Australia's PM-elect Anthony Albanese is no stranger to India, but will he meet PM Modi in Tokyo?
World | May 21, 2022 20:48 ISTAlbanese traveled to the country as a backpacker in 1991 and led a parliamentary delegation in 2018.
Albanese traveled to the country as a backpacker in 1991 and led a parliamentary delegation in 2018.
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese will be sworn in as prime minister after his Labor party clinched its first electoral win since 2007.
India and Australia inked an economic cooperation and trade agreement on April 2 with an aim to boost economic ties between the two countries.
Noting that there was "serious concern" about the conflict and humanitarian situation in Ukraine, the foreign secretary said Modi and Morrison spoke about the need for a cessation of hostilities and violence.
Scott Morrison referred to the recent Quad meeting on the Ukraine crisis and said it provided an opportunity to discuss the implications and consequences of the developments for the Indo-Pacific region.
PM Modi and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had a conversation today at the second 'India-Australia virtual summit'. Talking to the Australian PM, Modi discussed how ties between both Quad nations have improved significantly. Watch the full conversation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inspected the antiquities returned by Australia.
The summit witnessed the largest ever trade pact by the Australian govt in India with Canberra set to announce investments worth Rs 1,500 cr in the country across multiple sectors.
Sources say both the nations will conclude an early harvest agreement by the end of this month. Australia on Sunday said it is hopeful of concluding an early harvest trade deal with India by the end of this month.
Morrison said it should come as no surprise that Australian officials would boycott the event after the nation’s relationship with China had broken down over recent years.
The Sydney Dialogue is being held from Nov 17-19. It is an initiative of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
It was the first meeting between the prime ministers of India and Australia since the AUKUS (Australia, the UK and the US) security partnership was unveiled last week by US President Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Morrison.
Australia will receive 4 million Pfizer doses from Britain in a swap deal that will double the quantity of that COVID-19 vaccine available to Australians.
Scott Morrison said that employers may wish to enforce a "reasonable directive" that staff must be vaccinated against Covid but that it must be "consistent with the law", Xinhua news agency reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, United States President Joe Biden, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga on Friday engaged for the first time in the historic QUAD summit and discussed issues like coronavirus, regional security, economic crisis, climate change, others.
The maiden QUAD summit, involving leaders from India, Australia, Japan and the United States, will discuss a variety of global issues ranging from COVID-19 challenge, economic crisis and climate change.
The maiden QUAD summit, involving leaders from India, Australia, Japan and the United States, will discuss a variety of global issues ranging from COVID-19 challenge, economic crisis and climate change.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for curbing Facebook's influence after the technology giant banned Australians from accessing some news content on the social media platform in response to the government's proposed media bargaining code.
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday apologized to a former government staffer who alleged she was raped by a colleague in a minister’s office two years ago.
Australia’s prime minister said Monday that a Chinese official’s tweet showing a fake image of an Australian soldier appearing to slit a child’s throat was “truly repugnant” and merits an apology. China said there would be no apology.
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