Senate debates

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Questions without Notice

Ukraine

2:51 pm

Photo of Marise PayneMarise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source

The Australian government is working as closely as possible with a range of international partners, and that most certainly includes the United States, the United Kingdom, members of the European Union and non-EU countries in Europe, as well as our counterparts in Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore and others in the region. The Australian government has taken the strongest possible approach to our sanctions listings, including listing over 500 individuals and entities. That list of course includes President Putin himself and President Putin's most senior advisers; the members of the Duma, who I and Australia regard as the political facilitators of this egregious invasion; senior members of the Belarussian system as well, including President Lukashenko and his immediate family—

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