Speaking at length on Australia’s defence policy and Indo-Australian strategic relations, the Australian Minster for Defence, Hon Kevin Andrews today lauded India’s crucial contribution in supporting the security, stability and prosperity of the Indian Ocean region and the stability of a wider, rules-based global order. The Minister was delivering a lecture on ‘Australia’s Defence Policies and Growing Synergies with India’ at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) on September 2, 2015.