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House Standing Committee on Petitions (part 1 of 2)

10 May 2026

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Contents updated on 22 Oct 2026

The Chair opens the inquiry into House petitions standing orders, members introduce themselves, and the New Zealand Petitions Committee outlines its mandate, bipartisan practice, petition volumes, thresholds, and concrete public‑policy impacts, including procedures for e‑petitions, hearings, screening, debates and democratic engagement.

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Opening of inquiry and New Zealand petitions evidence

15:39

Hearing opening and committee introductions

15:39

New Zealand Petitions Committee — role and bipartisan practice

27:01

NZ petitions — volume growth, thresholds and policy impact

29:58

NZ petitions — e‑petitions, hearings, screening and debates

35:46

Change.org witness — role, integration with Parliament and safeguards

01:04:03

Change.org witness — platform scale, conforming status and AI risks

01:04:03

Change.org and Parliament — integration options, data and safeguards

01:09:35

Change.org operations — moderation, political neutrality, AI tools and funding

01:15:25

Public petitioners — experience of the system and reform proposals

01:46:40

Public petitioners Bradley and John — democratic disconnection and petition use

01:46:40

Petitioners’ recommendations — transparency, website limits and jurisdiction filters

01:54:00

Repetition, grouping and committee versus secretariat roles

02:01:51

Academic perspective — standing orders, digital behaviour and thresholds

02:26:41

Academic evidence — digital communication, standing orders and moderate language

02:26:41

Academic Q&A — engagement, thresholds, information disorder and third parties

02:30:01

State and territory clerks — comparative petition systems, admissibility and capacity

03:00:25

State and territory clerks — comparative petition models and debates

03:00:25

Admissibility, third‑party platforms and privacy across jurisdictions

03:25:14

Administration, IT systems and scaling to higher petition volumes

03:46:37

House Standing Committee on Petitions (part 1 of 2)

10 May 2026

House Standing Committee on Petitions Mon, 11 May 2026 Australian Parliament

15:39 - 17:01

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Everyone, and welcome to Cameron. You're online and also to Greg from New Zealand. Lovely to have you here. I'm just going to declare open the public hearing of the standing committee on petitions for the inquiry into the standing or orders relating to petitions. I would like to begin by acknowledging that we...

Where we meet today is the meeting place of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples for thousands of years. I would like to pay my respects to elders past and present and also acknowledge the cultures of any aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people present with us today. In accordance with the committee's resolution on the 08/14/2025, this hearing will be broadcast on the parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the parliament's website. I remind members of the media who may be present or listening on the web of the need to fairly and accurately report the proceedings of the committee. I now welcome, from the parliament of New Zealand, We have, Ben...

Mister Greg O'Connor. Sorry, Greg. But before we start, I will get the committee to, introduce themselves. I'm Jody Balier, the federal member for Dunkley, which is in Victoria.

17:03 - 17:05

Hi. I'm Leon Rubello.

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