Good Morning Fellow Residents, Local Patrons and Petition Supporters

THANK YOU for your Continued Support with this Petition

Some of you have asked WHY do we need to sign two Petitions?

The simple answer is that Paper Petitions can be formally Lodged in Parliament and when done so with more than 500 signatures then the Minister (in this case Andrew Constance Minister for Transport) must provide a written reply to the MP who lodged the Petition within 30 days and the petition and the reply are recorded in Hansard.

Online petitions like this one can’t be formally lodged in Parliament but they do provide people with a public voice, attract the attention of the public, media, politicians and increase awareness of the issue the Petition is about.

The other thing about Online Petitions like this one is that they are open and transparent and serve as a record plus provide the opportunity for you to receive Updates about the petition and monitor the progress.

So please Sign and Share the Online Petition and also make an effort to pop down to the shops and sign the Paper Petition.

Thank You again for your Support

If you want to read more about Petition rules below

RULES OF PETITIONS

Petitions that do not conform with the Standing Orders are 'out of order' and will not be accepted by the Legislative Assembly.

Form - a petition must:

Be addressed to "the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly in Parliament assembled".

Contain the names and addresses of the petitioners and their own original signatures. Any additional requests for information not required under the Standing Orders, such as telephone numbers or e-mails, should be clearly listed as optional.

State the facts which the petitioners wish to bring to the notice of the House (this is the 'grievance').

Conclude with a request that the House do, or do not do, something or take some course of action (this is known as the 'prayer'). Each page of a petition seeking signatures must be headed with the words of the request.

Be clearly written, typed or printed and not have anything attached to it

Be respectful, decorous and temperate in its language.

be in English, or be accompanied by a translation certified to be correct by the Member lodging the petition.

Be in an original document format, not a postcard, leaflet or the like.

This is the link to the rules

https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/petitions/Pages/About-petitions.aspx

Please keep commenting and signing and sharing the online Petition to increase awareness of this issue and also please come and Sign the Paper Petition at the Shops.

You can also pick up a copy of the Petition signing sheet help get 10 signatures and drop it back to the Shops.

In the next Update we will deal with meeting some of the local Business Owners.

Yours Sincerely

Michael Andjelkovic JP
Independent Community Campaigner for Liverpool