Petition

Welcome to our e-petition portal. This portal allows members of the community to start a petition for consideration by Council as well as sign up to support other causes.

How it works:

1. You create a petition. Only residents can create a petition.
2. You require 3 people to support your petition. We’ll tell you how to do this when you’ve created your petition.
3. We check your petition, then publish it. We only reject petitions that don’t meet the standards for petitions.
4. Only residents can then sign your petition — and can only sign a petition once.
5. Our internal Petitions Committee reviews all petitions we publish. They select petitions of interest to find out more about the issues raised. They will also independently verify your petition and its signatures.
6. At 1,000 signatures you get a response from the organisation.
7. At 10,000 signatures your petition will be considered for a debate Council and further community engagement activities may be initiated.

Our Standards:

All petitions must meet the standards for the petition as outlined below;

• A petition must call for action from the organisation and Council
• A petition must relate to an issue which the organisation or Council has direct jurisdiction over
• The petition must be unique and not already open
• A petition will be rejected if it breaches the guidelines outlined in the Petition FAQ's.
• A petition may be recalled at the discretion of the organisation and Petitions Committee.