In 2011, trade unionism has come under serious attack by the military regime in Fiji. The military has severely beaten trade union leaders, the police have repeatedly broken up trade union meetings under the auspices of state security laws and the government has annulled by executive decree most of the fundamental labour rights protected by international labour law. The situation has now gotten ma...

And maybe the sad decline of Fiji and, to a lesser extent, Tonga as rugby powerhouses is not surprising. The sides these countries put out in this World Cup are third or fourth teams at best, the top players having long ago relocated to countries who can offer attractive wage packets. There are eight Islanders

Although for national parliaments the AV system is only used in Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea (recently adopted in the last two), it is being tried for some local elections in America. In the UK we already use AV for elections for mayors, and the system has proven to work well where there are two

Fans of the alternative vote system would do well to look at the result of the Australian election. Australia and Fiji are the only two countries in the world to use AV. The two main parties got about 80% of the vote. A record* 2 million+ people voted for minor parties, that’s around 17% –

Here’s one in the eye for a certain sort of climate campaigner. Professor Paul Kench, of Auckland University, who co-authored the study with Dr Arthur Webb, a Fiji-based expert on coastal processes, said the study challenged the view that the islands were sinking as a result of global warming. “Eighty per cent of the

Leah Wickham, a young woman from Fiji, broke down as she told the conference she will see her homeland disappear beneath the waves if we do not act now. Unlikely: The two most important islands are Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. The islands are mountainous, with peaks up to 1,300 metres (4,250 ft), and covered with thick tropical

The Commonwealth said yesterday that it had suspended Fiji after the Pacific island nation missed a deadline for opening talks on a return to democracy.

Hey, Fiji appears to be slipping under the control of the Prodiban: Editor in Chief of the Fiji Times, Mr Netani Rika, addressed journalism and communications students at the University of Queensland yesterday, telling them of life under the illegal...

Members of the Pacific Islands Forum will suspend Fiji’s membership tonight unless Prime Minister Voreqe BAINIMARAMA reneges on suspending elections until September 2014. BAINIMARAMA led a military coup in 2006 against the mostly ethnic Fijian government, promising a new constitution and electoral law more favorable to the country’s Indian minority. President Ratu Josefa ILOILO suspend...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Fiji's military ruler defied international pressure to announce elections by Friday, confirming that he would not hold them for at least five years and setting the stage for his country's ouster from a South Pacific bloc....