Charters granted travel to Australia for work

Charters, facing two counts of aiding and abetting a FICAC officer, will attend the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026™ hospitality programme and returns for pretrial conference on March 30.

Wednesday 04 March 2026 | 00:00

Beranadeta Nagatalevu

Court Reporter

Former journalist and marketing expert Charlie Charters at the Suva Courthouse on March 4, 2025.

Photo: Beranadeta Nagatalevu

Former journalist and marketing expert Charlie Charters has been granted permission to travel to Australia for work purposes.

Charters, who faces two counts of aiding and abetting a Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) officer, appeared before Resident Magistrate Shageeth Somaratne this morning for a ruling on his bail variation application.

He will be travelling from March 5 to 26 for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026™ official hospitality programme, which began in Perth, Australia, last Sunday.