Name: John McCarthy
Title: Retiring after serving as Australian High Commissioner in India
Age: 67
Career: Started his career in 1965 as a barrister in London. In 1968, he joined the Department of External Affairs and went on to serve as the Australian Ambassador in seven countries including the US during 1995-97
Education: Studied at Cambridge University where he received Masters of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees
Interests: Asian Art, trekking, travel.
Now you mentioned that there could be an issue with the Indian students going to Australia with a long term view of settling there. Is that something that the embassy here in New Delhi looking at, say when you are granting visas?
It’s more of a policy issue in Australia and it’s not just for India but globally.
(This story appears in the 03 July, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
I fully agree with comments of Mr Mccarthy. Being a frequent visitor to Australia with a large business presence there, I can definitely say that as a nation and people Australians are not racists. The Govt. policies do not distinguish natural born citizens as against immigrants having acquired citizenship. The recent attacks are an offshoot of the Global Financial crisis while Indians could be at the receiving end also because of the negative country image generated globally by the blockbuster award winner movie SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. General law and order seems to have deteriorated in some pockets of the country where we need to be extra careful.
on Jul 5, 2009What more can be expected from a country whose roots have derived as a result of punishment from Crime in England. Violence is set in the Genes. Indians must be more compassionate as they are getting educated in the backdrop of passive and hibernated Genetic characters.
on Jun 27, 2009