The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, says he does not expect violence as a result of the election of a new Prime Minister in the Solomon Islands.
Opposition MP Manasseh Sogavare, a former Prime Minister, has been elected the nation's new leader, defeating the government's candidate.
He replaces Snyder Rini, whose election as Prime Minister last month sparked riots in the capital, Honiara.
Mr Downer says he doesn't expect Mr Sogavare's election will provoke the same reaction.
"I don't have any expectation that there will be any violence flowing from the election. Of course, security has been substantially reinforced. There will be people who are on the losing side who will be disappointed of course and their supporters will be disappointed. But that's democracy."
Mr Downer also says no decision has been made about when Australia will start bringing home its troops from the Solomons.