The minister emphasised that scholarships are distributed based on population proportions, not racial preference, and urged all citizens to reflect on the consequences of their words.
Students enrolled at UWA India will also have the option to transfer to UWA’s Crawley campus in Perth, promoting global academic exchange and career mobility.
The Deputy PM outlined the depth of recent diplomatic engagement between the two countries, citing over 20 ministerial visits from Fiji to India and several high-level Indian delegations visiting Fiji in the last two years.
The report stated that more extreme weather events have been observed in Fiji, including stronger cyclones, frequent droughts, and periods of excessive rainfall.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.