By Neena Badhwar While Brisbane got to host G20 Summit with Modi pressing for black money to be repatriated to India as discussions on the agenda of anti-corruption, tax evasion and trade by the G 20 nations releasing a 3-page 21-point communique, Canberra received its own highlight where Mr Modi gave an address, […]
State Member for Parramatta, Geoff Lee was honoured to join thousands of members of the Australian-Indian community to celebrate the arrival of Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Australia – the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Australia in over 28 years. “I met Modi back in 2013 at the Vibrant […]
Cricket diplomacy was on show at the reception given to Narendra Modi, at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the Prime Minister saying a ‘new journey’ in India-Australia relationship has begun. Addressing a select gathering at the reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and attended by cricket greats like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil […]
Sukhmani Khorana When I first suggested the idea of an Indian diaspora conference in Australia as a response to the Australia India Institute’s ‘Beyond the Lost Decade’ taskforce report, I never thought it would one day become a reality. Now, almost a month after the event, I am not just grateful that a personal […]
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MP ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PARLIAMENT HOUSE Madam Speaker, Mr President. It is long overdue for an Indian Prime Minister to address this Parliament – given that the leaders of the United States, China, Indonesia, Britain, Canada, Japan and New Zealand have already […]
Minister for Innovation and Trade, Louise Asher Coalition announces renewal of funding for the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Expressions of interest will also be called for a second government-supported culture-specific film festival Napthine Government supporting closer cultural and economic ties with India A re-elected Napthine Government will fund the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne […]
The Hon Michael Keenan MP, Minister for Justice, has signed a Prisoner Transfer Agreement between Australia and India as well as a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Counter Narcotics Trafficking and Developing Police Cooperation. Both the Agreement and the MOU will further bolster the strong law enforcement cooperation relationship between Australia and India, and […]
THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MP, PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, paid an official visit to Australia from 16-18 November 2014, following the G20 Summit, as the guest of Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Prime Minister Modi held wide-ranging talks […]
TRANSCRIPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER THE HON. TONY ABBOTT MP JOINT PRESS STATEMENT WITH MR NARENDRA MODI, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA PRIME MINISTER ABBOTT: It’s a real honour for me to have Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India with me today in our national Parliament. I was […]
Prime Minister Tony Abbott welcomes Prime Minister Mr. Modi G20 on Sunday 16th of November endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strong pitch for repatriation of black money at its summit in Brisbane, echoing the government’s line on the need for transparency and disclosure of tax information. Modi with BRICS nations leaders Modi […]