Petitions—2010

Number of petitions: Number of signatories:
42nd Parliament 19 35 838
43rd Parliament 8 2 459
Total for 2010 27 38 297

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

42nd Parliament
Subject Petitions Signatories
Administration—Parliamentary zone parking 1 1 919
Boer War—1902 court martials 1 8
Communications—Digital television transmitters—Sisters Beach, Tasmania 1 193
Communications—Mobile telecommunications tower—Beldon, Western Australia 1 764
Environment—Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme 1 31
Environment—Listing of shortfin mako, longfin mako and porbeagle sharks as migratory species 2 6 060
Environment—Dampier Archipelago—World Heritage List 2 493
Family and Community Services—Childcare funding and maternity leave 1 444
Family and Community Services—Mandatory income management 1 173
Health—Importation of beef 1 10
Health—Magnetic resonance imaging machines 1 4 572
Law and Justice—Internet filtering 1 19 230
Primary Industries—Family farming 1 148
Social Issues—Australian War Memorial—Funding 1 439
Social Issues—Donor conception practices 1 544
Taxation—Same taxation rate per family unit 1 434
Transport—Intersection of Princes Highway and Hesse Street, Winchelsea 1 376
43rd Parliament
Subject Petitions Signatories
Education—Active After School Communities Program 1 325
Environment—Dampier Archipelago—World Heritage List 2 179
Foreign Affairs—Western Australian South Sudanese community 1 216
Law and Justice—'Refused Classification' material on the internet 1 76
Primary Industries—Acquisition by foreign entities of Australian agricultural land 1 1 384
Rural and Regional Australia—North Western New South Wales—Goodooga—Health services 1 135
Women—Legalising child abandonment for the protection of newborn babies 1 144

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