Category archives for: Australian News

Australia-India strategic research fund

  The Australian Government will provide $20 million over the next four years to support scientific collaboration between Australian and Indian scientists. The Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) has supported more than 220 joint scientific projects in areas of key importance to both countries including agricultural research, biomedical devices and implants, nanotechnology and vaccines. AISRF […]

“I salute India’s achievements,” – PM Abbott

                        5.9.2014. Excerpts of transcript of  Prime Minister Mr. Tony Abbott’s address to  Indian Chambers of Commerce Lunch, New Delhi India.   Prime Minster Tony Abbott thanked Minister Sitharaman for her presence and for her words in his address to Indian Chambers of Commerce […]

Robb to lead 300-strong business mission to India

                  Australian Minister for Trade and Investment The Hon. Andrew Robb is welcomed by Dr. Naresh Chandra Pro- Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University during his visit to launch the New Colombo Plan with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb will lead a […]

Transcript of the Prime Minister Hon. Tony Abbott doorstop interview, Mumbai, India

                      Brett Lee, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist, at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.       Australian Minister for Trade and Investment The Hon. Andrew Robb lights a ceremonial candle during his visit with Prime Minister Tony Abbott […]

Brett Lee and Tannishtha Chatterjee to star in new Australian feature  ‘UNINDIAN’  

              Anupam Sharma Parramasala Ambassador is totally thrilled yet humbled with the announcement by Prime Minister Tony Abbott of the movie ‘UnIndian’ on his trip to India   Thursday September 4, 2014.  UNINDIAN, the first feature of the recently established Australia India Film Fund (AIFF) will go into production […]

PM Tony Abbott to sign Uranium deal with India

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is expected to sign off on an agreement that would allow Australia to sell uranium to India – potentially doubling overall exports to a billion dollars annually by 2018 – when he meets his counterpart Narendra Modi in Mumbai  on his current trip to India and Malaysia from September 4-6, 2014. […]

Prime Minster Mr Tony Abbott to visit India in September

  Prime Minister Abbott met with the Australia India Business Council members today on Friday morning before announcing his visit to India on September 4-6, 2014.                       Sheba Nandkeolyar – National Vice Chair Australia India Business Council, Prime Minister, Tony Abbott and Dipen Rughani – […]

Promoting women’s economic empowerment in the Indian Ocean Region

                      Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja AM will lead an Australian delegation to an Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Women’s Economic Empowerment Dialogue from 17-19 August 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. More than 100 women and men from business, government, academia […]

Hon. Julie’s Bishop’s address at AIBC dinner

                MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Hon Julie Bishop MP 7 August ADDRESS TO AUSTRALIA-INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL NSW ANNUAL AUSTRALIA-INDIA ADDRESS SYDNEY   I’m so pleased to be here this evening and I begin by acknowledging a number of special guests; Premier Mike Baird; Your Excellency, Biren Nanda, […]

Australia’s exports strong in 2013-14

              Mr Andrew Robb, Minister of Trade and Investment   August 6, 2014. New trade data released today shows strong growth in Australian exports led by resources trade with North Asia. Australian Bureau of Statistics Trade in Goods and Services data show Australian exports rose 10 per cent in […]