Fiji PM decries Australia's 'climate change deniers' in Turnbull cabinet

Frank Bainimarama says: 'The Australian government, in particular, seems intent on putting its own immediate economic interests first'

The prime minister of Fiji has delivered a blistering broadside at his Australian counterpart, Malcolm Turnbull, over the "climate change deniers" in his government who are helping doom Australia's "unlucky island neighbours".

Frank Bainimarama criticised Australia and New Zealand for failing to back Pacific island nations over climate change, claiming that the entire region risked being wiped out by rising sea levels, extreme weather and ruined agriculture.