<p dir="ltr">Indeed. Of course when senators sponsor a petition into the senate the first demand is "so senator did you see Anonymous of postcode 3032 type this in or have you just wandered in here with a pile of rubbish about a matter that is in the lower house?"</p>

<div class="gmail_quote">On 11/06/2014 10:27 AM, "Joseph Goldman" <<a href="mailto:joe@apcs.com.au">joe@apcs.com.au</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
    
  
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    It makes sense to me - an online petition, unless sanctioned, run
    and reviewed by government department(s), could technically be made
    up of mostly 'fake' votes, with little effort by a single
    individual.<br>
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    <div>On 11/06/14 10:23, Alex Zaia wrote:<br>
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        <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000000">Do
          you have a source for this?</div>
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          I'd be interested in seeing just how little effort goes into
          listening to the voice of the people.</div>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 10:17 AM,
            Geordie Guy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elomis@gmail.com" target="_blank">elomis@gmail.com</a>></span>
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              <p dir="ltr">Online petitions are almost always
                inadmissible in parliament under parliamentary rules.
                They are binned without being read.</p>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On 11/06/2014 9:40 AM, "Terry
                    Sweetser (SkyMesh CTO)" <<a href="mailto:terry%2BAusNOG@skymesh.net.au" target="_blank">terry+AusNOG@skymesh.net.au</a>>
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                      Where's the online petition?<br>
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                      <a href="http://about.me/terry.sweetser" target="_blank">http://about.me/terry.sweetser</a><br>
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                      On 11/06/14 01:58, Skeeve Stevens wrote:<br>
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                        Regarding iiNet's urging to its customers to
                        petition against the Australian Governments
                        proposed changes to copyright legislation -
                        link: <a href="http://www.itnews.com.au/News/387813,iinet-urges-consumers-to-lobby-govt-on-piracy-changes.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.itnews.com.au/News/387813,iinet-urges-consumers-to-lobby-govt-on-piracy-changes.aspx</a><br>

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