Governance has a representation problem: Why Australia's governance system needs a transformation

This piece by Adele Roeder, Grace McBride and Michelle Lim, young Board Directors with Just Governance, delves into the systems change needed to ensure that Boardroom decisions are made by those most affected by them. Australia's boardrooms remain overwhelmingly older, wealthier and more homogeneous than the communities they serve, and a growing movement is challenging traditional ideas of who is "qualified" to govern. Faced with increasingly complex challenges, organisations across Australia are beginning to recognise “lived expertise”, youth perspectives and community knowledge as essential governance assets rather than optional extras.