Tony Abbott

'India is a wonderful place to do business. Today, India is a far more business-friendly place than it was a decade ago...' he said

He said that Australia wants to be as helpful as it can be. "I think Australia has this great sense of mateship, global mateship, as well as local and insular mateship," he said

The interim trade deal between both nations was signed in April last year but kicked in from 29 December. Both sides have now started working towards a comprehensive trade deal

Tony Abbott on Friday expressed confidence that India and Australia would meet the deadline of finalising the proposed trade pact.

Tony Abbott on Friday said that China has weaponised trade and it is difficult to see Beijing as a trusted partner.

Some British lawmakers have said Abbott was not suitable for the job

To focus on the RCEP, India had earlier decided to hold off talks on bilateral FTAs with both the nations

Abbott said he had gone to sleep in his office after he'd been drinking wine with 2 party colleagues