VISITS OF STATE – AUSTRALIA

Australia needs to embrace its big friend

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Original article by Lisa Murray, Angus Grigg, Robert Bolton
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 10 : 23-Nov-18

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has called for greater commercial ties between India and Australia during a visit to Sydney. Kovind said there are many areas where the two countries could collaborate, including logistics and biotechnology, while he called for increased Australian investment in transport and infrastructure in India. Kovind, who is the first Indian head of state to visit Australia, urged it to embrace India "as a big country and big friend". Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Kovind he wants India to become one of Australia’s three biggest investment destinations within 20 years.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, CLARUS LAW ASSOCIATES

Macron to sign pact targeting cyber war

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Original article by Simon Benson
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 2-May-18

French President Emmanuel Macron will commence an official visit to Australia on 2 May. The Federal Government has declined to comment on speculation that Macron will sign a cyber-security agreement on the first day of his three-day visit. However, senior intelligence sources have indicated that the proposed agreement will be similar to one that Australia and the UK recently finalised. The cyber-security agreement with France would be Australia’s first with a country that is not a member of the Five Eyes intelligence network,

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, FRANCE. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AUSTRALIAN SIGNALS DIRECTORATE, COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING, UNITED STATES. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Japan visit will mark new era

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The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 2-Jul-14

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Australia and hold talks with Prime Minister Tony Abbott on 8 July 2014. During the official visit a new free trade agreement will be ratified that had been finalised in April. There will also be closer military ties between the two nations, including a deal to share defence technology. Abe will travel on to look at iron ore mining operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The last Japanese prime minister to come to Australia had been Junichiro Koizumi in 2002

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET. OFFICE OF NATIONAL SECURITY, EAST ASIAN SUMMIT, ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE. DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET