Susan Templeman (Macquarie, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I present the seventh report of the Petitions Committee for the 47th Parliament.

The report read as follows—

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PETITIONS COMMITTEE

REPORT No. 7

Petitions and Ministerial Responses

20 March 2023

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

Chair Ms Susan Templeman MP

Deputy Chair Mr Ross Vasta MP

Mr Sam Birrell MP

Ms Alison Byrnes MP

Ms Lisa Chesters MP

Mr Garth Hamilton MP

Ms Tracy Roberts MP

Ms Meryl Swanson MP

Report summarising the petitions and Ministerial responses being presented.

The committee met in private session in the 47th Parliament on 8 February 2023, 15 February 2023 and 8 March 2023.

1. The committee resolved to present the following 18 p etitions in accordance with standing order 207:

From 407 petitioners—requesting that Trove is kept as a free and open service to all Australians (EN4755)

From 5 petitioners—requesting the temporary postponement of implementation of revised pet import regulations (EN4756)

From 12 petitioners—requesting the electrification of Australia's freight lines (EN4759)

From 489 petitioners—requesting that Trove be fully funded (EN4761)

From 14 petitioners—requesting military support for Ukraine (EN4763)

From 17 petitioners—requesting the appointment of independent board members to Screen Australia (EN4764)

From 3 petitioners—requesting removal of requirements on student and work visas (EN4765)

From 39 petitioners—requesting to change the national anthem to We Are Australian (EN4766)

From 36 petitioners—requesting parliamentary debate prior to the indigenous voice-to-parliament referendum (EN4769)

From 8 petitioners—requesting that people are allowed to donate money to the Commonwealth of Australia (EN4772)

From 26 petitioners—requesting a change of Australia Day to the last Friday of January (EN4773)

From 69 petitioners—requesting a ban on companies who have convictions for illegal research (EN4775)

From 83 petitioners—requesting a freeze on land and businesses being bought by foreign entities (EN4776)

From 68 petitioners—requesting a ban on the sale of energy drinks to children (EN4778)

From 182 petitioners—requesting a change to the 491 visa (EN4780)

From 47 petitioners—requesting cancellation of the cashless debit card (EN4783)

From 5506 petitioners—requesting permanent residency for those who came by boat 2012-2014 (EN4784)

From 2897 petitioners—requesting continuing funding for "sealing the hills" project (EN4785)

2. The following 30 ministerial responses to petitions were received by the Committee on 8 March 2023:

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting Australians overseas to be allowed their constitutional right to return to Australia (EN2343)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting the return of stranded citizens (EN2645)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting to stop criminalisation of Australians seeking to return from India (EN2648)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting to bring stranded Australians home (EN2653)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting to repatriate Australians in India back to their home (EN2664)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting help reunite Australian families (EN2867)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting assistance to vaccinate Australians in Vietnam (EN2956)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting to bring home stranded Australians (EN2960)

From the Minister for Health and Aged Care to a petition requesting help for Australia to mask up (EN3001)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting to bring vulnerable Australian citizens home from Indonesia (EN3014)

From the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to a petition regarding Rohullah Hussaini's Afghan family (EN3265)

From the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to a petition requesting the Murugappan family to return home to Biloela (EN3462)

From the Minister for Communications to a petition requesting to ban gambling advertising in media (EN3559)

From the Minister for Communications to a petition regarding pictures of children in the news media (EN3767)

From the Minister for Government Services to a petition regarding a Royal Commission for gaslighting victims working for Services Australia (EN3925)

From the Minister for Social Services to a petition requesting new legislation regarding cost of living for Centrelink payments (EN3957)

From the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to a petition regarding PR visas for parents (EN3960)

From the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to a petition requesting the cancellation of visas for Russian Duma members (EN4031)

From the Minister for Communications to a petition requesting to ban the use of all sirens by radio advertisements (EN4036)

From the Minister for Communications to a petition requesting the release of FM licences in the Ballarat LAP (EN4049)

From the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to a petition regarding the lack of a functioning computer system at the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (EN4186)

From the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to a petition regarding smoking within the MITA compound and buildings (EN4187)

Regarding regulation of the sale of helium and releasing of helium filled balloons (EN4351)

From the Minister for Defence to a petition requesting to name the new class of Australian Submarines Rainbow Warriors (EN4515)

From the Attorney-General to a petition requesting to hold the IRGC accountable for the death of Mahsa-Amini (EN4540)

From the Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury to a petition regarding the mandated use of USB-C charging ports by manufacturers (EN4545)

From the Minister for Veterans' Affairs to a petition regarding reductions to the DFRDB scheme (EN4548)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition requesting urgent action towards the Islamic Republic of Iran (EN4571)

From the Minister for Social Services regarding an income test exemption for Disability Support Pension recipients due to vaccine injury (EN4578)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition regarding human rights violations in Pakistan (EN4621)

Ms Susan Templeman MP

Chair—Petitions Committee