Roundtable Discussion
Australia and India:
Partners in the Indo-Pacific
August 2025
On 29 August 2025, the Centre was pleased to host H.E. Philip Green OAM, Australian High Commissioner to India.
India and Australia are Indian Ocean neighbours and close economic and strategic partners. India is Australia’s fourth-largest export market, a share that is set to grow, with India projected to be the world’s third-largest economy by the end of this decade. Strategically, the relationship has never been more important, with the two countries working together in the Quad and across a growing range of bilateral domains, including defence cooperation, research and innovation, critical minerals, and more. Still, as both countries seek to deepen their partnership, they face a complex set of security and economic challenges, from Trump’s trade war to the growing instability in the Indo-Pacific.
Participants in this roundtable discussion heard from High Commissioner Green on the future of the Australia-India relationship and how the two countries are navigating these complex times.
Guest speaker
Philip Green is a career diplomat with experience on four continents, having served as Ambassador or High Commissioner to Germany, Singapore, South Africa and Kenya.
He oversaw the implementation of Australia’s Indo-Pacific Strategy following its launch in 2017, and led development of Australia’s policy on the Quad from 2017 to 2019. He piloted the conclusion of the Enhanced Strategic Partnership with Germany and the Australia-Germany Hydrogen Accord (2021), and the conclusion of Australia’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Singapore in 2016, and the upgrade to the Australia-Singapore Free Trade Agreement of the same year.
Mr Green was Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s International Adviser (2009-2010), and Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Rudd (2010-2012). Mr Green was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for his role in the response to the Bali terrorist tragedy in 2002.
He is a graduate of the University of Sydney in Arts (First Class Honours) and Law. He holds honorary degrees from James Cook University and Murdoch University.
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