Australia–Fiji relations


Australia–Fiji relations refer to bilateral relations between Australia and Fiji. Both countries have a High Commission in the other.
Australia and Fiji share a strong bilateral relationship with extensive people-to-people links and important trade and investment ties.
There are regular two-way exchanges between Australia and Fiji, including under Australian Government programs such as Australia Awards, the New Colombo Plan, Australian Volunteers and the Seasonal Worker Programme.
Recently a “vuvale” agreement was signed between Scott Morrison and Frank Bainimarama covering economic, security, cultural and sporting support.
"It's clear now more than ever that we can put this behind us in the past, letting bygones be bygones," Mr Bainimarama told reporters in Suva on Thursday.

History

Fiji and Australia share a long history, especially under the British empire that ruled three quarters of the world in its prime. Fiji, like Australia, became a penal colony for the British empire under Queen Victoria’s reign.
Fiji was a key supplier in sugar to the British penal colonies that lay in the Pacific during Queen Victoria’s reign, until Fiji became independent on 10 October 1970.