The committee recommends that the Australian Government ensure that Australia keeps pace with international partners in sanctioning entities and individuals providing support to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including provision of weapons and componentry used to manufacture weapons.

Government Response to Recommendation 11

The Government agrees to this recommendation.

Australia coordinates closely with international partners on sanctions, including Canada, the European Union, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Sanctions frameworks, processes, legal thresholds differ between countries, meaning each partner maintains a unique set of designations.

The Government’s sanctions response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is unprecedented, with more than 1,200 sanctions listings made since February 2022. Government sanctions packages have included persons and entities involved in supplying weapons and military components to the Russian Armed Forces.