India

Flights facilitated by the Australian Government to return Australians from India have resumed, with a plane departing Sydney today set to pick up passengers in New Delhi before arriving back in Darwin tomorrow.

The trade and investment relationship between Australia and India will be strengthened by the launch today of the Australia India Business Exchange (AIBX).

Minister Payne announces the appointment of Ms Sarah Kirlew as Australia’s next Consul-General in Chennai.

The Australia-India-France Senior Officials’ Working Group convened via video link on 24 February.

The Quad is a key pillar of Australia’s international agenda, bringing together four like-minded democracies committed to respecting and upholding international rules and obligations through positive, practical engagement to protect and support the sovereignty, prosperity and security of the region.

Later today, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, Senator the Hon Marise Payne will join her counterparts, the US Secretary of State, the Foreign Minister of Japan and the External Affairs Minister of India, for the third Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.