e-Petitions Conditions of Use

The petitions process is governed by the Temporary Orders adopted by the Legislative Council of Western Australia. These Temporary Orders enable the Parliament of Western Australia to accept electronic petitioning (“e-Petitions”).

By electing to join an e-Petition, you acknowledge that you meet the conditions detailed below.

1. You meet the eligibility requirement specified for the e-Petition. This means that you fall into one of the three broad groups of petitioners:
   
   1. West Australian residents;
   2. West Australian citizens; or
   3. West Australian electors in a nominated electorate.
      The eligibility requirement for each e-Petition is identified on the web site.
2. You have not already joined the e-Petition.

• The name, address and email address details provided are your true details.
  Otherwise, you are entering the name, address and email address details of someone else because they are physically incapable of entering their details and:

By electing to join an e-Petition, you acknowledge that your name, address and email address will be published on the physical tabled paper of the e-Petition retained by the Legislative Council. This personal information will not be viewable in any form on the web site, however, the hard copy of the tabled paper of the e-Petition containing this information may be obtained from the Clerk of the Legislative Council.

Your name, address and email address details will not be added to a mailing list by the Legislative Council. All electronic personal data relating to the posting and joining of an e-petition will be disposed of within six months of the e-petition being printed and presented to the Legislative Council. Further information on the collection and storage of personal information is available in our Privacy Statement

IMPORTANT: Failing to comply with these Conditions of Use may amount to a contempt of Parliament. Actions that are considered to be in contempt of Parliament include:

• presenting a forged or falsified document to the House or a committee;
• submitting a petition containing false, scandalous or groundless allegations; or
• inducing a person to sign a petition by fraud and misleading the House.

You could be fined for committing a contempt of Parliament, or even imprisoned if you fail to pay such a fine.

Sign Sustainable forest management

To the President and Members of the Legislative Council:

are dismayed at the government's decision to close the sustainable native forest timber industry. This industry worth $240 million annually has been in continuous operation for 150 years whilst maintaining the full biodiversity of our forests along with a range of other uses including recreation and water.
This decision was made:
1. without considering the science demonstrating the sustainability of forest timber production, including government agency reports;
2. without examining the costs and benefits of forest industries;
3. without assessing the effect on people and communities, particularly in regional areas;
4. without examining other options for achieving the government's objective.
5. without transparency as this was made only six months after an election when the policy change was not mentioned.
We request that the following be examined:
* the science, actual monitoring and assessment to support or contradict the WA government claims including that climate change has caused a decline in availability of native forest timber, that timber harvesting is a threat to forest biodiversity, that ending harvesting will protect WA forests and that climate change impacts are best managed by ceasing timber harvesting.
* the costs and benefits from the change in policy;
* the forest product requirements of Western Australia, and the alternative resources available to substitute for the native timber foregone;
* the policy options available to the government to achieve its objectives without closing the existing timber industry
* the policy treatment of mining in forests compared to the timber industry

And your petitioners as in duty bound, will ever pray.