The event, Melbourne Meets Modi, expected to draw around 30,000 attendees, is part of PM Narendra Modi’s third visit to Australia, where he will address the Indian community alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan.

PM Modi is scheduled to arrive in Auckland on Friday and depart on Saturday, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to New Zealand in 40 years.

India-based gangsters are accused by US prosecutors of operating a transnational network involved in murder-for-hire, drug trafficking, kidnapping, extortion and weapons trafficking.

The meetings follow Albanese's visits to Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, where Australia signed a series of major regional agreements aimed at strengthening security and economic ties across the Pacific.

Telstra said around 90 per cent of affected services had been restored by afternoon.

The successful organisations represent more than 46 ethnic communities and 15 faith groups, with more than $1.6 million allocated to groups supporting new and emerging communities as well as regional Victoria.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FBI Director Kash Patel in Washington, strengthening cooperation between Australia and the United States on counterterrorism, transnational crime and intelligence sharing.

The launch formed part of Albanese's official visit to Fiji, during which he and Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka signed the landmark Vuvale Union and Ocean of Peace Alliance treaties, deepening cooperation on security, economic development and people-to-people links.

The threat appeared beneath a Facebook post promoting the "Melbourne Meets Modi" community event, scheduled to be held at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium on 9 July.

Australia and Fiji have signed two landmark treaties aimed at deepening defence cooperation, economic integration and regional security, marking what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as one of Australia's most significant international partnerships.