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Australia seeks Fiji security deal despite China fears
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has downplayed concerns of pushback from China over...
Ben James 6 May 2026
Australian ministers' visit pursues 'transformative agreement' to strengthen cooperation with Fiji
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Minister for Pacific Island Affairs Pat Conroy w...
Giovanni Torre 5 May 2026
Fiji willing to supplement soldiers to meet ADF personnel shortage
Australia is considering recruiting Indigenous soldiers from across the Pacific...
Andrew Mathieson 11 Jul 2025
Fiji human rights organisation challenges Prime Minister over unfinished decolonisation business
An independent Fijian community movement has called on Prime Minister Sitiveni R...
Andrew Mathieson 10 Jul 2025
Australia to grow Fiji ties after Rabuka visit
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's week-long visit to Australia has borne fru...
Ben McKay 7 Jul 2025
Pacific-Aust 'commonality' important in uncertain times

Anthony Albanese has hailed the importance of personal relationships with Pacific nations at a time when other powers are seeking to increase their influence.

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William Ton Jul 7, 2025
Fiji PM wants his citizens to fill Aussie defence ranks

Fiji's leader is open to elevating the Pacific nation's relationship with Australia to a treaty-level partnership and wants its citizens to fill the ranks of its neighbour's defence forces.

PM leans on Pacific friends ahead of G7 talks

The prime minister has stressed the importance of "trusted partners" in an uncertain world as major diplomatic talks loom. Sporting a teal and white island shirt, Anthony Albanese met with his Fijian...

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Kat Wong Jun 14, 2025
Fiji PM Rabuka orders fresh probe into resort poisoning

Fiji's government is conducting a fresh probe into a pina colada poisoning incident after an Australian victim revealed their distressing experience.

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Ben McKay May 23, 2025
Fiji among big Pacific losers under Trump tariffs

In the Pacific, some of the world's poorest economies are reeling after discovering they too will be subject to tariffs from Donald Trump's White House.

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Ben McKay Apr 3, 2025
Fiji PM Rabuka concerned by US climate, aid moves

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has implored the United States to rejoin the Paris Agreement and reconsider an aid freeze as the region fears the fallout from Donald Trump's radical policy about-f...

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Ben McKay Feb 8, 2025
Fiji leader to raise concerns in US after aid frozen

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington, the first opportunity for a Pacific Islands leader to press the region's aid and climate priorities wit...

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Kirsty Needham Feb 5, 2025
No, Fiji’s PM not taken ill at Pacific Islands Forum

WHAT WAS CLAIMEDA photo shows Fiji's prime minister in medical distress shortly before being rushed to hospital. OUR VERDICTFalse. The prime minister was not in medical distress or taken to hospital.

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Tom Wark Aug 31, 2024
Fiji PM orders removal of Chinese police officers

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has ordered the repatriation of Chinese police officers in the country due to concerns that China's growing presence in the region could undermine democratic syst...

Fiji PM welcomes visa green light, Bushmaster pledge

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has welcomed the supply of 14 Australian-made Bushmaster military vehicles and the green light of a Pacific visa scheme during an official visit to Brisbane.

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Fraser Barton Oct 20, 2023
Bushmasters drive an upgrade to Fiji-Australia ties

Australia will supply Fiji with an extra 14 Bushmaster military vehicles and fast-track visa applications for visitors from the Pacific nation.

Fiji and Australia strengthen Pacific partnership

Australia will supply Fiji with an extra 14 Bushmaster military vehicles and fast-track visa applications for visitors from the Pacific nation.

Fijian leader in Australia for trade, security talks

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will outline his nation's role in the Indo-Pacific during a visit to Australia, amid soaring regional tensions.

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Tess Ikonomou Oct 17, 2023
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