The President has declared a state
of emergency under Article 77 of the Constitution and made
presidential orders for a general election on 8 June 2013
and the removal of the Speaker ...
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On 23 May 2013 the Speaker
dissolved the 20th Parliament in accordance with Article 41(4) of
the Constitution.
A general election is to be held on 22 June 2013.
See Gazette ...
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Parliament could not proceed on
Thursday 23 May 2013 due to lack of quorum.
The Parliamentary sitting on
Tuesday 21 May 2013 was adjourned for lack of quorum
until 2pm ...
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If the President advises the Speaker to dissolve
Parliament, the Constitution says that advice must be referred
to Parliament.
The Supreme Court has clarified what "referral ...
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Statement of Hon Godfrey Thoma
MP
Speaker of Parliament
26 April 2013
Honourable Members
Because we have no quorum, we
cannot proceed to transact any business ...
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At the sitting on Thursday 25 April
2013 at 10am Hon Godfrey Thoma was elected Speaker of
Parliament.
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On 15 April 2013 the President
advised the Speaker of Parliament to dissolve Parliament under
Article 41 of the Consitution.
Under that Article the
advice must be referred ...
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Honourable Ludwig Scotty MP
resigned as Speaker of the Parliament on the morning of Thursday 18
April 2013 shortly after he adjourned the House until the ringing
of the bells, having mentioned to ...
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On Thursday 11 April 2013 the
Speaker of Parliament appointed Ann-Marie Thoma as Clerk of
Parliament.
Ann-Marie joined the Parliament
Office in 2010 as the Executive Secretary for the ...
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The Parliamentary sitting at 10am
on Tuesday 30 April 2013 was adjourned for lack of quorum until
10am Thursday 2 May 2013.
The Parliamentary sitting at 2pm on
Friday 26 April 2013 (the ...
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Acting under Article 41(5) of the
Constitution, the President withdrew his advice for dissolution of
Parliament on Thursday 11 April 2013. This means that the
Speaker is not obliged to ...
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The Supreme Court recently decided
2 matters resulting in a statement by the Court of the correct
interpretation to be applied to Article 41 of the Constitution of
Nauru.
Article 41 ...
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At the sitting of Parliament on Friday 1 March 2013 the Speaker
referred to Parliament advice received by the Speaker from
the President to dissolve Parliament. After reading a
letter ...
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At the sitting of Parliament on 7 February 2013:
the Supplementary
Appropriation Act (No 3) 2012-2013 was passed;
the
Public Finance (Control and Management) Regulations 2012 were
tabled; ...
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Parliamentary Counsel, Katy Le
Roy, visited Canberra in late January 2013 to work with
the Australian Attorney-General's Department on the first part of a
new Crimes Bill for Nauru and ...
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Parliament sat on 21 December 2012.
1 Bill was introduced for debate on the next sitting
day:
Public
Sector Bill 2012 (No 26)
8 Acts were passed:
Accomodation
Registration ...
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Camrod Botelanga completed a 2 week
student internship with the Department of Parliament. He undertook
reception duties, assisted with a workshop conducted in conjuction
with the Electoral Registrar ...
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Parliament sat on 6 November 2012.
2 Bills were introduced for debate on the next sitting day:
Shipping
Licences Bill 2012 (No 21)
RONPHOS
(Amendment) Bill 2012 (N0 22)
6 ...
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2 Hansard officers, Nazarette
Adeang and Noeleen Reiyetsi, visited the Melbourne Parliament from
3 December to 14 December 2012 to undertake a training
attachment funded by the Commonwealth ...
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Results of
the general election 19 June 2010 (PDF format)
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Media
release - 1 November 2010 (PDF format)
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News item - 28 October 2010
Supreme Court
Decision
The President declared a state of
emergency on 11 June 2010, and has since renewed the state of
emergency on numerous ...
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