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# SEVENTEEN IDIOTS WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

Posted on May 31, 2024 13 Comments

Imagine the scene last night in the homes of the 17 FijiFirst MPs who have been expelled from the parliament for defying a party directive not to vote to enrich themselves with increased salaries and benefits - in the case of Inia Seruiratu, the parliamentary leader, an $80,000 salary hike plus a house. Imagine the tears, the gnashing of teeth, … [Read more...] about # SEVENTEEN IDIOTS WHO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

# BREAKING NEWS. THE AXE FALLS.

Posted on May 30, 2024 40 Comments

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# THE LEAST SURPRISING NEWS OF THE YEAR

Posted on May 30, 2024 14 Comments

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# ONLY A FRESH ELECTION CAN END THIS FARCE

Posted on May 30, 2024 30 Comments

Never before has the old saying about money being the root of all evil had more resonance than as both sides of politics in Fiji implode over the scandalous salary and benefits increases the pigs at the trough of our parliament approved for themselves last week and which triggered a national outcry. As the Fiji Sun headline puts it this … [Read more...] about # ONLY A FRESH ELECTION CAN END THIS FARCE

# A TAMANI-SIZED HYPOCRITE EXPOSED

Posted on May 29, 2024 23 Comments

There are times in politics when your past statements come back to haunt you and never more so than in the case of the sanctimonious wannabe prime minister, Manoa Kamikamica. In our previous article, we savaged him for his defence of the obscene salary and benefits package passed by the parliament last week. But that was before someone with a … [Read more...] about # A TAMANI-SIZED HYPOCRITE EXPOSED

# WHY MANOA KAMIKAMICA IS UNFIT TO LEAD

Posted on May 29, 2024 11 Comments

Manoa Kamikamica is the son of one of Fiji's finest civil servants and politicians - the late Josevata Kamikamica - who was renowned for his integrity both in government and when he broke away from Sitiveni Rabuka in the 1990s to form the Fijian Association with the late Ratu Finau Mara, son of founding prime minister of Fiji, the late Ratu Sir … [Read more...] about # WHY MANOA KAMIKAMICA IS UNFIT TO LEAD

Grubsheet Feejee is the blogsite of Graham Davis, an award-winning journalist turned communications consultant who was the Fijian Government’s principal communications advisor for six years from 2012 to 2018 and continued to work on Fiji’s global climate and oceans campaign up until the end of the decade.

Fiji-born to missionary parents and a dual Fijian-Australian national, Graham spent four decades in the international media before returning to Fiji to work full time in 2012. He reported from many parts of the world for the BBC, ABC, SBS, the Nine and Seven Networks and Sky News and wrote for a range of newspapers and magazines in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

Graham launched Grubsheet Feejee in 2011 and suspended writing for it after the Fijian election of 2014, by which time he was working at the heart of government. But the website continued to attract hits as a background resource on events in Fiji in the transition back to parliamentary democracy.

Grubsheet relaunches in 2020 at one of the most critical times in Fijian history, with the nation reeling from the Covid-19 crisis and Frank Bainimarama’s government shouldering the twin burdens of incumbency and economic disintegration.

Grubsheet’s sole agenda is the national interest; the strengthening of Fiji’s ties with the democracies; upholding equal rights for all citizens; government that is genuinely transparent and free of corruption and nepotism; and upholding Fiji’s service to the world in climate and oceans advocacy and UN Peacekeeping.

Comments are welcome and you can contact me in the strictest confidence at grubsheetfeedback@gmail.com

(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)

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.