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New Zealand, Australia Prime Minister's meet to celebrate close ties New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese met here on Wednesday for their first annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders' Meeting and the celebration of several anniversaries. The meeting took place as both countries celebrate the 40th anniversary of Closer Economic Relations (CER), the 50th anniversary of the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement, and the 80th anniversary of diplomatic representation, said a New Zealand government statement. &qu...
New Zealand, Australia Prime Minister's meet to celebrate close ties
New Zealand, Australia Prime Minister's meet to celebrate close ties
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26/07/2023 4:13:21 PM
Australian Prime Minister visits Vietnam to strengthen bilateral ties Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday, discussing enhancing bilateral relations between the two nations. During the meeting, Albanese, who paid a two-day official visit to Vietnam, announced a package of 105 million Australian dollars ($69.5 million) to aid Vietnam in combating climate change, Xinhua news agency reported. Australia will also expand a programme that enables collaboration between Australia's national s...
Australian Prime Minister visits Vietnam to strengthen bilateral ties
Australian Prime Minister visits Vietnam to strengthen bilateral ties
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4/06/2023 3:38:31 PM
Australian PM vows to fix care economy  Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday launched his plan to fix the country's aged care, disability, veterans and early childhood services. Albanese released the draft National Strategy for the Care and Support Economy, vowing to deliver high quality care and support for every Australian, Xinhua news agency reported. Albanese said he wanted input from the public on how the system can be improved. "The care and support workforce is integral to the Aus...
Australian PM vows to fix care economy
Australian PM vows to fix care economy
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28/05/2023 5:18:24 PM
Australian citizenship made easier for New Zealanders Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders living in Australia will be able to claim citizenship under a policy shift, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Saturday. He announced that from July, hurdles to citizenship will be removed, allowing New Zealanders on Special Category Visa to apply directly for Australian citizenship without becoming permanent residents first, as long as they meet a four-year residence and other eligibility requirements, reports Xinhua news agency. It mea...
Australian citizenship made easier for New Zealanders
Australian citizenship made easier for New Zealanders
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22/04/2023 2:36:09 PM
Ahead of Narendra Modi's visit, renewed calls for naming Sydney suburb as 'Little India' Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Australia in May, the diaspora community in a western Sydney suburb is renewing calls to officially declare their area as 'Little India'. Home to many popular Indian eateries and retailers, Harris Park is informally referred to as 'Little India' with 45 per cent of its 5,043 residents tracing their roots to India. According to ABC News, the Parramatta Council voted last week to support a scaled-back proposal, which wil...
Ahead of Narendra Modi's visit, renewed calls for naming Sydney suburb as 'Little India'
Ahead of Narendra Modi's visit, renewed calls for naming Sydney suburb as 'Little India'
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22/04/2023 9:42:48 AM
New funding to save Australian galleries, museums from disrepair The Australian government has announced funding to save the country's top cultural institutions from a state of disrepair. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke, the minister for the arts, on Wednesday said that the federal budget for 2023-24 will include A$535.3 million ($361 million) to preserve the nine National Collecting Institutions (NCIs), reports Xinhua news agency. The nine museums, archives and galleries, seven of which are based in the Australian Capital Territor...
New funding to save Australian galleries, museums from disrepair
New funding to save Australian galleries, museums from disrepair
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5/04/2023 2:42:37 PM
Narendra Modi raises issue of temple attacks with Australian Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday raised the issue of incidents of attacks on temples in Australia with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. Modi raised the issue during the course of bilateral talks between the two leaders. "It is a matter of regret that reports of attacks on temples have come regularly from Australia over the past few weeks. It is natural that such news worries everyone in India, disturbs our mind," Modi said during a joint press briefing with A...
Narendra Modi raises issue of temple attacks with Australian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi raises issue of temple attacks with Australian Prime Minister
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10/03/2023 5:32:58 PM
India-Australia to finalise economic cooperation agreement by this year Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday said that his country and India have agreed on an early conclusion of the ambitious comprehensive economic cooperation agreement, expecting it to be finalised by this year itself. "I am hopeful that we will be able to finalise it this year," Albanese said during a joint press briefing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after bilateral talks between the two leaders. "Our teams are working on a comprehensive economic agree...
India-Australia to finalise economic cooperation agreement by this year
India-Australia to finalise economic cooperation agreement by this year
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10/03/2023 4:10:03 PM
ECTA between India-Australia to unlock next level of potential in trade, investment: Anthony Albanese Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) signed between India and Australia is a transformative agreement, which will unlock the next level of potential in trade and investment. He expressed his sincere appreciation for the large turnout of Australian investors that came to India as well as for the key Indian business houses that participated in the event. He added that the delegation of Australian investors is one of the ...
ECTA between India-Australia to unlock next level of potential in trade, investment: Anthony Albanese
ECTA between India-Australia to unlock next level of potential in trade, investment: Anthony Albanese
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10/03/2023 12:42:42 PM
Trade pact with India will unlock potential for future investments: Australian Prime Minister Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday that the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) signed between India and Australia is a transformative agreement, which will unlock the next level of potential in trade and investment. Addressing the India-Australia CEO forum here, Albanese said the business delegation accompanying him is one of the most serious and high-profile delegations to visit India from Australian shores. He also said that it is a turning point ...
Trade pact with India will unlock potential for future investments: Australian Prime Minister
Trade pact with India will unlock potential for future investments: Australian Prime Minister
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10/03/2023 9:24:18 AM
Narendra Modi, his Australian counterpart watch cricket match in Ahmedabad Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese watched the first day of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy test match at the Narendra Modi stadium here on Thursday. After arriving at the stadium, the leaders took a tour of the facility amid cheers by the amazed spectators. Later, they met their respective cricket team captains -- Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith (stand captain) -- and watched the game for about 25 minutes together. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...
Narendra Modi, his Australian counterpart watch cricket match in Ahmedabad
Narendra Modi, his Australian counterpart watch cricket match in Ahmedabad
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9/03/2023 12:19:12 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks world leaders for their Republic Day wishes  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday thanked world leaders for extending their greetings on India's 74th Republic Day. In response to a tweet by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Modi said: "Thank you Prime Minister @AlboMP. Greetings to you and to the friendly people of Australia on Australia Day." In response to a tweet by French President Emmanuel Macron, PM Modi said: "Grateful for your warm greetings my dear friend @EmmanuelMacron on India'...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks world leaders for their Republic Day wishes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks world leaders for their Republic Day wishes
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27/01/2023 9:37:34 AM
PM Narendra Modi terms India-Australia trade pact `watershed moment` in bilateral ties Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the India-Australia trade pact, which came into effect on December 29, is a watershed moment for a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. Modi also said that he looked forward to his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese's visit to India in March. Earlier, Australian PM Albanese said that he will visit India in March next year with a business delegation committed to improving two-way trade between the two nation...
PM Narendra Modi terms India-Australia trade pact `watershed moment` in bilateral ties
PM Narendra Modi terms India-Australia trade pact `watershed moment` in bilateral ties
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30/12/2022 10:19:40 AM
Australia clears FTA with India Australia on Tuesday cleared the free trade agreement (FTA) with India as its Parliament has approved the pact. Taking to Twitter, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said: "BREAKING: Our Free Trade Agreement with India has passed through Parliament." The pact is likely to be implemented on a mutually agreeable date. According to Australian law, the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (AI-ECTA) needs ratification by that country's parliament ...
Australia clears FTA with India
Australia clears FTA with India
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22/11/2022 3:25:01 PM
Australia`s trade agreement with United Kingdom moves closer to implementation The Australian Parliament is set to ratify the free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK after a key committee approved it. The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties has released its report on the FTA, concluding it would help Australia liberalise and diversify its trade with the UK, reports Xinhua news agency Under the deal, which the two countries signed in 2021, 99 per cent of Australian goods including beef, dairy and sugar will enter the UK duty free. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
Australia`s trade agreement with United Kingdom moves closer to implementation
Australia`s trade agreement with United Kingdom moves closer to implementation
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18/11/2022 2:16:51 PM
Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister Australia's Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in on Monday to become the country's 31st Prime Minister. Albanese claimed victory on Saturday night in the federal election, ending the coalition's hold on power for nearly nine years. He was sworn in by Governor-General David Hurley together with Richard Marles, Penny Wong, Jim Chalmers and Katy Gallagher, Xinhua news agency reported. Marles was sworn in as Minister for Employment and Deputy Prime Minister, Wong ...
Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister
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23/05/2022 8:57:56 AM