A minute to midnight free trade agreement with India on the eve of a federal election risks overlooking important industries that aren't "headline-grabbing", a Labor frontbencher says.
Madeline King says it's hard not to read announcements that a trade deal could be completed by the end of the week through the "lens of a dying government desperately trying to create a legacy at the eleventh hour".
"Things like language and cultural training, which are vital for healthy business relations but not as headline-grabbing as a trade deal," the opposition's spokeswoman for trade said in an address to the Australia-British Chamber of Commerce.
