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House Standing Committee on Petitions (part 2 of 2)

11 May 2026

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The Chair resumes the petitions inquiry, formally introduces the Speaker and Clerk, and invites opening remarks in which the Speaker emphasises petitions’ democratic role, the trust deficit, and his priorities for strengthening the system through national petitions education, enhanced PEO involvement, and improved digital access and multilingual support via a reformed petitions website.

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Opening of hearings and Speaker’s priorities

01:03:23

Committee resumes — Speaker and Clerk introduced

01:03:23

Speaker: petitions’ democratic role and trust deficit

01:04:51

Speaker: national petitions education and PEO role

01:06:52

Speaker: digital access, CALD inclusion, website reform

01:09:45

Assessing current petitions framework, debates and rules

01:11:53

Chair: diagnosis of current system failures and data

01:11:53

Q — Rebello: who should rule petitions in order?

01:15:15

Debates and thresholds — linking petitions to parliamentary action

01:18:00

Speaker: managing expectations, examples from Brisbane and NZ

01:22:21

Standing orders, moderation, and duplicate petitions

01:25:18

Administrative workload, AI impacts and digital infrastructure

01:30:00

Workload pressures, AI, and secretariat resourcing

01:30:00

Petitions website, jurisdiction filters, and IT funding

01:32:23

Future pathways, MPs’ role, civics education and close

01:35:34

Purpose of petitions and tiered pathways for follow‑up

01:35:34

Role of MPs: speaking to petitions and notification issues

01:39:44

Designing a public awareness campaign and plain English guidance

01:44:01

Broader civics partnerships and formal close of hearing

01:47:30

House Standing Committee on Petitions (part 2 of 2)

11 May 2026

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

01:03:22 - 01:03:56

Speaker 2

Thank you for joining us now. We just need to resume proceedings. And I would now like to welcome, the representatives, the honorable Milton Dick, the speaker of the house, and miss Clarissa Serratis. Sertes. Sertes, the clerk of the house of representatives.

To give evidence today, for the hand side record, could you please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee today?

01:03:57 - 01:03:59

Speaker 32

Starting with... Who would like to take it?

01:03:59 - 01:04:08

Speaker 15

Clarissa Surtiz. I'm the clerk of the House of Representatives, and I'm also the CEO of the department of the House of Representatives.

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