Aust.NZ policies
(o+) The Australian Criticizes Hard Stance on Fiji; New Promulation Protects Women, Road Map, Mindpearl
Before taking a breather from the tense and disputed happenings of the past few days, I invite readers to reflect on the insight of today's NZ He…
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Include Fiji in Talks or Else Pacific Split: MSG
John Key had hardly finished punching above his weight by telling China what to do on Fiji and the Pacific (don't give too much aid) when the Mel…
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Beyond the Gibberish, Possible Crusher Sabotage
Commonwealth Gibberish Opinion Crosbie Walsh I don't really know why the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group¹ needed to meet in New York to dis…
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(o+) More on NZ, Australian Travel Bans
(o) NZ Refutes Gates' Allegation Fiji Village reports the NZ HighCom as saying the delay in issuing Judge Anjala Wati's medical visas was bec…
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Getting Too Close to Bainimarama
Scroll down to today's regular posting. After Sanctions What? By Scott MacWilliam There is a serious danger in the maintenance of sanctions aga…
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Snippets: President to Retire, Lau Provincial Meeting, Forum PACER, John Roughan
(G) President to Retire PM Ba inimarama has announced that President Ratu Josefa Iloilo (88, photo L) will retire on July 30, and the functions of hi…
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(o) Independent Appraisal of Effects of ANZ Policies
Notes from a Fiji friend This is a quick response on the negative consequences of Australian-New Zealand sanctions against Fiji . The sanctions o…
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Squatters Initiate Eviction of Criminals, Australian and NZ Aid Continues
No139. MORE SQUATTERS EVICTED. The anti-government blogs have been keen to publish stories of urban squatter evictions. No background or explanatio…
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Fiji's New Diplomacy
Time to Rethink When 'Bad Guy' is King of Pacific By Graham Davis* Source: The Australian/PacNews Australia’s impotence in influencing event…
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(o+) Getting Personal: Anjala Wati and My Experiences of Some Immigration Officials
See Comments to "Snippets: NZ Immigration ..." (Click COMMENTS under the post) One reader commenting on my post on Anjala Wati* said he/she…
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(B) Who Owns the (Pacific Is.) Forum?
Read what its former Director of Economic Governance, Dr Roman Gynberg, had to say in a major article in the Fiji Times 9 March 2009 . He starts by…
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Media Censorship Easing; Methodists ; Tourism Hurting; Howard's Law Office Break-in
Netani Rika, Editor of The Fiji Times Photo: The younger Netani when interviewed for the USP student journalism paper Wansolwara in April 2002, sever…
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Bainimarama wins over Melanesian countries - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Bainimarama wins over Melanesian countries By Sean Dorney in Port Vila The leaders of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have giv…
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Public Sector Reforms: 6. Effects of the Travel Bans
Edited extracts from my Interview with Parmesh Chand, Permanent Secretary Public Service Commission. Vinaka, Tui, for this transcript. Croz: How are…
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After Natadola
Scroll down for weekend postings. Look right to see Quote for the Week. Opinion Crosbie Walsh It's far too early to even guess at the medium to…
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Beyond the Gibberish, Possible Crusher Sabotage
Commonwealth Gibberish Opinion Crosbie Walsh I don't really know why the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group¹ needed to meet in New York to dis…
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Media Censorship Easing; Methodists ; Tourism Hurting; Howard's Law Office Break-in
Netani Rika, Editor of The Fiji Times Photo: The younger Netani when interviewed for the USP student journalism paper Wansolwara in April 2002, sever…
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Aust.NZ policies
Fiji's New Diplomacy
Time to Rethink When 'Bad Guy' is King of Pacific By Graham Davis* Source: The Australian/PacNews Australia’s impotence in influencing event…
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