{"id":21202,"date":"2023-05-19T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21202"},"modified":"2023-05-19T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T07:42:17","slug":"australia-stands-with-ukraine-and-the-g7-against-russias-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/05\/19\/australia-stands-with-ukraine-and-the-g7-against-russias-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIA STANDS WITH UKRAINE AND THE G7 AGAINST RUSSIA\u2019S INVASION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong today announced financial sanctions and an export ban, targeting sectors of economic and strategic significance to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These additional targeted measures aim to slow Russia\u2019s war machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia\u2019s action is part of a push by international partners, who are meeting at the G7 Leaders\u2019 Summit in Hiroshima this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia has already sanctioned more than 1,000 individuals and entities who are supporting Russia\u2019s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new financial sanctions will target 21 entities and three individuals, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Subsidiaries of Russian state-owned atomic energy corporation Rosatom that are involved in nuclear research, infrastructure development and weapons manufacturing.<\/li><li>The Russian entity created to take over Ukraine\u2019s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.<\/li><li>Russia\u2019s largest petroleum company Rosneft.<\/li><li>Russia\u2019s largest gold company Polyus PJSC.<\/li><li>One of Russia\u2019s largest steel companies Severstal PJSC.<\/li><li>Defence entities supporting Russia\u2019s war.<\/li><li>Five Russian banks with operations across the Russian Federation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Australian Government will also implement a ban on the export of all machinery and related parts to Russia and areas temporarily under Russian control. This will prevent Australian goods from aiding Russia\u2019s aggression in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia stands with Ukraine and pays tribute to the unwavering resilience and courage displayed by the Ukrainian people. We mourn the incalculable losses that Ukraine continues to endure and acknowledge the far-reaching negative economic impacts Russia\u2019s invasion has had on the world, including in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia again calls on Russia to withdraw its forces from Ukrainian territory and end this war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prime-minister-anthony-albanese-said\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralia stands with Ukraine. We pay tribute to the unwavering resilience and courage displayed by the Ukrainian people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAustralia again calls on Russia to cease its illegal and immoral war against the people of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to work with the G7 and international partners to address the global impacts of Russia\u2019s invasion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis includes food and energy insecurity, which is a significant concern for our own region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"foreign-minister-penny-wong-said\">Foreign Minister Penny Wong said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis action targets sectors of economic and strategic significance to Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis includes the financial, energy, defence and metals sectors that aid and sustain Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are also banning exports of Australian machinery and related parts to Russia to slow its war machine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRussia cannot be allowed to infringe upon another country\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"export-ban-consultation\">Export ban consultation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will shortly commence public consultation on the export ban, with implementation of the ban to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Businesses or individuals that wish to participate in consultation on the machinery export ban should subscribe to alerts with the Australian Sanctions Office:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/international-relations\/security\/sanctions\/Pages\/contacts-and-links\">Australia and sanctions &#8211; Contacts and links<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong today announced financial sanctions and an export ban, targeting sectors of economic and strategic significance to Russia. These additional targeted measures aim to slow Russia\u2019s war machine. Australia\u2019s action is part of a push by international partners, who are meeting at the G7 Leaders\u2019 Summit in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/05\/19\/australia-stands-with-ukraine-and-the-g7-against-russias-invasion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AUSTRALIA STANDS WITH UKRAINE AND THE G7 AGAINST RUSSIA\u2019S INVASION&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21203,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21202\/revisions\/21203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}