Fiji's military leader has ordered Australia's and New Zealand's high commissioners in Suva out of the country.

Commodore Frank Bainimarama has announced that the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners have 24 hours to leave Fiji.

Yesterday, Fiji's chief justice Anthony Gates accused Australia and New Zealand of interfering with the operations of the Fiji judiciary.

He claimed that consular officials had told a number of Sri Lankan judges that they would be banned from entering Australia or New Zealand if they took up appointments on the Fiji bench.

It is not the first time the Commodore has expelled New Zealand's High Commissioner, but James Batley will be the first Australian High Commissioner he has ordered out.

"It is for these reasons ladies and gentleman that I have told the ministry for foreign affairs to issue communications to the Australia and New Zealand governments that their respective heads of missions have to be recalled within 24 hours," he told a news conference in Suva.

"I have also informed them that our high commissioner in Australia is to be recalled with immediate effect," he said.

The Foreign Affairs Minister, Stephen Smith, says he is disappointed by the move.

"It runs the risk of Fiji further isolating itself, not just from Australia and New Zealand and the Pacific, but from the international community generally," he said.

"My advice is that we'll receive formal advice of the expulsion of our High Commissioner tomorrow morning Fiji time."