Standards/Submissions

=Standard: Submissions=

Purpose
To provide a guide for submissions to government, parliamentary and independent inquiries, reviews and consultations, including (but not limited to):


 * Departmental inquiries,
 * Parliamentary committee inquiries,
 * Australian Law Reform Commission inquiries,
 * Royal Commission inquiries, and
 * Consultation papers, discussion papers, and issues papers.

Title pages
All submissions must include a dedicated title page with the following information:


 * who is receiving the submission (eg "Attorney-General's Department", "Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security", or "Australian Law Reform Commission"),
 * the name of the inquiry or review,
 * the Party's full name,
 * the author's names and email addresses, and
 * the full date of submission.

Author's names and email addresses may be omitted if appropriate (such as where the authors have requested it). Where no names or email address are provided, enquiries@pirateparty.org.au should be substituted.

Structure

 * Page numbers must be included.
 * A table of contents should be included for submissions longer than five pages, unless there are no distinct section headings.
 * Sections should be numbered.
 * An unnumbered introduction may be included, providing information about the Pirate Party, summarising the submission, and thanking the relevant body for the opportunity to submit.

Writing
It is preferable that submissions be written using LaTeX as it provides a high degree of uniformity and transferability. Use WriteLaTeX for collaborative editing (an account is required, but is free). Alternatively, GoogleDocs is an option.

LaTeX template
The Inquiries Officer maintains a LaTeX template for submissions that is to be used as appropriate.