Flags flew at half mast in the community yesterday as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in the New Zealand mining disaster this week and the Acting Chief Minister Andre Nobbs has written to the Prime Minister of New Zealand expressing our sincere sympathy to our New Zealand neighbours with whom we share deep and longstanding community ties.
Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated and thanks given for our Bounty. Prayers of support and good wishes were said in churches across our community for the best outcome to flow from the discussions scheduled to take place in Canberra on the 26th November between our Chief Minister the Hon David Buffett AM, the Minister for Finance the Hon Craig Anderson MLA and the Federal Minister Simon Crean MP.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 pm a very wide cross-section of island people, representing many age groups and walks of life, gathered at All Saints Church to pray for the best outcome for the Island from these discussions. The service was timed to coincide with the meeting in Canberra and the Legislative Assembly was represented by Government Ministers, Assembly members and parliamentary staff.
As I write this week’s Your Parliament Your Voice (2 pm Friday) we are yet to receive advice on the outcome of the discussions; however the Chief Minister will brief members of the Assembly at 4.30 pm this Sunday following his arrival back on Island that afternoon with briefing of the community as soon as practicable thereafter.
The next sitting of the Legislative Assembly will be held on Wednesday 1 December 2010 at 10 am and matters listed for discussion can be read elsewhere in this publication.
At the sitting of the House on 3 November 2010 the Legislative Assembly agreed to the appointment by the Speaker of Mrs Rosemarie Gaye Evans JP as the Clerk to the Legislative Assembly and it gives me pleasure to advise that I have formalised the appointment of Mrs Evans to this senior position in the parliamentary service with effect Thursday 25 November 2010.
Issued from the Office of the Speaker on 26 November 2010 and posted on the blog site http://yourparliamentyourvoice.blogspot.com/
Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated and thanks given for our Bounty. Prayers of support and good wishes were said in churches across our community for the best outcome to flow from the discussions scheduled to take place in Canberra on the 26th November between our Chief Minister the Hon David Buffett AM, the Minister for Finance the Hon Craig Anderson MLA and the Federal Minister Simon Crean MP.
Yesterday afternoon at 4 pm a very wide cross-section of island people, representing many age groups and walks of life, gathered at All Saints Church to pray for the best outcome for the Island from these discussions. The service was timed to coincide with the meeting in Canberra and the Legislative Assembly was represented by Government Ministers, Assembly members and parliamentary staff.
As I write this week’s Your Parliament Your Voice (2 pm Friday) we are yet to receive advice on the outcome of the discussions; however the Chief Minister will brief members of the Assembly at 4.30 pm this Sunday following his arrival back on Island that afternoon with briefing of the community as soon as practicable thereafter.
The next sitting of the Legislative Assembly will be held on Wednesday 1 December 2010 at 10 am and matters listed for discussion can be read elsewhere in this publication.
At the sitting of the House on 3 November 2010 the Legislative Assembly agreed to the appointment by the Speaker of Mrs Rosemarie Gaye Evans JP as the Clerk to the Legislative Assembly and it gives me pleasure to advise that I have formalised the appointment of Mrs Evans to this senior position in the parliamentary service with effect Thursday 25 November 2010.
Issued from the Office of the Speaker on 26 November 2010 and posted on the blog site http://yourparliamentyourvoice.blogspot.com/
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