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Australia Selects Harinder Sidhu To Replace Patrick Suckling In High Commission

[NewDelhi]Australia Selects Indian Origin Harinder Sidhu To Replace Patrick Suckling In High Commission To India
Australia Appoints Harinder Sidhu As New High Commissioner to India
She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics degrees from the University of Sydney
She will replace the outgoing High Commissioner Patrick Suckling.
Australia today announced the appointment of Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu as the country’s next High Commissioner to India.
Sidhu has an Indian background who migrated to Australia as a child with her family from Singapore
Sidhu, a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, has been also serving as First Assistant Secretary of the Multilateral Policy Division.She has previously served overseas in Moscow and Damascus.
India is Australia’s 10th largest trading partner and Shares two-way investment worth over USD 20 billion,
“Sidhu will also have non-resident accreditation to Bhutan.
Australia also has strong strategic and defence ties with India, conducting its first bilateral maritime exercises in 2015.
There are also over 450,000 people of Indian descent currently residing in Australia