Meanwhile, Fiji rebel leader George Speight says a similar coup in the Solomon Islands has not come as any surprise to him. Mr Speight says it shows up the failure of the Commonwealth mediator to the Solomons, Sitiveni Rabuka. The leader of Fiji's civil coup says the former Prime Minister and 1987 coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka tried to mediate in the first four days of the current Suva crisis. Mr Speight says Mr Rabuka has failed as a mediator both in Fiji and the Solomon Islands. ABC News Online's and Radio Australia's Conflict on Guadalcanal and Chronicle of a Conflict sites.
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The election campaign is coming as Australian retailers brace themselves for massive impacts from last month's terror attack in New York. The Anglican Church in Melbourne has attacked Australia's treatment of asylum seekers, with some members of the clergy calling for a royal commission.