Australia has offered to assist Fiji establish a network of civilian disaster response teams.
This is to improve its ability to deal with events such as Tropical Cyclone Winston.
The issue was raised at a meeting when the Attorney General and Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, gave a briefing on the cyclone relief effort to the visiting Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.
The Senator said Fiji could learn from the success of the State Emergency Services that had been set up around Australia to deal with natural disasters such as cyclones and bushfires.
The AG outlined some of the challenges Fiji was continuing to face in dealing with the widespread destruction caused by Cyclone Winston in February.
He said there was a shortage of steel and timber to meet the widespread demand for building materials and the Government was working closely with the private sector to make more available as quickly as possible.
Other issues discussed included climate change and related adaptation and mitigation and the PACER Plus negotiations.