The tampon tax was axed after parliament received a petition with 104,185 signatures. Unlike the UK, there is no signature threshold that would force the Australian House of Representatives to debate a petition. Photograph: Darren England/AAPBut I thought if a petition gets 10,000 signatures they have to talk about it in parliament. Late last year an inquiry into parliamentary petitions delivered this report, which recommended MPs be given 10 minutes on Mondays when parliament sits to present petitions. And the tampon tax was axed.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2019 18:00 UTC