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Corrections log
20 April 2026 — Fiji's National Referendum Bill: what it says, what it restricts, and why it matters: vote threshold clarified
An earlier version of this article stated that the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2025 required 42 votes to pass. The Hansard of 11 March 2025 records the bill receiving 40 votes in favour — short of the three-quarters parliamentary majority required under Section 160 of the 2013 Constitution. Parliamentarians in the debate variously described that threshold as requiring 41 or 42 votes from the 55-seat parliament. The article has been updated to remove the specific threshold number and state the vote count of 40 directly.
Correction noted: 21 April 2026.
3 May 2026 - Parliamentary Watch: Fiji Ratifies the Pacific Resilience Facility
An earlier version stated the FijiFirst opposition and the ratification date at 30 April 2026. The briefing has been updated.
Correction noted: 3 May 2026.
17 June 2026 - Election Watch: Part 1 of 5
An earlier version stated that Biman Prasad could be referred to FICAC. The article has been updated to a charge by FICAC in October 2025.
Correction noted: 17 June 2026.
18 June 2026 - What the Republic Requires and Deserves
An earlier version listed the coup in 2000. The updated version has updated the year to 1999.
Correction noted: 18 June 2026.
22 June 2026 - What Heredity Cannot Teach
An earlier version of the sources block for this article attributed the chapter at press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p54581/pdf/ch20.pdf to Robert Norton in The 2006 Military Takeover in Fiji. The chapter is in fact Morgan Tuimaleali'ifano's "Indigenous title disputes: what they meant for the 2006 election," in From Election to Coup in Fiji: The 2006 campaign and its aftermath, edited by Jon Fraenkel and Stewart Firth (ANU Press, 2007). The citation has been corrected. FPR regrets the error.
Correction noted: 22 June 2026
3 September 2026 - Leaders missing and China ‘furious’: the Pacific Islands forum off to a decidedly shaky start
An earlier version published an incorrect article. The correct article has now been republished.
Correction noted: 6 September 2026
17 September 2026 - Ten Months to Five Weeks: The Compressed Public in Fiji's Constitutional Review
An earlier version published an incorrect date for tabling the Fiji Constitution Review Commission Report 2026.
Correction noted: 19 September 2026
3 October 2026 - Fiji’s first referendum: a thin margin and rules still being written
An earlier version of this piece said the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026 passed its second reading with 36 votes, exactly the number required, and was headlined “no votes to spare”. That figure was the chamber voting system’s count. The Daily Hansard for 2 October 2026 records 38 Ayes, including 2 virtual votes from Hon. L.S. Qereqeretabua and Hon. I. Tuiwailevu, with 5 Noes, 9 abstentions and 1 member not voting. The earlier version also said all 53 sitting members were present. Hansard records all members present except Hon. S.S. Kirpal, so under the Speaker’s ruling the threshold was calculated on 52 members, giving a required 35 votes. The Bill passed with 3 votes to spare. The headline and text have been updated, and the Standing Order reference has been corrected to 8(2A).
Correction noted: 19 October 2026