The Australian High Commission today remained mum on High Commission staff voluntarily leaving Fiji in light of the two death threats received.

Fijivillage sent questions to the High Commission on whether Australian High Commissioner James Batley would voluntarily leave the country however, the High Commission stated it would not comment on the issue.

The Australian government has reiterated that they are still concerned about the safety of their High Commissioner to Fiji, James Batley and all their staff based at the High Commission in Suva.

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith said in an interview with ABC Pacific beat, that he has also raised concern that the request for additional Australian security to protect the commission has been denied by the Interim Government.

Following this, Smith told reporters in Canberra that they had decided to allow the families of Australian officals at the High Commission to return to Australia if they wished to do so.