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

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

The report read as follows—

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PETITIONS COMMITTEE

REPORT No. 8

Petitions and Ministerial Responses

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.

T he committee met in private session in the 47th Parliament on 15 February 2023, 8 March 2023 and 22 March 2023.

1. The committee resolved to present the following 9 petitions in accordance with standing order 207:

From 18 petitioners—regarding funding for Trove (EN4791)

From 2627 petitioners—regarding the processing time of Parent Visaapplications (EN4798)

From 15 petitioners—regarding the access to Australia of vaccinated people without health insurance (EN4799)

From 748 petitioners—regarding the housing crisis action, regulation of rental increases and vacancy tax (EN4800)

From 26 petitioners—requesting to bring the Australian Rail Track Corporation under direct government control (EN4802)

From 23 petitioners—requesting routine screening for sepsis in Australia (EN4805)

From 117 petitioners—regarding Santos Gas Fracking and protecting the Surat Artesian Basin (EN4806)

From 65 petitioners—requesting to lower the cost of diesel (EN4807)

From 1 petitioner—regarding tick-borne infection testing, treatment and record-keeping in Australia (PN0556)

2. The following 22 ministerial responses to petitions were received by the Committee on 22 March 2023:

From the Attorney-General regarding nationally consistent coercive control laws (EN1948)

From the Minister for Home Affairs to a petition regarding asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru (EN3490)

From the Minister for Communications to a petition regarding Telstra's commitment to the Universal Service Obligation (EN3609)

From the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs to a petition regarding citizenship for children born in Australia (EN3934)

From the Minister for Communications to a petition requesting to make the legal age of owning a mobile phone 18 (EN4495)

From the Minister for Social Services to a petition requesting the addition of Gymnastics Australia to the National Redress Scheme (EN4498)

From the Attorney-General to a petition regarding false allegations in court (EN4506)

From the Special Minister of State to a petition regarding voting in Australia (EN4539)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition regarding the extradition of Julian Assange (EN4577)

From the Minister for Social Services to a petition requesting the regulation of disability parking in Australia (EN4583)

From the Minister for Social Services to a petition requesting the introduction of a universal basic income (EN4584)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition regarding the situation in Jammu and Kasmir (EN4592)

From the Minister for Social Services to a petition regarding the social security partner income test (EN4606)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition regarding the conflict in Tigray, northern Ethiopia (EN4617)

From the Minister for Foreign Affairs to a petition regarding the conflict in Tigray, northern Ethiopia (EN4619)

From the Minister for Health and Aged Care to a petition regarding the restriction of chemicals used in e-cigarettes (EN4624)

From the Assistant Minister for the Republic regarding a transition into a republic government (EN4626)

From the Minister for Health and Aged Care to a petition regarding the inclusion of autoimmune conditions under COVID 19 vaccine claims scheme (EN4631)

From the Minister of Social Services to a petition requesting Jobseeker payments for Masters of Teaching students (EN4637)

From the Minister for Health and Aged Care to a petition requesting to legalise, regulate and tax all drugs (EN4642)

From the Minister for Health and Aged Care to a petition regarding Medicare subsidised psychology sessions (EN4643)

From the Minster for Foreign Affairs to petitions regarding support from Australia to the people of Iran (PN0549, PN0550, EN4572, EN4567, EN4590, EN4632)

Correction to previous presentation

In Report No. 7 presented on 20 March 2023—

Chan ge:

The committee met in private session in the 47th Parliament on 8 March 2023.

To:

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

Ms Susan Templeman MP

Chair—Petitions Committee