No Parallel Importation of Books into Australia Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/no-parallel-importation-of-books-into-australia.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 7 Apr 2026 11:33 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Eric Nigh [Signature #1456] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8046948?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:06:37 UTC 8046948 kathy spring [Signature #1455] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7125273?utm_medium=rss pls do something about this issue

Thank You

]]> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:50:45 UTC 7125273 Jeffrey Williams [Signature #1454] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6598865?utm_medium=rss I believe that Parallel Importation will result in the decline of Australian publishers, which will cause more Australian authors to go with foreign publishing houses. This will likely force the author's to compromise their literary visions due to cultural differences. The end result being a loss of Australia's independent literary culture.

]]> Wed, 2 Dec 2009 02:34:38 UTC 6598865 Ian Rodenhuis [Signature #1453] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6568551?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:39:16 UTC 6568551 Susanna Davis [Signature #1452] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6502600?utm_medium=rss Please protect australian authors!

]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:21:22 UTC 6502600 Kathryn Dodd [Signature #1451] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6497747?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:49:12 UTC 6497747 Jane McKenzie [Signature #1450] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6426038?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Nov 2009 05:33:09 UTC 6426038 Tim Wundke [Signature #1449] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6425356?utm_medium=rss I'm not an author myself, but one of my friends is, and I can understand just how destructive the removal of PIRs would be to him and to all Australian authors. We should be standing up for the 'little guy' in this situation, not the retailers.

]]> Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:57:29 UTC 6425356 Miriam Meehan [Signature #1448] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6425293?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:31:45 UTC 6425293 Georgia Phillips [Signature #1447] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6425211?utm_medium=rss Enable Australian teacher librarians to introduce our students to Australian history, literature, and culture. Keep Australian publishing and writing alive!

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:45:06 UTC 6425211 Jane Eden [Signature #1446] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6424601?utm_medium=rss Protect our artists

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 07:34:08 UTC 6424601 lucas thorn [Signature #1445] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6421993?utm_medium=rss working in the book industry, i can tell there are very few people who really do understand the impact this will have. it's not opening the industry up to "free trade" or "fair practice." it won't make books cheaper. it will just cripple local publishers until our book industry ends up the same as our movie and music industries - dead. sold overseas by our government.

]]> Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:04:52 UTC 6421993 Erikah Lennox [Signature #1444] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6419886?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Nov 2009 07:01:13 UTC 6419886 Anonymous [Signature #1443] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6408297?utm_medium=rss Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:56:11 UTC 6408297 Anonymous [Signature #1442] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6395593?utm_medium=rss Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:45:11 UTC 6395593 Karyn Gottschling [Signature #1441] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6390586?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:33:10 UTC 6390586 Tricia Borg [Signature #1440] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6386296?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:35:12 UTC 6386296 Patrice Castignolles [Signature #1439] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6386212?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:10:45 UTC 6386212 Marion Gaborieau [Signature #1438] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6386191?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:04:56 UTC 6386191 Juliette Kent [Signature #1437] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6385458?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:49:15 UTC 6385458 Steven Mannyx [Signature #1436] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6384548?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:09:58 UTC 6384548 Jacey Mason [Signature #1435] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6383883?utm_medium=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:44:17 UTC 6383883 Brigid Magner [Signature #1434] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6380084?utm_medium=rss Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:43:24 UTC 6380084 Neil Rose [Signature #1433] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6362716?utm_medium=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:55:15 UTC 6362716 Jill McDougall [Signature #1432] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6362652?utm_medium=rss I rely on sales of Australian books for my livelihood and fully support the findings of the ALP Working Party.

]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:19:31 UTC 6362652 Allan Garside [Signature #1431] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6362616?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:50:56 UTC 6362616 Moira Elliott [Signature #1430] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6351568?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:41:41 UTC 6351568 Ryan Miller [Signature #1429] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6349930?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:12:30 UTC 6349930 Anonymous [Signature #1428] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6346951?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:45:02 UTC 6346951 Ariella Adler [Signature #1427] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6346151?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:08:28 UTC 6346151 Ellie Stumm [Signature #1426] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6336715?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:02:19 UTC 6336715 Nina Florence [Signature #1425] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6318364?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:23:00 UTC 6318364 amy graham [Signature #1424] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6315738?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:33:47 UTC 6315738 Jacob McKenzie [Signature #1423] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6313956?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:57:51 UTC 6313956 Robert McKenzie [Signature #1422] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6313951?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:55:23 UTC 6313951 Lorraine Knight [Signature #1421] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6313283?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:16:33 UTC 6313283 kathryn knight [Signature #1420] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6313226?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Oct 2009 08:58:58 UTC 6313226 Stefan Kussy [Signature #1419] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6292880?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:44:39 UTC 6292880 Aurelio Garcia [Signature #1418] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6292659?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2009 07:41:24 UTC 6292659 Coordelia Dumas-Brown [Signature #1417] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6292373?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:24:19 UTC 6292373 Tim Crawford [Signature #1416] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6292351?utm_medium=rss We already have a variety of prices in Australia. If people want a trade paperback for $19.99 they can get it from the discount stores, they can get it for the RRP $32.99 elsewhere. That's a significant difference.
I don't trust greedy corporations like Dymocks and Kmart

]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2009 06:19:31 UTC 6292351 Mia Pippen [Signature #1415] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6288785?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:32:49 UTC 6288785 William Murray [Signature #1414] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6279596?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Oct 2009 08:46:44 UTC 6279596 Anne Marshall [Signature #1413] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6270551?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Oct 2009 06:52:26 UTC 6270551 Gordon Wilson [Signature #1412] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6270396?utm_medium=rss Why mess with our industry when your own report is unsure if it will reduce the price of books or if that price would even be passed on to consumers!!!

]]> Thu, 1 Oct 2009 05:57:02 UTC 6270396 Christine Christison [Signature #1411] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6263530?utm_medium=rss Everything should be done to help Australians.

]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:39:01 UTC 6263530 Elizabeth Hodgson [Signature #1410] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6263129?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:33:43 UTC 6263129 Thomas Weaver [Signature #1409] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6260013?utm_medium=rss It's a rubbish bin not a trash can.

]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:20:53 UTC 6260013 Julia Weaver [Signature #1408] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6254132?utm_medium=rss Please keep the laws in place. We need them to preserve not only one of the most viable industries in Australia but also our unique Australian culture that is enhanced and expressed through our literature. Plus, I would very much like to keep my job!
Thank you.

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:49:23 UTC 6254132 Helen Hunter [Signature #1407] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6252602?utm_medium=rss As an American who has lived in both Australia and the US I'm concerned and appalled by this attempt to lift the PI restrictions. This will rob children in both countries of a full and rich literary experience.

]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:59:14 UTC 6252602 Justin Giuliano [Signature #1406] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6250367?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:26:10 UTC 6250367 Dennis Ogden [Signature #1405] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6249424?utm_medium=rss Why do governments continually boast of Australia's diverse cultural make-up when secretly and actively sell off our culture under international corporate pressure.

]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:02:33 UTC 6249424 yiota petridou [Signature #1404] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6248125?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:49:14 UTC 6248125 Kim Miller [Signature #1403] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6247856?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2009 06:02:22 UTC 6247856 Ryan Kennedy [Signature #1402] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6247685?utm_medium=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:51:39 UTC 6247685 Patricia Puddle [Signature #1401] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6247343?utm_medium=rss I'm an aspiring writer of children's books. My stories are all set in Australia and the characters live in a rural setting and use Australian slang. I would hate to have to get my books published overseas. They would no longer be Australian. Please retain the current restrictions on the Parallel Importation of books.

]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:12:21 UTC 6247343 Gloria Williamson [Signature #1400] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6245220?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:16:38 UTC 6245220 Cecilia Dart-Thornton [Signature #1399] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6245092?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:16:26 UTC 6245092 Sharon McKenzie [Signature #1398] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244853?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:14:33 UTC 6244853 Bronwyn Taylor [Signature #1397] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244730?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:56:20 UTC 6244730 Kate Beddoes-Eagles [Signature #1396] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244619?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:38:30 UTC 6244619 aven hodgess [Signature #1395] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6243913?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:38:42 UTC 6243913 Dianne Millett [Signature #1394] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6240360?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:55:52 UTC 6240360 Zoe Barron [Signature #1393] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6240296?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:25:53 UTC 6240296 Janeen Brian [Signature #1392] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6239981?utm_medium=rss Protect our integrity and our identity!

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:51:37 UTC 6239981 Simon Meates [Signature #1391] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6238077?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:10:34 UTC 6238077 Pamela Sidney [Signature #1390] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6237714?utm_medium=rss I agree with the petition text 100%
Pamela

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:50:05 UTC 6237714 Jen Jewel Brown [Signature #1389] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6236187?utm_medium=rss Similar provisions have resulted in a smaller amount of local acts getting released and a narrowing of opportunities for local artists as profits from proved overseas hits are taken away from the companies who use these to invest in unproven Australian talent.

Please protect our precious local culture, already being swamped in television and film. Look what happened to our film industry, so strong in the early days, when the US big money studios used economic clout to book out all the theatres

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:34:41 UTC 6236187 Maryanne Hyde [Signature #1388] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6230045?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:33:09 UTC 6230045 Mike Barnes [Signature #1387] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6227460?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:49:05 UTC 6227460 Rebecca Newman [Signature #1386] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6224264?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:53:55 UTC 6224264 Tamsin Ainslie [Signature #1385] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6224200?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:25:07 UTC 6224200 Kathryn Kipfmiller [Signature #1384] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6223501?utm_medium=rss The removal of Parrallel Imporation structures is harmful to all Australian authors.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:06:21 UTC 6223501 Warren Winton [Signature #1383] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6214664?utm_medium=rss To their economic, political and military domination of Australia, the greedy foreign monopoly interests now want to add cultural imperialism.
Stone the crows!

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:00:36 UTC 6214664 Anonymous [Signature #1382] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6205960?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:44:10 UTC 6205960 Nansi Kunze [Signature #1381] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6202016?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:42:25 UTC 6202016 Sophie Marjanac [Signature #1380] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6201626?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:24:16 UTC 6201626 Barbara Hatten [Signature #1379] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6197829?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:31:03 UTC 6197829 Jane Arthur [Signature #1378] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6195395?utm_medium=rss Our country is unique. What we have to offer because of who we are is extremely valuable.
We are a creative and commercial force that is valuable in the world market place. Treat the markets here with respect not with a sense of resignation to the fate of a "small" trader. We are what makes life interesting, lets not water ourselves down until the flavour is unrecognizable! This is the beginning of an amazing time for Australia! Celebrate!

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:09:40 UTC 6195395 Annika Jonsdottir [Signature #1377] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6191871?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:04:56 UTC 6191871 Bronte Perry [Signature #1376] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6191758?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:01:09 UTC 6191758 Heather Jones [Signature #1375] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6191693?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:30:02 UTC 6191693 Anna Hardenberg [Signature #1374] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6191566?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:47:52 UTC 6191566 Elizabeth hansen [Signature #1373] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6191435?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:29:16 UTC 6191435 Rebecca Maxwell [Signature #1372] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6188397?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2009 05:30:44 UTC 6188397 Roger Pond [Signature #1371] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6188284?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:19:48 UTC 6188284 Trevor Turner [Signature #1370] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6188086?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:58:42 UTC 6188086 Glenn Thompson [Signature #1369] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6188041?utm_medium=rss Lets face it free trade is a fast. All the evidence show that this proposal will not make books cheaper. The only thing it will do is cost jobs and give bigger profits to the big end of town.

]]> Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:26:24 UTC 6188041 Monica Foggin [Signature #1368] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6186937?utm_medium=rss Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:55:53 UTC 6186937 Tony Nicholls [Signature #1367] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6184287?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:24:51 UTC 6184287 Marite Jones [Signature #1366] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6182683?utm_medium=rss we meed to support local authors and publish them in Australia,we need to encourage our own writers. We also need to keep the business here.

]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:17:49 UTC 6182683 Deborah Jordan [Signature #1365] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6180829?utm_medium=rss Australian literature only started to really come into its own when Australian copyright was introduced and parallel importation blocked. This needs to stay so we can find our own voices.

]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:19:58 UTC 6180829 Estelle Bridgeman [Signature #1364] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6180162?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:37:23 UTC 6180162 margaret lynette (nette) hilton [Signature #1363] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6179956?utm_medium=rss What price a book? Dollars and cents, pounds and pennies.
What price a culture? Priceless.

]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:34:41 UTC 6179956 Carol Jones [Signature #1362] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6179654?utm_medium=rss As a children's book author I anticipate my income being affected by the proposed changes. I also believe that the entire Australian publishing industry would be economically and culturally diminished for little, possibly zero, return.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:19:44 UTC 6179654 Christine Bird [Signature #1361] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6178389?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:04:50 UTC 6178389 Paul Perkins [Signature #1360] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6178112?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:41:44 UTC 6178112 Anonymous [Signature #1359] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6177549?utm_medium=rss Protect Australian world-view & idioms & spellings; until that is seriously addressed as a target there should not be a change to current laws on this issue.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:08:26 UTC 6177549 Sandra White [Signature #1358] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176325?utm_medium=rss It is vital to protect the interests of indigenous publishers for the sake of authors, the local industry itself and diversity for readers.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:26:33 UTC 6176325 Anne Witney [Signature #1357] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/6176016?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:09:54 UTC 6176016