‘There is growing demand for Nepali cultural cuisine in Australia’

Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Tim Watts on proposed air services between Nepal and Australia and development activities that it plans to support.

Tim Watts is Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia. Before getting into Parliament, Watts worked in the technology sector as a senior manager at Telstra and a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons). He worked on critical tech issues including the rollout of the National Broadband Network, auction and distribution of sections of the radio communications spectrum and network pricing regulation. Watts is the author of two books, The Golden Country: Australia's Changing Identity and Two Futures: Australia at a Critical Moment (cowritten with fellow Member of Parliament Clare O'Neil). Watts was in Nepal on a two-day visit to strengthen bilateral cooperation, discuss shared strategic interests and further Australia’s trade and investment ties. The Post’s Sangam Prasain sat with Watts to talk about proposed air services between Nepal and Australia and development activities that it plans to support. Excerpts: