With intense negotiations expected in Australia this week after none of the parties managed to secure a majority to form the next government, members of the Fiji government headed by Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama are hoping that there is a significant policy change in relation to Fiji.
If the Australian Labour Party headed by Julia Gillard comes back into power, no significant change towards Fiji is expected however changes are anticipated if the coalition made up of opposition parties form the next government.
While Australia faces the first hung parliament since the Second World War, Fiji's Foreign Affairs Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola said it is clear that his former Australian counterpart, Stephen Smith was not sincere about his attempts to re-engage with Fiji.
Ratu Inoke said Fiji is ready to engage in talks with any country that is genuine to assist Fiji in it's reforms.
According to the ABC, Coalition spokesperson Julie Bishop has already made the coalition's stand clear on Fiji.
Labour's Julia Gillard and the coalition's Tony Abbott are both battling to get the independents support to form the next government.
This report from the ABC.
The three sitting independent MPs in the Australian parliament have promised to work as closely together as possible, as a political deadlock continues to hang over Australia.
Also in the mix was former intelligence officer and whistleblower Andrew Wilkie, who looks likely to win the Tasmanian seat of Denison as an independent.
It is now predicted that Labor will win 72 seats and the Coalition will win 73 seats short of the 76 seats the parties need to form government in their own right.
Gillard has not ruled out offers of ministerial positions or the role of speaker as days of talks loom between Labor and the bloc of MPs.
But she denied the political limbo meant the country was in crisis, instead painting it as an opportunity to make reforms to Parliament.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
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Fiji hopes for changes as Australia faces hung Parliament
