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Narendra Modi has declared diplomatic relations with Australia have extended well over the boundary and entered "T20 mode", following a warm reception for the leader of the cricket-mad country.

The Indian prime minister announced a new consulate would be opened in Brisbane following a bilateral with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, which marked the pair's sixth meeting in the past year.

Work also progressed between the two countries on trade and renewable energy.

"This reflects a depth in our comprehensive relations, convergence in our views, and the maturity of our ties," Mr Modi told reporters.

"In the language of cricket, our ties have entered the T20 mode."

He said democratic values were the foundation of ties between Australia and India and the relationship was underpinned by trust and respect.

"The Indian community in Australia is a living bridge between our countries."

The Indian leader raised the issue of attacks on Hindu temples in Australia, saying his country would not accept "any elements that harm the friendly and warm ties between India and Australia by their actions or thoughts".

"Prime Minister Albanese has once again assured me today that he will take strict actions against such elements in the future," he said.

Mr Albanese, who will attend the G20 summit in New Delhi in September, said the countries share an ambition to conclude the Australia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement later this year.

The leaders witnessed the signing of a migration and mobility partnership which would promote the exchange of students, graduates, researchers and business people and enhanced cooperation in preventing people smuggling.

There was also agreement on the terms of reference for a new Australia-India green hydrogen task force.

Mr Albanese announced the government would set up a new Australian consulate-general in Bengaluru to help connect Australian businesses to India's booming digital industry.

He said trade and business cooperation, defence and security ties, climate action and people-to-people links underpinned the relationship.

Mr Modi was given a rock star stadium reception at Sydney's Olympic Park on Tuesday night and on Wednesday evening he and Mr Albanese stood together in front of the Sydney Opera House as it was lit up in the colours of the Indian flag.

The pair did not mention whether they had discussed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

New Delhi has also drawn criticism for not condemning Russia for its invasion.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Mr Modi's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over the weekend, where he signalled support for the nation's sovereignty, sent an important message.

"I thought that was a very important meeting and sent a very important signal about the opposition to Russia's illegal and immoral war against Ukraine," she told Sky News.

Mr Albanese earlier said India was "responsible for its own international relations", referring to India's history of non-alignment.

"India is a great supporter of peace and security and stability in our region," he said.

There was also no mention of whether the pair discussed adding traditional medicines and alternative therapies to Medicare, which the Indians have lobbied for.

Health Minister Mark Butler said Australia was interested in the expansion of traditional Indian medicine services, as it had done for Chinese medicines.

He said he welcomed applications from medical practitioners or sponsors for therapies to be included under Medicare.

The applications would be assessed by the Medical Services Advisory Council.

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Woolworths is recalling one of its ice-creams after metal was found inside the product.

The WW Cookies & Cream Classic Ice Cream Sandwiches are sold in Woolworths supermarkets and metro stores in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and the ACT.

The ice-creams with a best-before date of November 2, 2024, have been identified as containing metal that could cause injury.

People have been told to stop eating the ice-cream and return it to their nearest Woolworths store for a full refund.

No other products have been affected.

"Woolworths takes product safety seriously and apologises for any inconvenience caused by this recall," the company said in a statement

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The Queensland government has defended a decision to put patients up at a theme park resort after leaked documents showed public health patients staying at the SeaWorld resort due to a shortage of beds.

The opposition grilled new Health Minister Shannon Fentiman in parliament over leaked documents revealing the theme park's Nara resort is being used for Gold Coast patients who still require hospital-based care.

The documents say the resort was used for lower acuity patients, who are medically stable and are preparing for discharge.

However, the opposition cited one patient who had suffered a pelvic injury and was transferred from the Gold Coast University Hospital to Sea World's resort.

The LNP on Wednesday claimed he was left with a hotel bed that could not be height adjusted, and chairs unsuitable for someone with a broken hip.

Ms Fentiman said she is was happy to review that particular incident but the approach had been used by governments of both sides of politics.

The minister said she trusted doctors to decide which patients would stay at hotels and indicated such accommodation offered comfortable care where healthcare workers were available 24 hours a day.

"This model of care complements several hospital avoidance and discharge programs and helps with bed flow pressures to ease wait times in emergency departments," Ms Fentiman said.

"Decisions about how and where these patients are cared for are led by doctors."

Opposition health spokeswoman Ros Bates said patients with severe injuries are being removed from hospitals was unacceptable.

"Severely-injured patients are now pawns in the Palaszczuk government's cover-ups, as they're desperately shuffled into hotel rooms to hide the true depths of the Queensland health crisis," she said in a statement.

The use of hotels as back-up and extra accommodation is not a new concept after the former Newman government proposed a five-star hotel next to the Royal Brisbane Hospital be utilised back in 2014.

The privately run hotel was dubbed "far more cost-effective than being in a hospital ward" by former health minister Lawrence Springborg, with the then health minister eager to roll out similar plans across public hospital campuses state-wide.

Ms Fentiman went on the attack, accusing the opposition of reheating their own policy.

"We don't need whistleblowers to tell us of a policy that was started by Lawrence Springborg about how to care for patients in a very safe and comfortable way that frees up our hospitals so more people get seen quicker in our emergency departments," she told parliament.

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