Petitions presented during the 44th Parliament

Petitions on issues in the Environment policy area


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Topics: Coal seam gas mining | Development | Emissions | Expenditure | Marine parks | Pesticides and GM crops | World Heritage | Other

Subject Presentation details* Signatures Further action
Coal seam gas mining
Opposing coal seam gas mining in Australia (PDF 144KB) 27 March 2014, Dr D. Gillespie MP
7488
Response from Minister for Environment dated 15 April 2014, presented 26 May 2014 (PDF 885KB) Response from Minister for Industry dated 4 June 2014, presented 23 June 2014 (PDF 568KB)
Development
Proposed development of a residential care facility at Middle Head, Sydney NSW (PDF 643KB) 24 February 2014
24 March 2014
1874
442
Response from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment dated 20 March 2014, presented 26 May 2014 (PDF 1175KB) Public Hearing: 29 April 2015, proof transcript (PDF 223KB)
Abbot Point Coal Terminal expansion (PDF 899KB) 11 February 2015, Mr G. Christensen MP
1057
Response from Minister for Environment dated 4 March 2015, presented 24 March 2015 (PDF 47KB)
Emissions
Regarding national and international action to reduce carbon emissions (PDF 61KB) 19 October 2015
8489
Response from Minister for Environment dated 24 November 2015, presented 30 November 2015 (PDF 1636KB)
An emissions target for 2020 of 40% below 2000 levels (PDF 153KB) 17 March 2014
779
Response from Minister for Environment dated 28 March 2014, presented 26 May 2014 (PDF 925KB)
Reduction of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions (PDF 483KB) 27 October 2014, Ms C. McGowan AO, MP
169
Response from Minister for Environment dated 27 November 2014, presented 9 February 2015 (PDF 2516KB)
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions (PDF 1193KB) 24 November 2014
823
Response from Minister for Environment dated 8 December 2014, presented 2 March 2015 (PDF 702KB)
National and Internation action to reduce carbon emissions (PDF 505KB) 23 February 2015,  Ms C. McGowan AO, MP
23 February 2015,  Mr A. Bandt MP
2 March 2015, The Hon. M. Butler MP
23922
23920
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Response from Minister for Environment dated 24 November 2015, presented 30 November 2015 (PDF 1636KB)
Global warming (PDF 177KB) 15 June 2015
4527
Response from Minister for Environment dated 2 September 2015, presented 14 September 2015 (PDF 360KB)
A request to reduce Australia's domestic GHG emissions to 30% below 2000 levels by 2025 (PDF 422KB) 17 August 2015
1
Response from Minister for Environment dated 2 September 2015, presented 14 September 2015 (PDF 351KB)
Expenditure
Request to establish an inquiry into Government spending on reducing human production of carbon dioxide (PDF 131KB) 6 March 2014, Dr D. Jensen MP
424
Response from Minister for Environment dated 26 March 2014, presented 26 May 2014 (PDF 1132KB)
Marine parks
Request to halt the process of establishing marine parks (PDF 62KB) 20 October 2014
4541
Response from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, dated 20 September 2012, presented 29 October 2012 (PDF 86KB) Response from the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, dated 2 January 2013, presented 11 February 2013 (PDF 3692KB)
Pesticides and GM crops
Use of pesticides and GM crops and impact on public health (PDF 480KB) 27 February 2014, The Hon. M. Parke MP
97
Response from Minister for Agriculture dated 26 March 2014, presented 26 May 2014 (PDF 1976KB) Response from Minister for Trade and Investment dated 24 March 2014, presented 26 May 2014 (PDF 688KB) Response from Minister for Environment dated 16 October 2014, presented 24 November 2014 (PDF 892KB) Response from Minister for Health dated 27 October 2014, presented 9 February 2015 (PDF 448KB)
World Heritage
World Heritage Listing of the Dampier Archipelago (PDF 757KB) 12 December 2013
356
Response from Minister for the Environment dated 25 February 2014, presented 3 March 2014 (PDF 695KB)
World Heritage status of Tasmanian forests (PDF 339KB) 14 July 2014
207
Response from Minister for the Environment dated 29 July 2014, presented 20 October 2014 (PDF 723KB)
Other
Myxomatosis vaccine in Australia for neutered pet rabbits (PDF 269KB) 17 August 2015
131
Impact assessments on the proposed North Maclean Enterprise Precinct (NMEP) on endangered wildlife, waterways and local residents (PDF 116KB) 19 October 2015
473
Taking action to restrict global warming (PDF 145KB) 20 October 2015
100
Response from Minister for the Environment dated, 2 February 2016, presented, 8 February 2016 (PDF 145KB)
Australia's foriegn aid contribution and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Developement (PDF 1960KB) 3 December 2015
100
Response from Minister for the Environment dated, 2 February 2016, presented, 8 February 2016 (PDF 284KB)
Australia's foreign aid contribution and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Note: this petition was not referred (PDF 103KB) 8 February 2016
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