Indian Business Roundtable with Senator Penny Wong in Perth

Perth, 9 June (Australia India News News Bureau): The Indian Business Roundtable with the Hon. Penny Wong, Senator and Minister for Foreign Affairs, organised by Centre for Australia India Relations (CAIR) was held on June 9 in Perth, Western Australia. An invitation only event included guests from across the business, trade, state government and education sectors of the state. Kickstarting the Roundtable, the guests were welcomed by Mr. Tim Thomas, CEO- CAIR who thanked them for their participation and invited them to share their experiences, responsibilities and contributions towards AIECTA led bilateral engagement. He highlighted the importance of building relationships across the two countries at the bilateral level and emphasised the need to work towards delivering tangible outcome on all the key sectors identified in the AIECTA agreement.Hon. Senator Wong emphasised on the changing geopolitical dynamics around Australia especially in the Indo-Pacific region. She also emphasised on building a strong broad-based relationship and understanding with India. She said that there was a need to work towards making India and Australia the driving force in the region. She highlighted that we all need to be aware of our neighbours and friends in order tomake the right choices and make a stable rule-based ecosystem.

The key guests in the Roundtable included Senator Penny WongMinister for Foreign Affairs; Ms. Dimity Paul- Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs; Hon. Matt Keogh MP- Minister for Veterans Affairs; Ms. Tania Lawrence MP- Member for Hasluck; Ms. Florence Drummond- Co-Founder and CEO, Indigenous Women in Mining and Resources Australia, CAIR Advisory Board Member; Mr. Adam Gilchrist- University of Wollongong Global Brand Ambassador, CAIR Advisory Board Member; Mr.YazMubarakai MLA- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Aboriginal Affairs, Citizenship and Multicultural Interests; Mr. Michael Carter- President, AIBC Western Australia; Ms. Tamara Thorpe- Senior Business Development Manager, Western Australia, Tata Consulting Services; Mr. Fedele CamardaDeputy Chair, Western Rock Lobster Council; Ms. Gia Parish- Director, UWA Defence and Security Institute; Mr. Faz Pollard- Director, Adarsh Australia; Mr. Ram KuppusamyCEO, Space Angel; Ms.Neema Premji- Board member, AustraliaIndia Council; Dr. Parwinder Kaur- University of Western Australia School of Agriculture and Environment; Mr.Paritosh (Pari) Misra- Fuji Film / Vice President AIBC; Ms. Linda Dawson- DefenceWest; Mr. Vikas Rambal- Perdaman; Ms. Noelene Murray- CEO, Perdaman Global Services; Mr. Tim Thomas- CEO, CAIR; Mr. Ari Nagar- Director, CAIR; and Ms. Erin Maher- DFAT WA State Office Deputy Director.