Citizens initiate referenda

Eligibility - Citizens of Queensland
Principal Petitioner:
Tony Magrathea
C/- Post Office
MOFFAT BEACH QLD 4551
Total Signatures - 733
Sponsoring Member: The Clerk of the Parliament
Posting Date: 12/6/2025
Closing Date: 24/8/2025
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Queensland citizens draws to the attention of the House many countries, and states within countries have extended their concept of democracies into allowing their people to have their government do what the people want by calling for referenda to be initiated.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to bring in citizen initiated referenda. The call for referenda can be done through the e-petitions with a requirement of a certain per cent of the voting population needed for a petition to be put at, for example, the election.