Support The Premier's Literary Awards QLD Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/support-the-premiers-literary-awards-qld.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 05:40 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Anonymous [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12546654?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:19:41 UTC 12546654 Mr Michael Sharkey [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12518234?utm_medium=rss The abolition of the literary awards is regrettable; for years I taught Australian literature at the University of Southern Queensland, Bond University, and the University of New England, and discussion of literary production, literary merit, the publication industry, awards, marketing, i.e., contribution to Australian culture and national productivity gave students of all ages a great insight into what Australian writing contributed to an informed and literate society,. Please reconsider.

]]> Sat, 7 Apr 2012 06:06:46 UTC 12518234 margot boetcher [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12509081?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Apr 2012 04:48:46 UTC 12509081 Mrs Robin Lee [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12507046?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Apr 2012 06:43:12 UTC 12507046 Ms Katherine Cullerton [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12501289?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Apr 2012 02:57:45 UTC 12501289 Anonymous [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12500943?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:51:18 UTC 12500943 Ms Nandi Chinna [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12500068?utm_medium=rss Please reconsider this decision to axe the Queensland Premiers literary awards. These awards are an important element of writing and cultural life in Australia, and the financial support is I think a small price to pay for fostering a world class Australian writing practice.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 09:46:36 UTC 12500068 Dr Greg Bamford [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12499646?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 08:50:43 UTC 12499646 MRS Louise Forster [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12498302?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 05:45:25 UTC 12498302 Mrs Catarina Hebbard [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12497300?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 03:02:46 UTC 12497300 Leanne Mcknoulty [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12494499?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 08:14:46 UTC 12494499 Anonymous [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12494407?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:57:56 UTC 12494407 gort panzer [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12494118?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 07:08:30 UTC 12494118 Benjamin Milton Hampe [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12493969?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 06:42:14 UTC 12493969 Ms Maud Fitch [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12493926?utm_medium=rss Two mats pulled out from underneath Queensland writers. Brisbane Writers Festival Director/CEO Jane O'Hara resigns and Campbell Newman scraps the Premier's Literary Awards. Our hard-earned international credibility will plummet now.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 06:33:54 UTC 12493926 Ms L Martin [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12493884?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 06:27:00 UTC 12493884 Melissa Pizzato [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12493573?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 04:56:36 UTC 12493573 Miss Selena Silcox [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12493416?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 04:19:16 UTC 12493416 Ms Jasmine Neuenhaus [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12493111?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 02:55:01 UTC 12493111 Mr Anonymous [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492772?utm_medium=rss It is extremely important that the arts stay as they are. We need to see the unexpected, the unusual and diversity of people. Leave their individuality alone.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 01:10:34 UTC 12492772 larissa shanahan [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492743?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:58:46 UTC 12492743 Anonymous [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492683?utm_medium=rss A blow to the arts is always a blow to free expression. A democracy neccesarily entails the neccesity of free, wide ranging debate and expression open to all, and literary awards can help writers who would not otherwise rise to prominence bring fresh ideas and artistic beauty to the fore. Thus the literary awards are worth defending.

]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:33:10 UTC 12492683 Miss Natalie Harman [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492596?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Apr 2012 12:05:05 UTC 12492596 Caitlin Noakes [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492549?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:50:15 UTC 12492549 Miss Robyn Whittaker [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492508?utm_medium=rss I am a writer for the Queensland Pride and was hoping to one day enter these awards and further my career. It seems all my worst fears have been realized with this new government, they are slashing and burning the Arts with little regard to the long lasting effects it will have on the world for many years to come...this Newman guy does not care about anything other than money and lining his pockets with it at the cost of anyone in his way..but hey those who voted for him..you were warned!!!

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:38:36 UTC 12492508 mr Chris webb [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492353?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 11:06:30 UTC 12492353 Ms Kirstine Hand [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12492071?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 10:07:52 UTC 12492071 Ms Meredith Fraser [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491941?utm_medium=rss this has become a legend in Queensland from the days when creativity was not encouraged. It is a great shame to axe one of our traditons.

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:39:00 UTC 12491941 Dr Michael Carden [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491895?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 09:33:00 UTC 12491895 Mr Russel Murphy [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491717?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:58:48 UTC 12491717 Mr Owen Cole [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491680?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:51:39 UTC 12491680 Mr David Wells [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491659?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:48:27 UTC 12491659 Ms Kathy Panton [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491554?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:25:06 UTC 12491554 Mr Blair Martin [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491533?utm_medium=rss A paltry $230,000 "saving"? The message this sends out is that the current Premier and his government care little for the arts and more about financial savings of dubious merit. The arts are the most valuable commodity that is accessible to ALL Australians and bring economic return far beyond their cost, and it is a renewal resource, unlike mining.
Queensland cannot be seen to once again be the ignorant State as it was under previous conservative governments.

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:20:36 UTC 12491533 Mr Felix Spencer [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491531?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:20:22 UTC 12491531 Ms Ericka KRONSTEINER [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491512?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:14:49 UTC 12491512 Mrs Karen Collins [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491429?utm_medium=rss In the National Year of Reading, this is a very disappointing choice by the Queensland Government.

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:53:40 UTC 12491429 Mrs Meg Bathgate [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491365?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:39:38 UTC 12491365 Anonymous [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491331?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:28:58 UTC 12491331 Miss Tracy Whitelaw [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491316?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:26:03 UTC 12491316 Mr Andrew Wright [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491301?utm_medium=rss This decision makes no sense, either financially or culturally.

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:21:54 UTC 12491301 Ms Fiona Tristram [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12491292?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 07:20:10 UTC 12491292 Mr Adam Grossetti [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12490915?utm_medium=rss As a past recipient of the Qld Premiers Award for Drama I urge the Premier not to take this step backward the result of which will only damage Qld artists, the States reputation and its unique and rich storytelling culture.

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 05:54:15 UTC 12490915 Ms Joanne Burns [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12490769?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 05:19:22 UTC 12490769 Ms Marion Bell [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12487777?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:30:47 UTC 12487777 Mr Mark Roberts [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12487710?utm_medium=rss Axing the Premier's Literary Award so early in the life of the new government is a symbolic message that this new government does not value books, writing, reading or the creative imagination.

]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:17:53 UTC 12487710 AJ Noble [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12487051?utm_medium=rss Thank you for supporting the Arts Writing and Lifelong Learning by signing this petition.

Your support in advancing freedom through the Arts is an invaluable contribution to all...

AJ Noble B.A., MLitt., GradCertSocSc., (M.A.current)

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