#Government
Target:
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT
Region:
Australia

Currently there is no provision for Citizens' Initiated Referendums basically because it then gives the citizens of Australia a REAL say in how the country is run.

There are at the moment at least three matters on which the Australian public should be allowed to make the decision.

Ist - The immigration of illegal boat people - which includes Muslims. Current polls show that around 70% of Australians are against this as these people do NOT integrate and cause dissent within our communities.

2nd - Climate change. No real figures have been produced to support Global Warming and in fact, most figures available show that cooling and warming are a natural events. Volcanoes produce more CO2 per day than man does in 10 years. The government is merely using the panic to introduce a Carbon Tax.

3rd - National Broadband Network. This is NOT needed. Government is looking at a download speed of 12 Megabits a second when we are currently getting 8 MB/S. This is well and truly sufficient. Country areas should be provided with satellite downloads at the same cost as ADSL and the NBN should be scrapped as the predicted $37 BILLION cost will no doubt blow out and the funding can be well used elsewhere.

The Australian people have a right to decide these individual issues as politicians vote only on party lines and NOT as their constituents wish.

We call on the Australian Parliament to introduce legislation for Citizens' Initiated Referendums.

If a petition has more than 100,000 signatures, then parliament should initiate a referendum process.

If the petition has more that 500,000 signatures then parliament should change the legislation in accordance with the petition without holding a referendum.

The Government Must Act on Petitions with more than 100,000 Signatures petition to AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL PARLIAMENT was written by Peter Gregory and is in the category Government at GoPetition.