Australia has increased its aid to Ukraine andto assist Ukraine’s fight against Russian forces, including weapons, humanitarian help and 70,000 tonnes of coal.
Another $30 million in emergency humanitarian assistance that will focus on protecting women, children, the elderly and the disabled in Ukraine is also part of the package and takes humanitarian assistance to $65 million.The Overseas Aid Gift Deduction scheme will be amended to allow donations made to approved organisations supporting Ukrainian refugees to be tax deductible.
On Sunday, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade banned the export of all aluminium ores including bauxite, alumina, and other related products to Russia in a move that will block Rio Tinto and its Russian business partner Rusal. Aluminium is a key component in the creation of missiles and weapons such as bombs due to its strength and light weight. Aluminium is a major export for Russia, which gets 20 per cent of its alumina from Australia.added to the sanction listA spokesman for Rio Tinto said the company was in the process of terminating all commercial relationships it has with any Russian businesses.
And too prove the point :
Was the invasion of Iraq legal? U mean using WMD as excuse but in fact it was to protect the petrol dollar? By the way, has anyone being accountable for lying about WMD ?
Things must be really bad for Scott's re election chances if he is working on a Sunday.
Oh yeah,let’s send them coal - really - nah,let’s pretend to send coal but instead make a government payout to our coal mates - at no point did Ukraine ask for coal … got it yet ?
😂😂😂
Marise in the back corner. As God told
That should do it. Well worth a press conference.👍 We are being governed by fucking children. 🙄 auspol
Funny... I don't recall any government statement reported calling on the Ukrainian regime to cease their attacks on the Donbass oblasts over the past 8 years of this war (you know, where they have killed more than 4,000 civilians). 'Unprovoked'... lmao.
and did they?
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