House debates
Monday, 21 November 2011
- Marriage
PETITION TO RETAIN THE DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives We the undersigned citizens draw to the attention of... - Falun Gong
Global Effort to Stop the Genocide of Falun Gong To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives We therefore ask the House to request the Prime Minister and the Foreign... - Easter Sunday
To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of certain citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House that: We therefore ask the House to: Amend... - Palestine
To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of concerned citizens of Australia: Draws to the attention of the House the increasing international... - Child Care
To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House the withdrawal of funding for occasional childcare... - Asylum Seekers
To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of members of Holy Saviour Parish in Glen Waverley North in Victoria draws to the attention of the House our... - Child Care
To the Honourable Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives This petition of the citizens of Australia draws to the attention of the House: Our concerns, as parents, over the... - Child Care; Responses (1 speech)
Ministerial responses to petitions previously presented to the House have been received as follows: - Marriage
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 25 August 2011 regarding the petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions, opposing changes to the Marriage Act 1961. The Australian... - Special Disability Trusts
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 12 May 2011 enclosing a copy of a petition about Special Disability Trusts that was submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions by Carers and... - Asylum Seekers
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 4 July 2011 relating to a petition submitted to the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding the Australian Government's Arrangement with Malaysia to... - Aircraft Noise: Sutherland Shire
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter dated 26 August 2011 about a petition recently submitted for the consideration of the Chair of the Standing Committee on Petitions, regarding Aircraft... - Live Animal Exports
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 26 August 2011 referring a petition submitted for consideration of the Standing Committee on Petitions regarding suspension of livestock being... - Palestine
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 22 August 2011 regarding the petition for the recognition of a Palestinian State. Australia strongly supports a negotiated two-state solution in the... - Page Electorate: Gas Pipeline
Dear Mr Murphy The Minister for Resources and Energy, the Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP has asked me to thank you for your letter of 15 September 2011 concerning a recently submitted petition for the... - Disability Services
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letter of 25 August 2011 to the Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, containing a petition on the implementation of the National Disability... - Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefit Amendment (Fair Indexation) Legislation
Dear Mr Murphy Thank you for your letters of 4 July and 22 August 2011 to the Minister for Defence, the Hon Stephen Smith MP, concerning a response to a petition which called on the House to... - Balwyn Post Office
Dear Mr Murphy Petition—closure of Balwyn Post Office Subsequent to my reply to the Petitions Committee on 24 August 2011, I have received updated advice from Australia Post concerning a... - Australian Development Scholarships
Dear Mr Murphy I refer to your letter of 16 March 2011 to the Hon Chris Evans MP, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, concerning petition number 408-693,... - Statements (2 speeches)
As we near the end of 2011 I thought it might be useful today to reflect a little and to present a snapshot of the petitioning activity that has occurred in the House of Representatives during...
