Australia's minister for the Pacific says the government still expects the deployment to the Solomon Islands to be short-term despite political ructions over a no-confidence motion.
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Zed Seselja said Australian Defence Force and federal police personnel were in the Solomon Islands to provide peace and stability amid tensions over the prime minister's China stance.
"Further judgments will be made as to what should be the length of our stay, but it's still our anticipation that it would be a relatively short period of time," he told Sky News on Monday.
"When we were asked to respond initially, we were seeing burning buildings, we were seeing some violence, we were seeing looting and rioting and that has not been the case largely since the Australian presence has been on the ground."
Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare faces a no-confidence motion on Monday spearheaded by the country's opposition leader Matthew Wale. The motion is not expected to pass.
Mr Sogavare is refusing calls to resign.
Government MPs in the Solomon Islands have been accused of taking Chinese bribes to stay in the country and support the prime minister, who is also accused of being dependent on Chinese money.
More than 200 police and soldiers from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Fiji are on alert amid fears the vote could trigger another outbreak of violence.
Senator Seselja reiterated the government's position that Australia would not intervene in domestic politics, with troops being deployed to stop the country descending into violence.
Accusations of bribery should be dealt with by the country's officials, he said.
"It's up to the people of the Solomon Islands through their government, through their parliament (which is) ultimately answerable to their people ... to be accountable when there are these suggestions," he said.
"It's up to individual countries as to how they deal with those issues when there are those type of allegations or those type of suggestions."
But new laws passed by the Australia parliament in the past week allow the government to slap Magnitsky-style sanctions on corrupt individuals, banning them from entering the country and freezing their assets.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne did not respond to questions about whether the government would consider Solomon Islands officials as some of the first targets under the new legislation.
Violence erupted last month in part due to protesters still being resentful the Solomon Islands government ended diplomatic ties with Taiwan to establish formal links with China in 2019.
Australian Associated Press
