Assembly blogspot is now "out there"

The Legislative Assembly blogsite is now uploaded on the internet and the address is - http://yourparliamentyourvoice.blogspot.com. It is planned that “Your Parliament Your Voice” be posted on the blog after it is published each week along with other newsworthy items about the Parliament and the Norfolk Island community.

Budget sessions are continuing almost daily this week. When presentations are completed at the end of next week the Budget Review Committee has the task of cutting proposed expenditure to “fit the cloth” as the saying goes. Assembly members will then have the opportunity to determine what is essential funding in the forthcoming financial year to meet the basic needs of both the public service and the community at large. The budget will be tabled in the Assembly on 9 June 2010.

Praise for Norfolk
My meeting with Mr. Milton Bradley on Thursday brought home to me how dependent Norfolk Island is on its wonderful network of volunteers; and the nine-member executive of the Norfolk Island Amateur Sports and Commonwealth Games Association is a demonstration of that fact The executive is working hard behind the scenes to ensure that The Queen’s Baton Relay on Norfolk Island is as well supported as it was in 2006. The Queen’s Baton relay is one of the great traditions of the Commonwealth Games and symbolizes the gathering of people from across the Commonwealth at a four yearly festival of sport and culture. The Queen’s Baton comes to Norfolk Island from Tuvalu on Wednesday 2 June and leaves our shores en route to Singapore on the 5th June; the Legislative Assembly will hold a ceremonial sitting to receive the Queen’s Baton into the Chamber on Thursday 3 June 2010 at 9.30 am. Our Minister with responsibility for Sport, the Hon Tim Sheridan MLA, will join Mr. Milton Bradley and Mr. Dennis Sterling on Radio VL2NI on Monday 17 May after the 8 o’clock local news to talk about the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and the Queen’s Baton relay on Norfolk.

We have a sitting of the Assembly next Wednesday 19 May at 10 am and matters listed on the Notice Paper are published elsewhere in the Norfolk Islander by the Office of the Clerk under the heading Matters for the Sitting. The Notice Paper, Programme, Minutes of Proceedings, Hansard and Standing Orders of the Legislative Assembly can be accessed on www.info.gov.nf under the heading Legislative Assembly matters.