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http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=135877
 
Briefs 
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 
Local News in Brief 
Australian aid 
AUSTRALIA is giving $172,454 in assistance to help in cyclone rehabilitation work. 
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Canberra was concerned for the welfare 
of those affected by Cyclone Mick, and would offer the appropriate assistance through 
UNICEF, Fiji Red Cross Society and National Disaster Management Office. "This 
funding will provide for the immediate distribution and replenishment of relief and 
sanitation supplies, and to help conduct damage assessments," Mr Smith said.