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Grubsheet Feejee is the blogsite of Graham Davis, a dual Fijian-Australian national working as a media and communications specialist in both countries and in other parts of the Asia Pacific.
Graham has had a four decade-long career in the mainstream media in Britain, Australia and Fiji. He has reported for the BBC, ABC, SBS and the Nine and Seven Networks and has written for a range of newspapers and magazines in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. His multiple awards include Walkley and Logie Awards in Australia and a New York Festivals Medal in the United States.
More recently, Graham has been a consultant to the GeoPolitical Solutions division of the global communications company, Qorvis-MSLGROUP, which represents a range of sovereign clients around the world. Part of his brief is to assist the Fijian Government with its program to introduce the first genuine democracy in the nation’s history in 2014.
Graham is broadly supportive of the Bainimarama Government's reform agenda but invites comments from people of all political persuasions. Please don't label your return volley "anonymous". Give yourself a name or pseudonym so that readers can track your progress over time.
Many of these postings have appeared in mainstream newspapers such as The Australian and the Fiji Sun – where Graham has been a columnist - and on other websites, including newmatilda.com and Pacific Scoop NZ.
Feejee is the original name for Fiji - a derivative of the indigenous Viti and the Tongan Fisi - and was widely used until the late 19th century.
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Politics Archive
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![The folly of Australian policy towards Fiji is at the centre of a damning new landmark report that suggests the United States has lost confidence in Canberra’s ability to influence events in the Pacific and counter rising Chinese influence in the region. It calls for the immediate and unconditional lifting of regional sanctions against Fiji and for Australia to “repair […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/DSC_01711.jpg "#49 AUSTRALIA’S REGIONAL FOLLY")
#49 AUSTRALIA’S REGIONAL FOLLY
Posted on November 30, 2011 | 4 CommentsThe folly of Australian policy towards Fiji is at the centre of a damning new landmark report that suggests the United States has lost confidence in Canberra’s ability to influence events in the Pacific and counter rising Chinese influence in the region. It calls for the immediate and unconditional lifting of regional sanctions against Fiji and for Australia to “repair […] -
![There’s something deeply disturbing about the way in which the left faction of the Australian Labor Party has accepted the shameful five-to-one people swap that the Government has struck with Malaysia. Never mind the one sided nature of the deal, which sees Australia ostensibly rid itself of 800 “illegal” refugees who paid people smugglers to come to the country by […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/images-19-115x115.jpg "#37 PEOPLE TRADERS OF THE LEFT")
#37 PEOPLE TRADERS OF THE LEFT
Posted on July 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsThere’s something deeply disturbing about the way in which the left faction of the Australian Labor Party has accepted the shameful five-to-one people swap that the Government has struck with Malaysia. Never mind the one sided nature of the deal, which sees Australia ostensibly rid itself of 800 “illegal” refugees who paid people smugglers to come to the country by […] -
![Julia Gillard is finished as Australian prime minister, according to senior Labor Party figures who’ve turned their attention to identifying her successor. The smart money is on Bill Shorten, the former trade union leader who is Assistant Treasurer in Gillard’s government. The only evident impediment to toppling Gillard is the threat from the independents who keep her in government to […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/images-11-115x115.jpg "#35 ODDS SHORTEN ON SHORTEN")
#35 ODDS SHORTEN ON SHORTEN
Posted on July 20, 2011 | 10 CommentsJulia Gillard is finished as Australian prime minister, according to senior Labor Party figures who’ve turned their attention to identifying her successor. The smart money is on Bill Shorten, the former trade union leader who is Assistant Treasurer in Gillard’s government. The only evident impediment to toppling Gillard is the threat from the independents who keep her in government to […] -
![Fiji’s tourism industry – a vital pillar of the local economy – could be set for a battering as Fiji-bound flights are targeted by Australian trade unionists acting in support of their Fijian counterparts. Members of the Transport Workers Union are threatening to disrupt flights to Nadi operated by Air Pacific and Jetstar – the two carriers servicing the route […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DSC_0402-115x115.jpg "#34 THE POLITICS OF SABOTAGE")
#34 THE POLITICS OF SABOTAGE
Posted on July 18, 2011 | 12 CommentsFiji’s tourism industry – a vital pillar of the local economy – could be set for a battering as Fiji-bound flights are targeted by Australian trade unionists acting in support of their Fijian counterparts. Members of the Transport Workers Union are threatening to disrupt flights to Nadi operated by Air Pacific and Jetstar – the two carriers servicing the route […] -
![Australia and New Zealand have a long history of misjudging events in Fiji and are adding to their litany of mistakes with their tacit support for the overthrow of the Bainimarama regime. Neither country – at leadership level – will acknowledge that this has now become official policy. Yet there are clear indications that Canberra and Wellington have abandoned any […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSC_01271-115x115.jpg "#31 THUMBS UP FOR SOME COUP MAKERS")
#31 THUMBS UP FOR SOME COUP MAKERS
Posted on June 25, 2011 | 115 CommentsAustralia and New Zealand have a long history of misjudging events in Fiji and are adding to their litany of mistakes with their tacit support for the overthrow of the Bainimarama regime. Neither country – at leadership level – will acknowledge that this has now become official policy. Yet there are clear indications that Canberra and Wellington have abandoned any […] -
![The principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is a cornerstone of international law yet that principle is being flagrantly breached by Samoa in its dealings with Fiji. In a remarkable development, the Samoan Government has publicly endorsed a campaign spearheaded by the renegade Fijian military officer, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, to overthrow the government of Fijian […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/samoa_pm_tuilaepa-e1270890576175-115x115.jpg "#30 SAMOANS PLAYING WITH FIRE")
#30 SAMOANS PLAYING WITH FIRE
Posted on June 20, 2011 | 39 CommentsThe principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries is a cornerstone of international law yet that principle is being flagrantly breached by Samoa in its dealings with Fiji. In a remarkable development, the Samoan Government has publicly endorsed a campaign spearheaded by the renegade Fijian military officer, Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara, to overthrow the government of Fijian […] -
![Grubsheet has come under withering attack for its previous posting that exposed the apparent links between the so-called Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement in Australia and indigenous extremists who staged the 2000 George Speight coup. Tempers in the diaspora of the disaffected who oppose the Bainimarama regime have been sorely frayed since we published a photograph of two supposedly independent […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/D7K1731-115x115.jpg "#THE CAMERA DOESN’T LIE")
#THE CAMERA DOESN’T LIE
Posted on June 15, 2011 | 33 CommentsGrubsheet has come under withering attack for its previous posting that exposed the apparent links between the so-called Fiji Democracy and Freedom Movement in Australia and indigenous extremists who staged the 2000 George Speight coup. Tempers in the diaspora of the disaffected who oppose the Bainimarama regime have been sorely frayed since we published a photograph of two supposedly independent […] -
![The Ukrainian Club in the New South Wales city of Queanbeyan – adjacent to Canberra – was the unlikely setting this weekend for the launch of what’s being billed by its organisers as the most serious attempt thus far to dislodge the Bainimarama regime in Fiji. The star speaker was Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara – the renegade Fijian military officer […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/DSCF6713-115x115.jpg "#28 UNHOLY ALLIANCE ON FIJI")
#28 UNHOLY ALLIANCE ON FIJI
Posted on June 11, 2011 | 46 CommentsThe Ukrainian Club in the New South Wales city of Queanbeyan – adjacent to Canberra – was the unlikely setting this weekend for the launch of what’s being billed by its organisers as the most serious attempt thus far to dislodge the Bainimarama regime in Fiji. The star speaker was Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara – the renegade Fijian military officer […] -
![A bizarre rerun of the political intrigues of the 19th century South Seas aristocracy is being played out at a stately royal residence on the waterfront of the sleepy Tongan capital, Nuku’alofa. Consular House was once the home of the British High Commissioner to Tonga and the lion and the unicorn still gaze majestically down from the wall in the […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DSC_0225-115x115.jpg "#25 THE KING AND I : A PACIFIC INTRIGUE")
#25 THE KING AND I : A PACIFIC INTRIGUE
Posted on May 20, 2011 | 23 CommentsA bizarre rerun of the political intrigues of the 19th century South Seas aristocracy is being played out at a stately royal residence on the waterfront of the sleepy Tongan capital, Nuku’alofa. Consular House was once the home of the British High Commissioner to Tonga and the lion and the unicorn still gaze majestically down from the wall in the […] -
![It’s inconceivable that in any other western democracy, a national leader would tolerate a cabinet minister behaving as a parallel figure on the world stage and actively undermining the whole edifice of government at home. Yet that’s precisely what Australia’s Julia Gillard is doing through her failure to crush the audacious come-back campaign being mounted by Kevin Rudd, the man […]](http://www.grubsheet.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/images-91-115x115.jpg "#20 A NATION HOSTAGE TO ONE MAN’S EGO")
#20 A NATION HOSTAGE TO ONE MAN’S EGO
Posted on April 12, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt’s inconceivable that in any other western democracy, a national leader would tolerate a cabinet minister behaving as a parallel figure on the world stage and actively undermining the whole edifice of government at home. Yet that’s precisely what Australia’s Julia Gillard is doing through her failure to crush the audacious come-back campaign being mounted by Kevin Rudd, the man […]