26 November 2018

Dear Mr Bartolo,

This is to provide you with an update on the progress of your recent petition on the following terms.

Petition number:
EN0725 (Please quote in future correspondence)
Date submitted:
17/09/2018
Number of signatures:
33

Terms:

Reason: The time for drought relief & that of band-aid solutions of low interest loans & short term cash relief, but time for a permanent Drought Relief Scheme(DRS). Farming is the backbone of any nation, without it, everyone is affected. Farmers should not be put through the stress they are under, financially and mentally.
Request: We therefore ask the House to vote on (DRS), including dams & pipework: 1. direct supply to farms, or, access to filling stations which would be used by farmers using a community owned water truck 2. backup by desalination plant 3. new infrastructure to reuse sewage, storm water & water from flood zones 4. In return, farmers will allocate acres of their land which they will indefinitely loan for solar, hydro & wind power production technology to be installed by the (DRS), to feed power to any infrastructure, to have it running at cost neutral to farmers. As well as additional power to feed back into the grid as green energy which will see the Scheme being paid for by any such power & ongoing maintenance & expansion costs. 5. This is a large project that will need many workers of different skill trades. We also propose that this is a perfect time for the governments of Australia, to wind back the use of Greenhouse producing electricity power stations and use the labor force that comes out of this closure, to be used and retrained if required, in the construction and maintenance of that outlined in (see.4). See original petition & information https://www.change.org/p/to the-australian-state-federal- governments-senate-proposal- for-infrastructure- implementation-for-permanent- drought-relief-water-supplies
 

The petition was considered at a recent meeting of the Committee, and certified as meeting the requirements for petitions. It was presented to the House on 26/11/2018 and has recently been referred to the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources. Under the petition requirements, Ministers have 90 days from presentation in the House to respond to a petition.

The petition details can be found on the House’s petition website at: http://www.aph.gov.au/ petitions.

Thank you for your interest and involvement in petitioning the House of Representatives. We will let you know if there are any updates to your petition.

Yours sincerely

Secretariat
Petitions Committee
STANDING COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS

PO Box 6021, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 | Phone: (02) 6277 2152 | Email: petitions.committee.reps@aph. gov.au