Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. It comes from revelations that, despite sanctions that the government established in 2022 to stop the import of a range of Russian goods, Australia is importing products refined from Russian crude oil—or Russian blood oil, as it's being called. Over 10 years ago Australia was calling for blood diamonds to be included in the international definition 'conflict diamonds', and now we're accepting Russian blood oil. The centre for research on energy says that in dollar terms Australia has provided twice the support to Russia, by purchasing blood oil products, that we have to Ukraine in equipment and training to help them win the war. What has your government done to quantify the volume of Russian blood oil that's being imported into Australia and the associated financial assistance to Russia's war efforts?