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Date
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Program and activity
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Country or legislature represented
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30 June–5 July 2016
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Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund
The Deputy Clerk of the Cook Islands Parliament attended the ANZACATT Parliamentary Law, Practice and Procedure Course with assistance from the fund
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Cook Islands
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3 July 2016
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Pacific Parliamentary Partnerships Fund
One table computer was supplied
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Niue
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3–9 July 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
The manager of civics education and media and a senior education officer from the Fiji Parliament undertook attachments to the Victorian Parliament
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Fiji
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9–16 July 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
The manager of the Procedure Office of the Victorian Parliament supported the Fiji Parliament
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Fiji
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16–23 July 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
The manager of the Hansard Office of the Victorian Parliament supported the Fiji Parliament
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Fiji
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28 August–3 September 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
A senior education officer from the Fiji Parliament undertook an attachment to the Victorian Parliament
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Fiji
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11–14 September 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
A parliamentary educator from the Victorian Parliament and an officer from the Victorian Department of Education supported the Fiji Parliament
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Fiji
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12–24 September 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
Corporate services staff from the Fiji Parliament undertook attachments at the Australian and Victorian parliaments
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Fiji
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12–24 September 2016
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Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Project
A newly elected Tongan woman MP visited the South Australian Parliament
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Tonga
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24 September–1 October 2016
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Australia–Samoa Parliamentary Partnerships Seminar Series
Seminar 1 for members and staff of the Samoan Legislative Assembly was delivered by a former Speaker and senior officers from the department and a professor from the University of Tasmania
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Samoa
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30 October–26 November 2016
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Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Project
Research scholars from the Fiji and Samoan parliaments were attached to the Australian Parliamentary Library for three weeks and then spent one week with their twinned parliaments
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Fiji and Samoa
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15–17 November 2016
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Pacific Women’s Parliamentary Partnerships Project
A workshop was held for facilitators for the ‘Outrigger’ gender equality learning program
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Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Papua New Guinea), Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu
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28 November 2016
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Study visit programs
Government officials from Kenya visited the Australian Parliament to learn about integrity systems
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Kenya
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30 November–1 December 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
The Clerk and Government Whip from the Victorian Parliament and a former federal Opposition Whip facilitated a workshop for parliamentary whips from Fiji
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Fiji
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3–17 December 2016
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
A human resources officer from the Victorian Parliament supported the Fiji Parliament
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Fiji
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4–9 March 2017
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
A former Clerk of the Legislative Council of Victoria supported the Fiji Parliament
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Fiji
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13–22 March 2017
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Inter-Parliamentary Study Program
A study program for senior parliamentary officers from seven countries was held at the Australian Parliament looking at parliamentary procedure and administration and the Australian political system
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China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Kiribati, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Vanuatu
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24–27 April 2017
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Australia–Samoa Parliamentary Partnerships Seminar Series
Seminar 2 for members and staff of the Samoan Legislative Assembly was delivered by a former Speaker and senior officers from the department
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Samoa
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26–28 April 2017
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Fiji Parliamentary Support Program
The librarian of the Fiji Parliament attended a conference of the Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific in Seoul, Korea
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Fiji
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