His Excellency Mr. Bryce Hutchesson, is an accomplished diplomat of Foreign Service of Australia and Charge de Affairs of Australian High Commission in Pakistan. He visited Command and Staff College and delivered a lecture to students on Pakistan – Australia Relations – Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward. He opened his talk by admiring the rich history of Command and Staff College and the strong diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Australia while focusing on common heritage and bilateral defence cooperation. He appreciated the contribution and sacrifices made by Pakistan Army in Global War on Terrorism and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations. He explained Australian perspective of strategic environment in the Indo Pacific Region with focus on great power competition, economic connectivity, military modernization, maritime security and non-traditional security threats. Thereafter, he dilated upon the contours of response by the Australian government to these challenges and areas of cooperation between Australia and Pakistan to include counter terrorism, climate change, people to people contacts, food security, economic engagement and sports. He also dwelled upon the purpose, role and function of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (commonly known as QUAD) and AUKUS and the areas in which member countries are cooperating with each other. Talk was followed by an interactive Questions and Answers session.