuck in zero-sum ideological battles between left and right. Yet the best policy solutions reside in the ‘radical centre’ – in the synthesis between intellectual and ideological opposites and extremes.

The radical centre is not about unambitious compromise. It seeks out the common ground in enduring disagreements to elucidate new and more brilliant ideas – the ambitious ideas that forge unexpected consensus.

Nowhere in Australia is there a reform hub dedicated to hunting the radical centre. The Radical Centre Reform Lab aims to fill this gap. We do this by collaborating across divides and engaging with Australia’s diverse multicultural communities to forge broad consensus for radical centre reform.

Our first project furthers work on a First Nations constitutional voice as advocated by the Uluru Statement – a historic, radical centre proposal for Indigenous constitutional recognition.