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Fiji reallocates FJ$56m in 2025–26 Budget to blunt fuel pressures, funds sugar cane price top‑up for 2025 season
Fiji’s government reallocated FJ$56 million from delayed projects to cushion the economy against rising fuel costs. Half funds a 2025 sugarcane price top‑up, the other half backs urgent measures to shield essentials and vulnerable households—described as a temporary, savings‑based reprioritisation without new borrowing, paired with tighter government spending.