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22/12/2022

Who are these minority groups.. in Fiji..

Fijians; Indians of Hindu and North Indian origin, Indians of Muslim origin; Indians of South Indian origin; Indians of Punjabi origin and or Indians of Gujrati Origin.

First time I have heard that there are minorities in Fiji.

Whose selected words are these.

Matter of fact, the minority communities in Fiji are of Rotuman origin and of Rabi origin.

Even descendants of Europeans in Fiji and recent migrants would be minorities in Fiji.

Amazingly it only happens in Fiji.

21/12/2022

Let’s celebrate Freedom from Kaiyum and Bainimarama in Fiji and liberation of our way life in Fiji.

Let’s celebrate and welcome a change in Governance of Fiji with Sodelpa/Peoples Alliance and National Federation Party tonight in Liverpool, NSW, Australia.

Thursday 22 December 2022 from 6pm till 11pm (Liverpool Whitlam Centre - Netball Caparks).

“Fear Not as Change is coming in Fiji”

20/12/2022

Breaking Fiji News

The New Government of Fiji will be known by this afternoon

The new government of Fiji should known by late this afternoon, as
Social Democratic Liberal Party’s Viliame Gavoka confirmed this to the local media media in Fiji.

Sodelpa Management Board meeting continues from 2pm this afternoon.

The senior politicians from FijiFirst and The People’s Alliance are expected to be part of the final presentation teams who will front the Social Democratic Liberal Party Management Board this afternoon.

The two political parties have been asked to do a presentation to the board of SODELPA, before the kingmaker decides will support who forms the next government in Fiji.

Local media News reports are confirming that there are talks of the possibility of FF leader Voreqe Bainimarama and PA’s Sitiveni Rabuka addressing the SODELPA Management Board.

Both leaders have had serious and long overdue connections with Sodelpa, especially when Frank Bainimarama overthrow democratic government of SDL/Sodelpa in 2006 and in Sitiveni Rabuka’s case, he was part of Sodelpa and after a breakaway, formed the Peoples Alliance

In other developments, Viliame Gavoka, has relinquished his party leader position as per the SODELPA constitution.

Fiji police is on high alert and is iasking for patience.

According to Sodelpa constitution, if they cannot form a government, the party leader must vacate hit or seat.

The results of the General Election were announced on Sunday, FijiFirst has 26 seats, The People’s Alliance on 21, the National Federation Party on five and SODELA has three.

A coalition with SODELPA is needed for anyone to form the government.

It is predicted that the fourth highest ranking member of Sodelpa may be promoted in the line of succession after Villiame Govoka steps down as a party leader.

The other scenario according to political pandits are that Villiame Govoka may become an independent to join Fiji First and the other two newly elected Sodelpa members may decide to form the new government with Peoples Alliance and the National Federation Party.

In the meantime, former Attorney General Aiyaz Kaiyum is remaining quite and is not seen at all.

In any event, Fiji will know the formation of the new Government by this evening.

News Source: FBC News; Fiji Times; Fiji Village News, Fiji TVNews, FBC TV News, ABC News, BBC News, and AAP.

Picture Source: FBC News

18/12/2022

Fiji Elections 2022 Update

Sodelpa is the King Maker

The Social Democratic Liberal Party will decide who will form the next government in Fiji.

No political party has an absolute majority to claim victory in the 2022 General Election, and a coalition would be required.

D’Hondt method will be used by the Fiji Electoral Commission to define ranks of all parties.

The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is a method for allocating seats in parliaments among federal states, or in party-list proportional representation systems. It belongs to the class of highest-averages methods.

The method was first described in 1792 by future U.S. president Thomas Jefferson.

It was re-invented independently in 1878 by Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt, which is the reason for its two different names.

Proportional representation systems aim to allocate seats to parties approximately in proportion to the number of votes received. For example, if a party wins one-third of the votes then it should gain about one-third of the seats.

In general, exact proportionality is not possible because these divisions produce fractional numbers of seats.

As a result, several methods, of which the D'Hondt method is one, have been devised which ensure that the parties' seat allocations, which are of whole numbers, are as proportional as possible.

The axiomatic properties of the D'Hondt method were studied and they proved that the D'Hondt method is the unique consistent, monotone, stable, and balanced method that encourages coalitions or multiparty government.

Legislatures using this system include those of Åland, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, Greenland, Guatemala, Hungary (in a mixed system), Iceland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela.

After all the votes have been tallied, successive quotients are calculated for each party.

The party with the largest quotient wins one seat, and its quotient is recalculated. This is repeated until the required number of seats is filled. The formula for the quotient is:

Fiji First 26 seats

Peoples Alliance 21 seats

National Federation Party 5 seats

Social Democratic Liberal Party 3 seats

A total of 473,910 votes were cast in this year’s General Election.

3,326 were tagged as invalid votes, while the Central Division as usual recorded the biggest turnout amongst the 693,915 registered voters.

In the Central Division, 197,604 out of the 301,192 of those registered voted.

177,601 voted in the west where there were 258, 030 voters registered.

In the North, 72, 904 voted from the 98, 674 people who were registered.

7,529 postal ballots were received, from the initial 9,916 approved applications.

News Source: SOE - Fiji, FBC News, Fiji Times News, Fiji TV News, ABC News, BBC News, and AAP News.

Picture Source: SOE - Fiji

18/12/2022

Fiji Elections 2022 Updates

Fiji First leads with 200,060 votes

As the final results are being released, by the Supervisor of Elections in Fiji, FijiFirst maintains a lead with 200,063 votes which is 42.60% of the total votes.

The People’s Alliance has 167,929 which is 35.76% of the total votes.

National Federation Party as attained 41,816 votes which is 8.90% of the total votes.

SODELPA remains as the King Maker in Fiji with a total vote of 24,191 counted and which is 5.15% of the total votes.

A total of 469,611 votes have been counted so far from 2047 stations out of 2071.

Final Results by Party as of 18 December 2022 - 9am [2047 of 2071 Stations Counted]

However, The People’s Alliance Party is saying that its values and beliefs are those similar to the Social Democratic Liberal Party.

Negotiations are being held behind closed doors, as SODELPA is the new kingmaker for this year’s General Election.

The Peoples Alliance Deputy Party Leader, Manoa Kamikamica says their party can work with SODELPA.

Kamikamica stated that the current results indicate that both PA and FijiFirst will need SODELPA to form the next government.

He adds that, despite having a working relationship with NFP, PA is hopeful that SODELPA will choose them.

Meanwhile, FijiFirst has also approached SODELPA.

It seems Ro Teimumu Kepa would either become the Deputy Prime Minister or in a surprise move by either party, she could become the first female Prime Minister of Fiji.

News Source: SOE - Fiji, FBC News, Fiji Times, Fiji TV News, ABC News and BBC News.

Picture source: SOE - Fiji, FBC News

17/12/2022

Fijian Elections 2022 Update

Battle for political leadership continues as Sodelpa becomes the political ring maker for the formation of new government in Fiji.

The battle for parliamentary seats continues and is intensify its momentum in Fiji, with the running party FijiFirst and its rival The People’s Alliance.

Both political parties continues to battle, with 1374 of the 2017 polling stations already released confirmed.

The latest updated results as issued by the Supervisor of Elections, has FijiFirst having picked up another 36,637 votes and which is now on 119,871.

This is 42.16 percent of the vote results released so far.

Peoples Alliance Party is now at 35.63% with a total of 101,318 votes.

Fiji First leader Frank Bainimarama is at 81, 354 while Sitiveni Rabuka of People’s Alliance is at 44556.

The National Federation Party is on 24, 720, which is 8.69% of the votes.

SODELPA is at 15050 and still in the five percent threshold range and is at 5.29%.

Unity Fiji is at 8425, while Fiji Labour Party is at 8028, We United party is at 4277, All Peoples party is at 1855 and the New Generation Party is at 606.

Rajendra Sharma one of the independent is at 130 while another independent candidate Ravinesh Reddy has managed 60 votes.

With People’s Alliance with 21 confirmed seats, National Federation Party with 5 seats and Social Democratic Liberal Party with 3 seats, the challenge is mounting against Fiji First with 26 confirmed seats.

Total seats at the Fijian Parliament is 55.

Fiji First requires 28 to form a government and the political ring maker is Sodelpa having 3 seats.

In another landmark scenario, People’s Alliance with 21 seats, National Federation Party with 5 seats, and Sodelpa having 3 seats could form a government with a multiparty cabinet with 29 total seats.

It looks like Ro Teimumu Kepa will be the deputy Prime Minister with either Fiji First forming a government with Sodelpa or Sodelpa forming a hover with People’s Alliances, and National Federation Party.

In either case, Sodelpa will be the political ring maker and will have Ro Teimumu Kepa as the new Deputy Prime Ministership position and having the government at its political life at ransom.

Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Kepa was born on 18 December 1945 is a Fijian chief, Member of the Parliament of Fiji, and former leader of the Social Democratic Liberal Party.

She was the first Fijian woman to serve as Leader of the Opposition.

She previously held the position of deputy Prime Minister in the Qarase-led Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) government from 2001 to 2006.

As the paramount chief of the Burebasaga Confederacy, she holds the title Roko Tui Dreketi.

Sodelpa is the party of former and deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase who was illegally removed from office by the Fiji Military and Frank Bainimarama in a coup of 5 December 2006.

He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Fiji from 2000 to 2006 after the military quashed the coup that led to the removal of Mahendra Chaudhry, in 2000 civilian coup by George Speight.

Qarase joined the Interim Military Government as a financial adviser on 9 June 2000, until his appointment as Prime Minister on 4 July of the same year.

He won two parliamentary elections, but a military coup removed him from power on 5 December 2006. He was later imprisoned on corruption charges brought by the military-backed regime

Members of the Parliament of Fiji are elected from a single nationwide constituency by open list proportional representation with an electoral threshold of 5%.

Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method.

Political parties registered in accordance with the Political Parties Act 2013 can nominate party candidates to contest the general election.

The total number of party candidates must not be more than the total number of seats in Parliament.

Independent candidates can also contest the general election.

By tomorrow morning a declaration will be made by the Supervisor of Elections with the final votes being counted for the 2022 Fiji General Elections.

News Source: SOE - Fiji, FBC News, ABC News, Fiji TV News, FBC TV News, Fiji Times and BBC News.

Picture Source: SOE - Fiji, FBC.

01/12/2022

Controversy at FIFA World Cup 2022

Now it's officially over for Germany and it's sombre scenes from both sets of fans inside the stadium as the full-time whistle has blown and Japan has a 2-1 win over Spain.

That basically means Germany's World Cup hope is all over at the group stage once again.

Japan goes through as the top team in Group E. Spain goes through by virtue of a superior goal difference.

Prior to 2018 in Russia, Germany hadn't exited a World Cup at the group stage since 1938, and now it's happened twice in a row.

It is now clear that Japan and Spain are the two teams that have qualified for the round 16 from Group E.

Having topped its group, Japan will now face 2018 finalists Croatia, while Spain gets to play the ‘easier' draw of the two, facing Morocco, who has qualified as another surprise knockout stage qualifier.

Poor referring blunder has caused Germany this World Cup in the match against Japan.

Germany's World Cup campaign has officially come to an end, there's an inquest into the second Japanese goal that ultimately knocked the 2014 champs out.

Supersub Ritsu Doan fired a shot across Unai Simon's goal and the ball looked to be heading out of play before it was kept alive by Kaoru Mitoma, who centred it, allowing Ao Tanaka to score what proved to be the winner.

The goal was initially disallowed after the on-field linesperson had determined that the ball had left the field of play.

Replays proved inconclusive, with some angles showing the ball fully out while others showed that a small segment of it remained on the field, but the VAR determined that there was enough evidence to overturn the on-field call.

"We need to hear after the game about what they're relying on here," said Socceroos great Craig Foster on SBS' coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2022.

"They have a sensor in the ball and their goal line technology clearly you don't have it across the entire goal line outside of the actual goal itself."

Those on social media were also up in arms over the goal being allowed.

In the final Group match between Costa Rica, it went down 4-2 to Germany as Costa Rican fans had dared to dream after taking the lead in the second half, but the lead lasted just minutes.

News Source: SBS News 24; Football Daily; BBC News 24; ABC News 24; Channel Nine News and SBS Radio News.

Picture Source: Channel Nine News

13/11/2022

We will cross the Eight Billion mark in 24 hours

Humanity is changing day by day in ways we can’t predict, perceive and anticipate over such short periods.

It is indeed reshaping our world over the coming centuries with technology, intellectual abilities and creativity that we have never seen or heard in this life time.

While the earth’s population is growing faster and quickly, this growth will eventually create greater demands for food security, global security challenges and further need to understand and support each other with environmental and global climate change issues.

This coming Tuesday (15 November 2022), the human beings would have reached and crossed the 8 Billion mark.

Eight Billion, it’s unbelievable and unimaginative and by the time you may have read this post, 20 people are added into the World Population Clock which is contributing towards the world’s population growth.

As the world’s population is getting older and older and in search of better and a quality life, this would mean, there are fewer people who are able to work and support more people who can’t work and contribute to the economic benefits of the global community at large.

Our cities are growing faster, better with brighter colours of growth and in turn destroying various farm lands where opportunities for both sustainable, commercial farming as well as environmental protection, and climate change issues could have been addressed.

We may have come a very long way, but for Homo-sapients (human beings), we have evolved and continue to evolve in our intellectual capacities, capabilities, amplitudes, and understandings of each other, and it’s surroundings.

Earlier this year, the United Nations latest projections, released had suggested that the World will have 9.7 billion humans on it by year 2050.

And, finally, where are we heading towards now. Progress or disaster of our civilisation.

And above all, the killer disease, (COVID-19) hasn’t gone away, and the efficacy of all vaccines may have expired, and dried out, and as such the fourth wave of the killer virus is once again on the move.

News Source: ABC News 24; Macquarie News Media; APP and BBC News

Picture Source: United Nations; & ABC News.

29/10/2022

Breaking Fiji Election News

Fiji’s General Election will be held on December 14th 2022.

According to local Fiji media reports, Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama visited the President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere at the government house.

The Prime Minister advised the President that the election will take place on the said date, as parliament has officially dissolved from today’s date.

Within 45 days the 2022 Fiji Elections will be conducted under the electoral act.

The President, Ratu Wiliame will have to announce the writ of election, a day after which the candidate nominations open and closes, (12 days after the writ has been announced). This will be on 11 November 2022.

On the 18th day after the writ, the electoral candidate ball will be drawn, (17 November 2022), where each party will find out what number their candidate has been assigned for the polling day (Election Day).

The black out period for all political and election campaigns to stop will be on Monday 12 December 2022, and Tuesday 13 December 2022.

News Source: Fiji Elections Office; FBC News Fiji, Fiji Times Online, APP, AAT, BBC News and ABC News.

Picture Source: Fiji Elections Office

26/10/2022

Laws in Fiji are a joke, just to please and suit one arm of the government.

In a very recent media report, it was published that there are growing calls for Fiji's powerful Attorney-General Aiyaz Kaiyum to stand down from office, in the wake of allegations he was involved in two bomb attacks in the late 1980s.

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum wields extensive influence in Fiji's Government and holds multiple ministerial portfolios.

Some political pundits even refer to him as the country's "de facto prime minister" and a law within his gangster political lifestyle.

In the very recent case, the National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has been charged for kissing a particular person on the cheek and for hunging.

This is a joke.

It is a known custom in Fiji, that we hung and kiss people on the cheek irrespective of the intention.

This is a case of political influence to prevent Professor Biman Prasad from constesting the upcoming election.

What a sad day for Fiji.

So here is the real politics of Kaiyum.

Some people call him "Minister A-to-Z", in reference to his many roles in the Government and his position as a key powerbroker.

"He's the de facto prime minister — he's not got the prime ministerial title, but he has been the key person in Fiji politics," John Fraenkel, an expert on Pacific politics at New Zealand's Victoria University of Wellington, once stated in the ABC News article of 28 November 2020.

"Aiyaz has been incredibly influential in handling law and justice issues and policing issues over the years."

Given his influence in matters of law and justice in Fiji, there were calls for Mr Sayed-Khaiyum to step down from his ministerial positions while the police investigation was ongoing, but then the whole investigation was swept under the carpet.

Is Fiji’s justice system independent and free from the evil hands of Kaiyum and many like him.

Let’s all pray for a brighter Fiji.

Only a revolution could change the current situation in Fiji.

25/10/2022

Padma Shri Malini Awasthi live interview with Krishna Raju live on Appna Digital Australia

25/10/2022

Malini Awasthi Live Interview Appna Digital Australia

25/10/2022

Live Interview with Padma Shri Malaini Awasthi

24/10/2022

Breaking News:

Britain’s first Prime Minister of Indian heritage - Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak to become Britain's new prime minister after Penny Mordaunt concedes.

The 42-year-old will replace Liz Truss, who was forced to resign just 45 days into her premiership after her disastrous mini-budget spooked financial markets and caused divides within her own party.

Shortly after winning the leadership, Rishi Sunak is reported to have told Conservative MPs that the party needed to "unite or die".

Mr Sunak, the former chancellor of the exchequer, later said in a televised speech that the country faced "a profound economic challenge"

It is expected that Mr Sunak will meet with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday where he will be appointed prime minister and asked to form a government.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the race on Sunday night, saying that the country and the Conservative Party needed unity.

Mr Sunak will come into the role in a politically and financially turbulent time for the UK.

The Conservative Party is languishing in the polls with opposition party Labour enjoying a 32 point lead, and he will also have to rebuild the country's economy as it slides into recession.

Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, said "nobody voted for this" and called for an election.

At 42, Mr Sunak will be the youngest person to become prime minister in the UK since Lord Liverpool in 1812.

He is also the first Hindu to hold office.

Born to Indian migrant parents in the port city of Southampton in England's south, Mr Sunak was educated at the exclusive Wi******er College boarding school where he was school captain.

Mr Sunak is the 30th British prime minister to be educated at Oxford University, graduating with a philosophy, politics and economics degree in 2001, and also gained an MBA at Stanford University in the US in 2006.

After Oxford he worked for American investment bank Goldman Sachs before stints at several hedge funds where he accumulated a significant amount of wealth.

It was at Stanford that he met his future wife Akshata Murty, daughter of billionaire businessman NR Narayana Murthy, founder of IT company Infosys.

The couple have two daughters and an estimated combined wealth of 730 million pounds (A$1.3bn), making him one of the wealthiest prime ministers to ever hold office.

His wife's non-domiciled tax status caused controversy earlier this year when it was revealed she may have avoided up to 20 million pounds (A$35m) in UK tax by saying her permanent home was outside Britain.

Ms Murthy later announced she would change her tax arrangements.

News Source: BBC News; ABC News; AAT News

Picture Source: ABC News

16/10/2022

Deepawali Mela 2022 Liverpool Australia

16/10/2022

Deepawali Mela 2022 Liverpool Australia Day 2

15/10/2022

Trikutu by Phenoix Entertainment Group at the Deepawali Mela 2022 Liverpool Australia

15/10/2022

Phonenix Trikutu Group Deepawali Mela 2022 Liverpool Australia

14/10/2022

Deepawali Mela 2022 Liverpool Sydney Australia

09/10/2022

Happy 52nd Fiji Independence Day to all.

09/10/2022

Sanatan Grand Final Award Presentation

09/10/2022

GRAND FINAL: NZ Sanatan All Stars vs Australian Sanatan All Stars

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NZ Sanatan All Stars Vs Australian Sanatan All Stars

09/10/2022

GRAND FINAL: New Zealand Sanatan All Stars Vs Australian Sanatan All Stars

09/10/2022

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09/10/2022

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Under 16 Sanatan

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Sydney Nadro v Australian Sanatan Masters extra time

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