International Bar Association International Labour Organization International Monetary Fund Internal Security Decree import substitution

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

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

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

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

5 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.