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House of Representatives Standing Committee on Petitions
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Appendix A: Petitions
1973-2009
House
%
Number of Ministerial Ministerial
Year Petitions Signatures responses responses
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Senate
Number of petitions
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1973 1677
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119
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1974 883
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477
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1975 2043
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677
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1976 1987
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558
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1977 1420
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470
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1978 1340
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578
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1979 2366
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742
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1980 1923
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701
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1981 2900
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669
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1982 2094
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1014
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1983 1885
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860
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1984 2315
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870
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1985 2955
|
1093
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1986 5528
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1262
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1987 3622
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1291
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1988 1289
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780
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1989 1690
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882
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1990 564
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404
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1991 824
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779
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1992 843 365155 3 0.4%
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607
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1993 547 734785 0 0.0%
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539
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1994 540 360462 0 0.0%
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464
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1995 431 456923 3 0.7%
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589
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1996 430 283163 5 1.2%
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464
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1997 633 322085 1 0.2%
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476
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1998 336 251466 0 0.0%
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218
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1999 232 139741 0 0.0%
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194
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2000 289 1411278 0 0.0%
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102
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House
%
Number of Ministerial Ministerial
Year Petitions Signatures responses responses
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Senate
Number of petitions
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2001 250 168226 0 0.0%
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103
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2002 319 362599 0 0.0%
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99
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2003 369 381083 1 0.3%
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129
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2004 471 214315 0 0.0%
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180
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2005 235 230190 1 0.4%
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86
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2006 276 250091 0 0.0%
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161
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2007 250 118596 1 0.4%
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77
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2008 109 96769 56 51.4%
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53
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2009 120 259477 87 72.5%
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41
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Source Chamber
Research Office, Department of the House of Representatives,
29 October 2009
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