New strategy to power Queensland-India trade and investment growth

• Crisafulli Government launches new strategy to strengthen one of Queensland’s fastest-growing international partnerships.
• The Queensland-India Trade and Investment Strategy 2025-2028 focuses on priority sectors including education, energy and resources, digital innovation and sports technology and infrastructure.
• Crisafulli Government is delivering a better lifestyle through a stronger economy, with the Strategy reinforcing Queensland’s commitment to more substantial and deeper ties with India, after a decade of Labor neglect.  

The Crisafulli Government has today delivered a new Queensland-India Trade and Investment Strategy 2025-2028, setting out a bold agenda to strengthen one of the State’s fastest-growing and most important international relationships. 

The launch of the Strategy today comes ahead of the Premier’s mission to India later this month, which marks the second trade mission to the market in the last six months. 

While the Crisafulli Government is serious about building and strengthening trade relationships, under Labor, they were allowed to languish, and Queensland exporters were suffocated under mountains of red tape and a skilled worker shortage.

The Queensland-India Trade and Investment Strategy 2025-2028 sets clear priorities for growth between Queensland and the key market, focused on:

• Energy and resource security, to harness Queensland’s strengths in mining, resources and energy to advance India’s energy security objectives. 

• Food and agriculture, including growing Queensland’s food, agriculture and agritech presence in India. 

• Life sciences and health innovation, such as increasing Queensland’s strategic health and innovation partnerships with India. 

• Sports ecosystem and infrastructure, by leveraging India’s aspiration to boost its global profile through hosting major international sporting events and the development of elite sporting programs. 

• Research and education, including by pursuing new partnerships with India to support skills development, innovation, research and commercial outcomes. 

Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training Ros Bates said the Crisafulli Government’s focus on India – a key member of the Quad Strategic Dialogue which Queensland has been backed to host in 2026 – was a strong demonstration of its importance for Queensland. 

“The Crisafulli Government is serious about delivering a better lifestyle through a stronger economy, and it’s critical we make the most of the opportunities that exist in India, while remaining mindful of what our Queensland and Queenslanders can offer in return,” Minister Bates said. 

“Our Queensland-India Trade and Investment Strategy is a blueprint for how we will do that – it lays the foundation for a future focused partnership and sends a strong message that Queensland is open for business. 

“As Queensland’s fourth-largest trading partner and our second-largest export market, the Crisafulli Government recognises the opportunities for Queenslanders through more trade with India.  

“A stronger trading relationship with India means more, and better paying jobs, and that is a central part of living up to our promise to deliver Queenslanders the lifestyle they deserve, after a decade of Labor neglect.  

“That is why this new strategy sets out how Queensland will capitalise on India’s momentum across traditional sectors like resources, agriculture and education, as well as emerging industries in critical minerals, health innovation, sports technology and advanced manufacturing.”  

Trade and Investment Queensland (TIQ) will play a central role in delivering the strategy, with its global and India-based teams working alongside Queensland exporters and investors to open new markets, attract investment and build enduring partnerships.

The Queensland–India Trade and Investment Strategy 2025-2028 is available at tiq.qld.gov.au.

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