Joanne was holidaying in New Caledonia with her family. Now, they are 'running out of food'

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About 30 Australians are stranded in the troubled Pacific island territory of New Caledonia, as riots over proposed voting rule changes continue.

Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the troubled Pacific island territory after riots that killed four people , a traveller from Sydney said. "The kids are definitely hungry because we don't really have much option of what we can feed them," Joanne Elias said on Saturday from a resort in the capital Noumea, where her family has been holed up since the unrest broke out this week.

At least four people, including a police official, have been killed in the unrest, which could complicate President Emmanuel Macron's plan to boost French influence in the Pacific. Elias, who arrived in the country on 10 May with her husband and four children, said she had been told to fill a bathtub in case water ran out, as food stocks dwindled.

 

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