Australian Foreign Minister responds to Fiji expulsion

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Updated November 4, 2009 09:53:15

Both Australia's High Commissioner, James Batley, and New Zealand's acting Deputy High Commissioner, Todd Cleaver, now have under 24 hours to leave - the third time in three years the top New Zealand official has been kicked out of Fiji. Fiji's military-backed government last expelled a New Zealand High Commissioner, Caroline McDonald, in December last year, but this is the first time Australia has had its senior ambassador expelled.

Australia' Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, fronted Australian television last night.

Presenter: Tony Jones
Speaker: Stephen Smith, Australia's Foreign Minister

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