Petitions

No. Any e-petitions lodged with the Clerk’s office after dissolution are not posted to the website until the commencement of the next Parliament.

No. Paper petitions lodged with the Clerk’s office are held until the next regular sitting day program (i.e. not on the day of the formal opening of parliament) when they are tabled by the Clerk.

Any e-petitions which close during this period are held until the next regular sitting day program and then presented to the House.

A Minister or the Speaker may table documents during the period between when the Legislative Assembly is dissolved until the new Parliament is opened where there is a legislative provision or standing orders permit the tabling of a document and the Minister or the Speaker believes it desirable to be tabled between Parliaments. (See s59A Parliament of Queensland Act 2001) An example may be an important CCC or Auditor-General report.

Documents transmitted to the Clerk for tabling during the dissolution period must be accompanied by a covering letter signed by the Minister requesting that the documents be tabled in accordance with the relevant legislation and/or standing orders. The covering letter should specify each document to be tabled, particularly any reports that comprise more than one volume.

In addition the covering letter must include the following paragraph:

In accordance with s59A of the Parliament of Queensland Act and Standing Order 31, I request that this document be tabled during the period that the Legislative Assembly is dissolved.

If this paragraph is not included, the document will be held over for tabling on the first regular sitting day of the next Parliament.