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It's always been said in Fiji that the locals will invariably tell you what you want to hear. But the same applies when an outsider tells the locals what they want to hear. So that when an obscure Australian academic constitutional lawyer says the 2013 Constitution must be changed, he is suddenly feted as a national hero by those who want to amend … [Read more...] about # SUDDENLY PROFESSOR WHAT’S HIS NAME IS EVERYWHERE

It was meant to be a celebration of the government’s success – the taxpayer-funded party at the GPH that has again triggered national outrage close on the heels of the public revolt over the massive pay and benefits increases our politicians gave themselves, which had them already branded as greedy pigs. Biman Prasad cuts a forlorn figure in … [Read more...] about # FIJI’S MOST DELUDED MAN. AND A PRIZE HYPOCRITE

You can be sure that the Coalition government is intent on fast- tracking changes to the Constitution when it wheels in a tame academic from Australia to sing from the same song sheet about how the 2013 Constitution was imposed by Frank Bainimarama and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and should be changed. Anthony James Regan - who Grubsheet has never … [Read more...] about # YES, BUT CHANGE THE CONSTITUTION TO WHAT?

What do you do when you've just got $86-million from the taxpayers of Australia to support your budget because you haven't got enough money yourself? You throw a big party at the GPH for all your ministers to celebrate how stupid the Aussies are and rub it into your own people's faces that you are all getting big pay rises from August 1 while … [Read more...] about # HERE’S TO US. AND UP YOURS, FIJI

Will tonight’s Straight Talk on CFL-Fiji Village reveal the secret plan by unions at the University of the South Pacific for strike action to remove the Vice Chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia? There’s been nothing whatsoever in the mainstream media to this point. But Grubsheet can reveal that it is definitely happening – an uprising by staff that … [Read more...] about # STRAIGHT TALK ON THE LOOMING STRIKE AT USP (UPDATED)

...and to keep Fiji out of the clutches of the Chinese. Fiji is like an impecunious good-time girl at Traps on a Friday night. In one corner is a Chinese guy. In the other, an Aussie. Who is more likely to give her a good night out? Or does she cuddle up to one as the night progresses and then pursue the other when the drinks start to dry up? Hands … [Read more...] about # MORE AUSSIE ASSISTANCE FOR THE BEGGAR NATION…