Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040
Foreword by Nicholas Moore AO Special Envoy for Southeast Asia
In November 2022, I was honoured to be asked by the Prime Minister to lead the development of a national strategy for greater trade and investment between Australia and Southeast Asia.
Australia’s prosperity and security is intimately linked to the prosperity and security of its neighbours, and their security and prosperity is similarly linked to ours. Australia has much to offer the region through trade and investment, and we can play a key role in helping maximise the prosperity of our neighbours.
While the countries of our region are extraordinarily diverse, what unifies them is their keen sense of being neighbours, including the importance they attach to strong…
