Title page
Contents
Chair's Foreword 3
Membership of the Committee 8
Terms of Reference 10
1. Introduction 11
Background to the inquiry 13
2. Accessibility 14
Background 14
Development of the e-petitions system 16
The standing orders 17
Citizenship and residency requirements 18
Current requirements 18
Verification of current requirements 19
Other jurisdictions 20
Citizenship and residency requirements 20
Verification of citizenship and residency 21
Committee comment 22
Potential age requirement 22
Current requirements 23
Implications and enforcement of age requirements 24
Other jurisdictions: age requirements 25
Committee comment 25
Use of official records 26
Types of official records 26
The Commonwealth Electoral Roll 27
The Digital Identity program 28
Document Verification Service 29
Identity verification and accessibility 30
Paper petitions 31
Technical alterations 32
Other jurisdictions 33
Committee comment 33
3. Petitioning security 35
The e-petitions system 35
System security 37
Security of personal information 38
Other jurisdictions 39
Implementing additional security 41
Committee comment 43
Fraudulent activity on petitions 43
The impact of fraudulent activity 44
Number of signatures 45
Action taken on petitions 46
Presentation to the House 46
Referral to minister 47
Referral to a committee 47
Indirect action 47
Other jurisdictions 48
Impact of fraud on petition outcome 49
Committee comment 50
Appendix A. Submissions 52
Figure 2.1. Self-declaration of citizenship and residency status on e-petitions 20