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ABC News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Fiji re-opens Great Council of Chiefs building
Today marks a historic moment in Fiji with the re-opening of the Great Council of Chiefs building after it burned down in 2019. The Council was once a powerful political body before being abolished in 2012 under Frank Bainimarama's Fiji First government. Its revival under current Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's leadership has sparked debate about tradition, identity, and national unity. "Like the Phoenix rising from ashes, that's what the reopening of this open is," said Dr Eci Nabalarua, Scholar at the University of the South Pacific. "It's really the restoration of a very important institutional link of Fijian traditional governance and also marks the commitment to preserving cultural traditions and heritage."
ABC News
19-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Foreign Minister Penny Wong begins tour of Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu
Foreign Minister Penny Wong is today on a three country tour of the Pacific, starting in Fiji where she will meet with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and representatives of Pacific governments. Minister for the Pacific, Pat Conroy says implementing those agreements and initiatives will be the first step. Parents of children under 10 years of age in Papua New Guinea have been urged to immunise their children against the Polio virus. The Diocese of North Queensland is on the brink of financial collapse, as it faces millions in redress claims from survivors of historical child sexual abuse. Today marks a historic moment in Fiji with the re-opening of the Great Council of Chiefs building after it burned down in 2019.
