Petitions—2000

Number of petitions:  150   Number of signatories:  439 008

The complete text of petitions presented each day may be found in the Senate Hansard.

Subject Petitions Signatories
Aged careStaff/resident ratios 2 7 429
Albury/Wodonga Bypass 1 12 567
Artillery Barracks—Fremantle, Western Australia 7 12 365
Australia Post—Community service obligations 1 13
Australian Broadcasting Corporation—Charter 1 7
Australian flag 1 5
Broadcasting—Irreverent language on Australian television 1 10 171
Broadcasting—Transmitters at Cox Peninsular 1 8
Child abuse—National register 1 9 306
Classifications (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 1999 1 343
Commonwealth Bank—Branch closures in Western Australia 1 409
Communications—Australian Broadcasting Corporation 3 95
Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Bill 1999 3 59
Environment—Great Barrier Reef World Heritage 8 709
Export of Live Sheep 2 9 370
Exports—Live animals 2 104
Family Breakdown Services—Gender discrimination 1 10
Federal Privacy Commissioner—Mr Leonard Faure 1 1
Food Labelling—Genetically modified food 6 662
Foreign Affairs—Burma 2 209
Foreign Affairs—East Timor 1 5
Foreign Affairs—East Timor—Transition 1 92
Forests—Plantation strategy 2 9 189
Genetically-Modified Food—Moratorium 1 13 507
Global Whale Sanctuary 1 28 103
Goods and Services Tax—Alternative taxation regimes 5 149 473
Goods and Services Tax—Bonuses for older Australians 1 155
Goods and Services Tax—Cost implications 12 1 128
Goods and Services Tax—Referendum 1 7
Goods and Services Tax—Womens sanitary products 24 31 929
Internet—Censorship 1 336
Mandatory Sentencing 3 2 152
Medicare—Funding 6 12 448
Mobile Phone Towers—Lakeside Leisure Park, Huntfield 1 593
Mr Konrad Kalejs—Investigation and deportation 3 801
Multilateral Agreement on Investment 3 260
Native title—Western Australian determinations 1 952
Political Asylum Seekers—Procedures 8 434
Public Education—Enrolment Benchmark Adjustment 2 232
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Bill 2000 1 2 035
Research—White-tailed spider 2 3 079
Sexuality Discrimination Bill 1995—In support 1 149
Superannuation—Treatment of veterans 1 10
Tax Reform Package—Natural and traditional therapy 10 105 829
Teachers—Homosexual 1 19
Telecommunications—Code of practice 2 8 205
Uranium—Mining at Jabiluka 1 1 254
Uranium—Mining in World Heritage areas 3 1 943
Workplace Relations Amendment Bill 2000 5 847