Parliamentary Friends of India Chair, Andrew Charlton, in an exclusive interview with The Australia Today, said that India is emerging as a global super power and highlighted the importance of the bilateral relationship between Australia and India.
Mr Charlton said that Australia’s security relationship with India is important to Australia because Australia recognises the role that India is playing and will play in the future security of the region.
He also emphasised on the need to take the economic relationship to the next level especially now that the India Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IA-ECTA) will come into effect from 29th December 2022.
Calling the Indian Diaspora a ‘human bridge’ between the two countries, Mr Charlton, who is a Federal Member from Parramatta, mentioned that Parramatta was extremely lucky to have a large population of people of Indian heritage.
Mr Charlton has a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford and was Senior Economic Adviser to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and G20 Sherpa from 2008 to 2010. He was Managing Director of Accenture from 2020 to 2022 before being elected Federal Member for Parramatta.
Catch Mr Charlton’s full and exclusive interview with The Australia Today’s Editor Pallavi Jain here:
