House debates
Monday, 22 November 2010
- (1 speech)
On behalf of the Standing Committee on Petitions, and in accordance with standing order 207, I present the following petitions: - Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows: - Responses; Coalmining
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 12 May 2010 (your ref 183/287) regarding a petition on the potential environmental impact of coal mining. You mentioned that the petition has recently... - Responses; Pensions and Benefits
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 26 May 2010 to the Prime Minister, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, concerning a petition to increase Newstart Allowance and Parenting Payment Single rates.... - Responses; Immigration: Klue Family
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 1 June 2010 concerning the immigration status of the Klue family. Mr Johan Klue was granted a four year Temporary Business (Long Stay) Subclass 457... - Responses; Immigration and Citizenship
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 11 February 2010 relating to two petitions recently submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding immigration and citizenship in... - Responses; Pensions and Benefits
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 26 May 2010 about the petition regarding the life expectancy actuarial review and the impact of the global financial crisis. To ensure equity with... - Responses; Lymphoedema
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 18 March 2010 regarding a petition to the House of Representatives about the diagnosis, treatment and management of lymphoedema as a chronic medical... - Responses; Innisfail: Jubilee Bridge
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 25 May 2010 about a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding funding to replace the Jubilee Bridge... - Responses; Human Rights
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter dated 25 May 2010 referring a petition from the Mornington Peninsula Human Rights Group seeking the introduction of a bill for a Human Rights Act. As you... - Responses; School and Workplace Bullying
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 25 May 2010 concerning the school and workplace bullying petition recently submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions. The... - Responses; New South Wales Ambulance Drivers
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 25 May 2010 regarding the petition of citizens of the Paterson electorate about a New South Wales State Government proposal to replace ambulance... - Responses; Administration of Justice
Dear Mrs Irwin I refer to your letter dated 25 May 2010 seeking a written response to a petition submitted to your committee, regarding a Section 72(ii) process under the Constitution. The... - Responses; Internet Content
Dear Mrs Irwin Petition regarding compulsory filtering of the internet by ISPs Thank you for your letter dated 23 June 2010 forwarding a copy of a petition regarding compulsory filtering of the... - Responses; Feeding Tube Dependency
Dear Mrs Irwin I refer to correspondence of 16 June 2010 from the then Chair of your Committee, Mrs Julia Irwin, regarding a petition about children with a tube feeding dependency. I apologise... - Responses; Human Rights: Falun Gong
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 22 June 2010 referring a petition submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions about the persecution of Falun Gong... - Responses; Live Animal Exports
Dear Mrs Irwin I write in response to the letter from Ms Julia Irwin MP, former Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions, of 22 June 2010, to the Hon. Simon Crean MP,... - Responses; Human Rights: Falun Gong
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for your letter of 22 June 2010 referring seven petitions submitted for the consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions about the persecution of Falun. Gong... - Responses; Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Dear Mrs Irwin I refer to a letter of 22 June 2010 from the then Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions, Mrs Julia Irwin, regarding a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on... - Responses; Wandering Trad
Dear Mrs Irwin Thank you for the letter of 28 June 2010 from the former Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions to the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,... - Statements (1 speech)
I wanted to take this opportunity today to speak about petitioning more generally for the information of newer members and the general public. Petitioning has a long history in the Australian...
