To the Honourable the President and Members of the Senate assembled.

The Petition of the undersigned draws attention to the potentially damaging effects of National Competition Policy on small business such as newsagents.

Your petitioners ask the Senate in Parliament to call on the federal government to review the decisions of the Australian Consumer and Competition Tribunal which threaten the viability of newsagents and introduce legislation to override these decisions and preserve the current system of distribution for magazines and newspapers through Australian newsagents.