In June 2012, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard paid a visit to Mexico to attend the VII G20 Summit in Los Cabos.

[5] In August of that same year, Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove paid a visit to Mexico and met with President Enrique Peña Nieto to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between both nations.

[7] In April 2023, Director General for Asia-Pacific of the Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Fernando González Saiffe, paid a visit to Australia for senior officials talks.

Mexico's main exports to Australia include: motor cars and other vehicles for the transport of people and goods, telephones and mobile phones, data processing machines, chemical based products, medical appliances, tubes and pipes of iron or steel, coffee, vegetables, milk, seafood, and alcohol.

[12] Australian multi-national companies such as Chep, Incitec Pivot, Macquarie Capital, Nufarm, QBE Insurance, Worley (among others) operate in Mexico.

[citation needed] In 2014, it was reported that "Violent Mexican cartels with links to Australian crime gangs are infiltrating the nation's illicit drug trade."

"[21] A report by the University of Canberra found that the cartels "have already established linkages in the Asia-Pacific and are attempting to expand these with a particular focus on penetrating the Australian market.