Senate debates
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Questions without Notice
Russia
2:30 pm
Fatima Payman (WA, Australia's Voice) Share this | Hansard source
My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Yesterday, it was reported that a tanker carrying fuel refined largely from Russian oil docked in Kwinana, in WA. While sanctions on Russian products exist, the fuel that has arrived in WA was reported to have been processed at the Jamnagar refinery in India. As we sit today, there are three stored oil tankers filled with products also tainted by laundered Russian oil, unable to ship to Europe because the EU has cracked down on the types of sanction evasions we're seeing happen right now in my home state. Western Australians need to be sure that, when they're pulling the trigger at the bowser, they aren't helping to pull triggers in Ukraine. What is the status of the fuel shipment, given the sanctions the government has placed on Russia?
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