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Native Fijians and ethnic Indians in a queue to vote in Fiji.

Open Australia to workers from the Pacific, says Lowy Institute

The Lowy Institute has proposed opening Australia to workers from Pacific nations including Fiji, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as a way of easing some of the shortages predicted as a result of changes to the backpacker tax and as a way of helping workers from those nations far more powerfully than could foreign aid.