Aust sends doctors and aircraft to Fiji

A RAAF Globemaster carrying urgent humanitarian supplies and personnel has touched down overnight in cyclone-ravaged Fiji.

Four helicopters which will help carry out disaster assessments are also on their way and a RAAF Orion surveillance aircraft is on standby.

An aeromedical evacuation team of six health workers will provide lifesaving support in remote outer islands hardest hit, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement on Tuesday.