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In Parliament address, Modi vows to put Australia at centre of Indian thoughts
Fp Staff •Speaking extempore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Australian Parliament on Tuesday calling for closer bilateral security cooperation and a comprehensive global strategy to tackle the menace of terrorism.
G20 leaders agree on ambitious plan to boost global GDP by $2 trillion
Fp Archives •As power shortages loom, here's why the India-Australia uranium deal matters
Fp Staff •Despite the removal on ban, the nuclear trade has not started yet as both the nations were ironing out differences to ensure a smooth uranium business.
Australia to enter formal partnership with NATO at summit
Fp Archives •Although Australia is not a NATO member, its troops fought alongside the coalition in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Aus stations counterterrorism units at airports as Islamic State threat grows
Fp Archives •The Australian and US governments on Wednesday signed an information-sharing agreement to bolster their ability to confirm identities of foreign travelers at airports.
Tony Abbot warns of home grown terror, tells migrants to be on 'Team Australia'
Fp Archives •Abbott's government is hardening its terror laws to make it more difficult for Islamic extremists to travel from Australia to fight in places such as Iraq and Syria and easier to arrest them on their return.
Trade with India flagging, engage with govt now: Australia white paper
Fp Archives •The white paper, a joint initiative of the Australia India Business Council (AIBC) and Australia India Institute (AII), was presented to Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop in Sydney last week
More bodies of MH17 victims to be dispatched to Netherlands
Fp Archives •Dozens of containers holding remains of victims of the Malaysia Airlines crash were loaded aboard two military transports to go to the Netherlands
MH370 mini-sub search of ocean zone to end in a week: PM
Fp Archives •Australia accidentally makes names of 10,000 asylum seekers public
Fp Archives •A file published on a government website by mistake held the names, nationalities and locations of nearly a third of all people held in Australia's immigration detention network.