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Treasurer delivers budget speech – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Mar 29, 2022

Amid invasion of Ukraine, Australian government announces Magnitsky-style list to target corrupt Russians

Ramping up sanctions on Russian individuals amid the nation's war on Ukraine, Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister announces a list that will see sanctions imposed on almost 40 Russians.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2022

First Russians sanctioned under Magnitsky

Australia has issued the first tranche of sanctions under its Magnitsky-style sanctions act which allows the targeting of individuals for human rights abuses.

AAP · Mar 29, 2022

Veteran Liberal dumped from Senate ticket

Veteran NSW senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has lost preselection for the Liberals ahead of the election, as Marise Payne and Jim Nolan were endorsed.

AAP · Mar 26, 2022

Australia confirms journalist Cheng Lei will face Chinese court

Australia's foreign minister on Saturday confirmed that Cheng Lei, an Australian journalist who has been detained in China for 19 months over state secrets accusations, will face court next week.

Reuters · Mar 26, 2022

Veterans’ affairs minister threatened to quit over budget; Australia reports 30 Covid deaths – as it happened

Andrew Gee calls backlog of veteran’s compensation payments ‘a national disgrace’; WA teenager among 30 Covid deaths across the country. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022

Australia sanctions Belarus president and family members

Belarus has supported Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022

Australian journalist Cheng Lei to be tried in Beijing on state secrets charges next week

An Australian television journalist detained in China for more than 19 months will be put on trial, likely in a closed court, on state secrets charges that could see her face anything from a short sentence to life behind bars.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2022

Australia imposes sanctions on Belarus president, places more on Russia

Australia on Friday placed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and members of his family, and 22 Russian individuals, who it called "propagandists and disinformation operatives."

Reuters · Mar 24, 2022

Australia sanctions Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, more Russians

The federal government has sanctioned the Belarusian President and members of his family, as well as 22 more Russian propagandists, in response to their role in the war in Ukraine.

ABC News · Mar 24, 2022