India and Australia marked five years of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) on June 4, 2025. The partnership, launched in 2020 during a virtual summit between PM Narendra Modi and then-Australian PM Scott Morrison, has seen deepening defence ties, rising trade, and stronger people-to-people connections. Australian Deputy PM Richard Marles’ visit to Delhi underscored the rising strategic importance each country places on the other in the Indo-Pacific region.

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• India-Australia CSP launched in June 2020; major upgrade from earlier strategic partnership
• Trade rose to $50 billion; Australian universities opened campuses in India
• Direct flights tripled since 2022; 1 million Indian diaspora boosts ties
• Annual leader-level summits held since 2023; second one in 2024
• Military engagements grew from 38 in 2018 to 53 in 2023
• Australia hosted Malabar 2023; India joined PITCH BLACK, TALISMAN SABRE, and more
• Mutual Logistics Support Agreement signed in 2020; boosted naval cooperation
• India’s submarine docked at Perth in 2023, a first for Indian Navy
• Defence tech ties growing; Indian firms joined 2024 Indian Ocean Defence Conference
• Calls to create Australia’s NSA mechanism to deepen coordination with India