42nd Parliament: Petitions on issues in the Attorney-General policy area
      
      
        | Subject | 
        Presentation details* | 
        No. of signatures  | 
        Further action | 
      
      
        | Human Rights (see also Foreign Affairs and Trade petitions)  | 
      
      
        Charter of rights (PDF 82KB)   | 
        Mr Randall, 
          7 September 2009   | 
        642  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 13 November 2009 
          (PDF 152KB)  | 
      
      
        Human Rights Act (PDF 30KB)   | 
        24 May 2010   | 
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        Response from Attorney-General, dated 22 June 2010  
(PDF 109KB)  | 
      
      
        | Navigate to Topics: Human Rights | Legal system | Marriage and Family law | Other |  | 
        
      
        Legal System   | 
        
      
        Personal grievance (PDF 64KB)   | 
        16 June 2008  | 
        1  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 17 February 2009  
          (PDF 101KB)   | 
      
      
        Indigenous deaths in custody  
          (PDF 99KB)   | 
        16 November 2009   | 
        3,280  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 23 April 2010  
          (PDF 234KB)   | 
      
      
        Request to create a judicial committee of inquiry (PDF 62KB)   | 
        23 November 2009   | 
        1  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 7 January 2010  
          (PDF 186KB)   | 
      
      
        A section 72 (ii) process under the Constitution (PDF 45KB)   | 
        15 March 2010   | 
        1  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 5 May 2010  
          (PDF 55KB)   | 
      
      
        The creation of a 'Judicial Sub-Committee of Inquiry' (PDF 77KB)   | 
        15 March 2010   | 
        1  | 
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        Limitations faced by self represented litigants (PDF 78KB)   | 
        15 March 2010   | 
        1  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 5 May 2010  
          (PDF 100KB)   | 
      
      
        High Court Judges and s.72 of the Constitution (PDF 82KB)   | 
        24 May 2010   | 
        1  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 22 June 2010  
(PDF 100KB)  | 
      
      
        A process under s.75 of the Constitution (PDF 69KB)   | 
        24 May 2010  | 
        1
          | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 9 July 2010  
(PDF 78KB)  | 
      
      
      
        | Navigate to Topics: Human Rights | Legal system | Marriage and Family law | Other |  | 
      
      
        | Marriage and Family Law  | 
      
      
        Marriage legislation (PDF 52KB)   | 
        23 June 2008 
          1 September 2008  
          13 October 2008  | 
        96 
          34 
          34  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 1 September 2008  
          (PDF 146KB)  | 
      
      
        National Marriage Day (PDF 38KB)   | 
        Mr Morrison,16 September 2009 
            19 October 2009  
          16 November 2009  
          Mr Morrison, 23 November 2009  
          23 November 2009  
          8 February 2010  
          24 May 2010
          | 
        7,071 
          2,521 
          825 
          512 
          525 
          123 
          6  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 27 November 2009  
          (PDF 103KB)         
           Public hearing program, 7 April 2010 (PDF 37KB) 
           Public hearing transcript, 7 April 2010  | 
      
      
        Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 (PDF 69KB)   | 
        16 November 2009 
          23 November 2009  
          Mr  Schultz, 26 November 2009 
            8 February 2010 
          Mr Ciobo, 10 February 2010  
            22 February 2010  
              Mr Randall, 22 February 2010 
                15 March 2010 
          24 May 2010  
            Mr Scott, 3 June 2010  
          21 June 2010  
           
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        104 
          3,904 
          265 
          9,003  
          120  
          978 
          277  
          357 
          979  
          270 
          177
           
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        Response from Attorney-General, dated 17 December 2009  
          (PDF 120KB)         
           Public hearing program, 7 April 2010 (PDF 37KB) 
           Public hearing transcript, 7 April 2010  | 
      
      
        Personal grievance with Family Court (PDF 63KB)    | 
        23 November 2009   | 
        1  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 7 January 2010  
          (PDF 186KB)   | 
      
      
        Family law matter (PDF 62KB)   | 
        23 November 2009   | 
        1  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 7 January 2010  
          (PDF 186KB)   | 
      
      
        | Navigate to Topics: Human Rights | Legal system | Marriage and Family law | Other |  | 
      
      
        Other  | 
      
      
        Display of flag and artifacts of  Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (PDF 179KB)   | 
        25 May 2009   | 
        569  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 20 August 2009 
          (PDF 172KB)   | 
      
      
        Parallel import restrictions on books (PDF 60KB)   | 
        Mr Gibbons, 
          14 September 2009  
            | 
        3,885  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 13 November 2009 
          (PDF 81KB)   | 
      
      
        Parallel import restrictions on books (PDF 46KB)   | 
        Mr Bevis, 
          19 October 2009  
            | 
        2,097  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 23 December 2009  
          (PDF 95KB)   | 
      
      
        Crown pardon for Messrs Morant, Handcock and Witton (PDF 93KB)   | 
        26 October 2009  | 
        58  | 
        Response from Attorney-General, dated 8 February 2010  
          (PDF 97KB)
 Public Hearing Program, 15 March 2010 (PDF 38KB)
 Public Hearing Transcript, 15 March 2010  | 
      
      
      
        | Navigate to Topics: Human Rights | Legal system | Marriage and Family law | Other |  | 
      
  
    
     *Presented in the House of Representatives by the Speaker or the Chair of the Petitions Committee, unless otherwise indicated