House of Representatives Committees

Petitions and Ministerial responses presented in the House during the 42nd Parliament (February 2008 to July 2010)

Petitions were presented to the House of Representatives during the 42nd Parliament in the following portfolio areas:

Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry	Health and Ageing
Attorney-General	Human Services
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy	Human rights see Attorney-General and Foreign Affairs
Climate Change and Water	Immigration and Citizenship
Defence	Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
Education	Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
Employment and Workplace Relations	Parliament
Environment, Heritage and the Arts	Prime Minister and Cabinet
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs	Resources, Energy and Tourism
Finance and Deregulation	Treasury
Foreign Affairs and Trade	Veterans' Affairs

Where a petition involves more than one portfolio area, the petition is listed against each area.

For details of the petitions, including any responses and any other action taken by the Petitions Committee, please follow the links.

See also