Fiji regime's Attorney-General Aiyaz-Sayed-Khaiyum ... warned trade unionists. Photo: Jet

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Report – By Shireen Lata in Suva and PMC news desk

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has been warned to stay away from Fiji – and then a delegation of unionists was today sent packing when it arrived.

Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum had earlier said the unionists would be deported if they tried to defy the government’s stand and enter Fiji.

ACTU president Helen Kelly and the delegation were barred entry because the regime claimed their fact-finding mission into allegations of repression against unionists would be “biased”. Read more »

Press Release – Fiji Interim Military Government

Our international partners have responded very positively. Australia and New Zealand have indicated that they’re offering their assistance to the people of Fiji. The same goes for the United Nations – they have some prepositioned stock in Fiji that … Read more »

Voreqe Bainimarama (pictured). is accused by Professor Wadan Narsey of covering up the decline in the Fiji economy. Photo: Scoop/Selwyn Manning.

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Opinion – By Professor Wadan Narsey

This 2010 Budget would have been outrageously scandalous had it been delivered by an elected Minister of Finance, assisted by a Permanent Secretary of Finance appointed normally by the Public Service Commission, and a lawfully appointed Attorney General.

But none of the above persons are lawful appointees. Hence the 2010 Budget Cover-up is doubly scandalous. Read more »

Speech – Fiji Interim Military Government

A-G’s Closing Address at the 11th A-G’s Conference 2009 29 November 2009 Warwick Fiji Resort and Spa Read more »

Press Release – Fiji Interim Military Government

The theme ‘Developing the Law – Challenges and Opportunities heralds an era of change and reform, says the Attorney-General, Mr Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum while officially closing the 11th Attorney-General’s Conference over the weekend Read more »

Fiji's peacekeepers ... stopping their recruitment for international duties is "not the only form of stupid sanctions". Photo: UN

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Opinion – By Scott MacWilliam in Canberra

In its most recent editorial supporting the Australian government’s “smart” sanctions policy toward the Fiji government, the Canberra Times (5 November 2009) encourages a continuation of one particular policy.
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Scott MacWilliam on a strategy rethink for Fiji. Photo: ANU

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Opinion – By Scott MacWilliam in Canberra

The latest development in ANZ-Fiji relations shows clearly why the model of sanctions being imposed on the South Pacific nation-state encourages tit-for-tat, ill-conceived moves by all parties.

While one view is that ANZ governments have been deliberately egging on the Fiji military government to become ever more extreme, this seems a less likely explanation than another possibility.
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Pacific Press Release – Fiji Interim Military Government

Statement by PM Commodore Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama on the Interference with Fiji Judiciary by Australia and New Zealand Governments
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