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Petitions
It is the right of any person or organisation to petition Parliament.
Petitions generally express views on matters of public policy and ask the
Parliament to take—or, in some cases, not to
take—a particular course of action.
The presentation of a petition to the Senate is a proceeding in
Parliament and is protected by parliamentary privilege. The publication of
a petition before presentation is not similarly protected. (See Chapter 2,
Australian Senate Practice, Parliamentary Privilege, Circulation
of petitions.)
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