Abbreviations

3FIR Third Fiji Infantry Regiment ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACS Adi Cakobau School ACTU Australian Council of Trade Unions ADB Asian Development Bank AFL Airports Fiji Ltd ALTA Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act ANC All Nationals Congress ATHL Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Ltd BKV Ba Kei Viti CAMV Conservative Alliance Matanitu Vanua CCF Citizens’ Constitutional Forum CEO chief executive officer CIAC Constitution Inquiry and Advisory Committee CO commanding officer Col colonel CRC Constitutional Review Committee CRW Counter Revolutionary Warfare CRWU Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit CSR Colonial Sugar Refinery Company DPP director of public prosecutions ECREA Ecumenical Centre for Research, Education and Advocacy

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EIMCOL Equity Investment and Management Company Limited EPG Eminent Persons Group EU European Union FAB Fijian Affairs Board FAP Fijian Association Party FBC Fiji Broadcasting Corporation FCC Fiji Constitution Commission FDB Fiji Development Bank FEA Fiji Electricity Authority FFP FijiFirst Party FHL Fijian Holdings Company Limited FHRC Fiji Human Rights Commission FICAC Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption FINTEL Fiji International Telecommunications Ltd FIRCA Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority FLP Fiji Labour Party FLS Fiji Law Society FMF Fiji Military Forces FNP Fijian Nationalist Party FNPF Fiji National Provident Fund FNU Fiji National University FPSA Fiji Public Service Association FRU Force Reserve Unit FSC Fiji Sugar Corporation FTUC Fiji Trades Union Congress FWCC Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre FWRM Fiji Women’s Rights Movement GARD Group Against Racial Discrimination GCC Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga) GDP gross domestic product GVP General Voters Party HQ headquarters xiv Abbreviations

IBA International Bar Association ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund ISD Internal Security Decree ISI import substitution industrialisation LOPP leaders of political parties Lt lieutenant MIDA Media Industry Development Authority MP member of parliament MSG Melanesian Spearhead Group NAP National Alliance Party NBF National Bank of Fiji NCBBF National Council for Building a Better Fiji NFP National Federation Party NFU National Farmers Union NGO non-government organisation NIC newly industrialised country NLTB Native Land Trust Board (later TLTB) NVTLP Nationalist Vanua Tako Lavo Party NZ New Zealand OBE Order of the British Empire PACER Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations PAFCO Pacific Fisheries Company PANU Party of National Unity PCPI Pacific Centre for Public Integrity PDP People’s Democratic Party PER public emergency regulations PICTA Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement PIDF Pacific Island Development Forum PIF Pacific Islands Forum PINA Pacific Islands News Association PNG Papua New Guinea

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PPDF President’s Political Dialogue Forum QEB Queen Elizabeth Barracks (Nabua, Suva) QVS Queen Victoria School RBF Reserve Bank of Fiji RFMF Royal (later Republic of) Fiji Military Forces RKS Ratu Kadavulevu School RTU Reconciliation, Tolerance and Unity (Bill) SAS Special Air Service SBS Special Broadcasting Service SDL Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua SODELPA Social Democratic Liberal Party SPARTECA South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement STV Soqosoqo ni Taukei ni Vanua SVT Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei TFF tax-free factory TFZ tax-free zone TLTB iTaukei Land Trust Board TNC transnational corporation UN United Nations UPP United People’s Party US United States (of America) USP University of the South Pacific VAT value added tax VDCL Vanua Development Corporation Ltd VKB Vola ni Kawa Bula VLV Veitokani ni Leweni Vanua Vakaristo Party WUF Western United Front

xvi This text is taken from The General’s Goose: Fiji’s Tale of Contemporary Misadventure, by Robbie Robertson, published 2017 by ANU Press, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.