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Inquiry Into the E-Petitioning System of the House of Representatives From: Shane Donnelly To: Committee, Petitions (Reps) Subject: FW: TRANSCRIPT OF MEETING ON 25 OCTOBER 2017 Date: Monday, 4 December 2017 3:16:59 PM Attachments: E-Petitions - no. of days posted.xlsx Good afternoon, Please find attached for your information a table detailing the length that e-petitions have been posted together with a calculation of the average length such petitions are posted, being 86 days. Kind regards, Shane Donnelly | Clerk of the House House of Assembly | Parliament House | Hobart Tasmania 7000 PetNum Sponsor Subject CloseDate PostingDate Length of Posting 1 Mr Tim Morris MHA Inappropriate Payment 14/10/2004 27/08/2004 48 2 Hon Lara Giddings Save the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra 30/04/2005 11/03/2005 50 3 Mr Tim Morris MHA Noxious Barking 18/11/2005 8/06/2005 163 4 Mr Tim Morris MHA Unsuitable Landfill Proposal 22/10/2005 18/07/2005 97 5 Hon. Sue Napier MHA Jack Jumper Immunotherapy Progamme 23/01/2006 22/07/2005 185 6 Mr Tim Morris MHA Noxious Barking 22/05/2006 22/11/2005 182 7 Mr Tim Morris MHA Inappropriate Payment 9/10/2006 7/09/2006 32 8 Mr Tim Morris MP Forest Industry's High Intensity Burning 23/05/2008 29/04/2008 24 9 Ms Peg Putt MP Lease at Bryans Corner; Parks and Wildlife Service; and Brammall. 27/06/2008 26/05/2008 32 10 Mr Tim Morris MP Upper Florentine logging and tourism strategy 3/08/2009 3/02/2009 182 11 Mr Bryan Green MP Tarkine Tourist Road 22/04/2009 19/03/2009 35 12 Mr Tim Morris MP Upper Florentine logging and tourism strategy 16/11/2009 28/08/2009 80 13 Mr Nick McKim MP Clarke and Freer Farms 4/03/2010 4/09/2009 181 14 Mr Tim Morris MP Use of triazine herbacides 24/03/2010 29/09/2009 177 15 Ms Cassy O'Connor MP Arts Tasmania De-funding Edge Radio's Arts Initiative 12/02/2010 10/12/2009 65 16 Hon. Michael Hodgman MP Taxi Rank Shelter - Castray Esplanade 1/04/2010 14/01/2010 77 17 Mr Nick McKim MP Native Forest Woodfired Power 23/08/2010 23/02/2010 181 18 Mr Kim Booth MP Size of the Tasmanian Parliament 31/07/2010 18/06/2010 43 19 Kim Booth MP Size of the Tasmanian Parliament 13/04/2011 13/10/2010 182 20 Kim Booth MP Healthy Cataract Gorge and Tamar River 8/03/2011 9/11/2010 120 21 Michael Ferguson M.P. Tamar Silt Problem 6/03/2011 28/01/2011 37 22 Kim Booth MP Pulp Mill 4/07/2011 16/03/2011 110 23 Mrs Jacquie Petrusma MP Eskleigh Home Funding 30/05/2011 12/04/2011 48 24 Kim Booth MP Size of the Tasmanian Parliament 1/11/2011 16/05/2011 170 25 Tim Morris MP Introduction of Container Deposit Legislation 23/11/2011 23/05/2011 184 26 Nick McKim MP Former Kingston High School Site 3/12/2011 8/06/2011 178 27 Ms Elise Archer MP Proposed Closure of Sandy Bay Infant School 15/07/2011 27/06/2011 18 28 Mrs Jacquie Petrusma MP Forest Agreement 16/09/2011 10/08/2011 37 29 Hon Will Hodgman MP Kingston Police Station 16/09/2011 1/09/2011 15 30 Hon Will Hodgman MP DHHS Transition to Practice for Registered Nurses Program 17/10/2011 13/09/2011 34 31 Ms Elise Archer MP Axing of Tasmania Police Recruitment Courses 21/11/2011 21/09/2011 61 32 Michael Ferguson MP Funding Cuts to the Launceston General Hospital 25/10/2011 7/10/2011 18 33 Hon Will Hodgman MP Cuts to Front-line Health Services 24/10/2011 11/10/2011 14 34 Kim Booth Port Sorell School 31/10/2011 21/10/2011 11 35 Kim Booth MP Size of the Tasmanian Parliament (House of Assembly) 18/07/2012 25/01/2012 176 36 Kim Booth MP FV Margiris 16/11/2012 10/07/2012 130 37 Kim Booth MP Size of the Tasmanian Parliament (House of Assembly) 31/03/2013 13/11/2012 138 38 Jacquie Petrusma MP After School & Vacation Care for Children with a Disability 28/02/2013 13/12/2012 77 39 Hon Brian Wightman MP Detention of Repeat Offenders of Violent Crime 31/05/2013 7/02/2013 114 40 Michael Ferguson MP Crime and Antisocial Behaviour in Rocherlea 15/04/2013 13/02/2013 61 41 Hon. Will Hodgman MP West Coast Wilderness Railway 4/03/2013 21/02/2013 11 42 Jacquie Petrusma MP Late-term Abortion 15/04/2013 26/03/2013 20 43 Jacquie Petrusma MP Abortion on Demand (Up to 9 Months) 18/04/2013 11/04/2013 7 44 Cassy O'Connor MP Decriminalisation of Abortion 19/04/2013 12/04/2013 7 45 Kim Booth MP Size of the Tasmanian Parliament (House of Assembly) 14/10/2013 1/05/2013 167 46 Rene Hidding MP Speed Limit Reductions on Non-Urban Roads 11/08/2013 11/06/2013 62 47 Jacquie Petrusma MP Review of Tasmania's Stalking Laws (Chloe's Law) 19/11/2013 22/10/2013 29 48 Michael Ferguson MP Independent Review of the Tasmanian Disability Education Support System 19/11/2013 4/11/2013 16 49 Nick McKim MP Size of the Tasmanian Parliament (House of Assembly) 22/07/2014 28/01/2014 175 50 Nick McKim MP Expunging criminal records for gay sex and apologising for anti-gay laws 4/04/2014 3/02/2014 61 51 Scott Bacon MP Construction of a cycle lane between Bonnet Hill and Taroona 31/07/2014 21/05/2014 71 52 Bryan Green MP Legalising the production, processing and administration of medicinal cannabis 18/08/2014 14/07/2014 36 53 Kim Booth MP Fair Egg Regulations for Smallholders 26/10/2014 30/09/2014 26 54 Kim Booth MP Retention of Midlands Multi-Purpose Health Centre and Services 26/11/2014 3/11/2014 24 55 Kim Booth Legislating to recognise the acts of bullying, stalking and cyber-bullying and its effects on victims 28/04/2015 19/03/2015 40 56 Mr Nick McKim MP Size of the House of Assembly, Tasmanian Parliament 27/09/2015 8/04/2015 173 57 Andrea Dawkins MP Acknowledgment of the distress and pain felt by swordfish 4/10/2015 30/06/2015 96 58 Cassy O'Connor MP Fair treatment for owners of solar photovoltaic (PV) 3/11/2015 3/08/2015 92 59 Bryan Green Water and Sewerage Costs 1/10/2015 11/08/2015 51 60 Mr Guy Barnett MP Removal of Section 17: Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 13/11/2015 2/10/2015 42 61 Andrea Dawkins Reverse the Tasmanian eSchool Staff Cuts 13/11/2015 28/10/2015 17 62 Cassy O'Connor Expungement of criminal records 1/02/2016 3/11/2015 91 63 Rosalie Woodruff Gun Control and Public Safety 25/07/2016 25/01/2016 182 64 Andrea Dawkins Ban greyhound racing in Tasmania 30/05/2016 1/02/2016 119 65 Cassy O'Connor Right to peaceful protest in Tasmania 2/08/2016 2/02/2016 182 66 Madeline Ogilvie National Child Protection Database 1/06/2016 2/02/2016 120 67 Lara Giddings MP Voluntary Euthanasia 29/08/2016 29/02/2016 183 68 Mr Scott Bacon MP Metro West Hobart and Mount Stuart Bus route changes 29/03/2016 1/03/2016 29 69 Andrea Dawkins MP Continued Support of Tasmanian LGBTI students 20/04/2016 24/03/2016 27 70 Andrea Dawkins MP Save East Launceston Recreation Ground 28/05/2017 23/03/2017 66 71 Hon. Rebecca White MP Tasmanian Health Crisis 5/06/2017 20/04/2017 46 72 Cassy O'Connor MP Size of House of Assembly, Tasmanian Parliament 18/11/2017 18/05/2017 185 AVERAGE 86.38889.
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