Ross Vasta (Bonner, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am pleased to note that in the previous sitting fortnight the House introduced an electronic, or e-petition, system, which provides petitioners with the option of petitioning the House electronically. This system is accessed through the House of Representatives website. Such a system was explored by the Procedure Committee in 2009 and it follows its recommendations and the consequential government response in 2015. The first batch of e-petitions has been considered by the committee and these petitions are currently available for members of the public to sign on the website. The Petitions Committee is pleased that members of the public are able to create and sign petitions through this system and anticipate, with some interest, an increase in petitions.

I look forward to overseeing the House's petitions process as the chair of the committee in the 45th Parliament.