Anniversary of Australia’s first Magnitsky-style sanctions

Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Countering Foreign Interference Senator Claire Chandler, Assistant Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs   Today, one year has passed since Australia’s Magnitsky-style and other thematic sanctions laws came into effect.   The new laws, passed by the Coalition with bipartisan support, enable Australia to…

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Falling on their own sword

Ending what has been a sorry saga, the Coalition welcomes the Albanese Government’s backflip to reinstate the fourth Estimates week in the Parliamentary Sitting Calendar for 2023. The attempt to axe a week of Senate estimates would never have happened in the first place if the Albanese Government was genuine in its claimed belief in…

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Transparent as a brick wall

The Coalition and Senate crossbench will not tolerate the Albanese Government’s attempt to push through a Parliamentary Sitting Calendar for 2023 without the usual four weeks of Senate estimates. The Opposition, along with the cross-bench, have written to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Wong, stating that the Albanese Government must reinsert…

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Hypocrisy at its finest

Today, hypocrisy is at its finest with the Albanese Government’s complete disregard for accountability on full display with the release of the Parliamentary Sitting Calendar for 2023.   The absurdity of scrapping the first week of Estimates for the Senate is a deliberate avoidance of transparency by the Albanese Government.   Four Estimates weeks in…

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MH17 court trials deliver verdicts

The Coalition welcomes the verdict of the District Court of the Hague in the Netherlands finding three pro-Russian individuals guilty of downing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. We welcome the Court imposing sentences of life imprisonment for these crimes and the finding that the Russian Federation controlled the separatist forces guilty of the murder of the…

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Release of Professor Sean Turnell

Joint statement with The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific The Coalition welcomes the release and return back to Australia of Professor Sean Turnell. He should never have been detained in the first place.   Professor Turnell’s release and return home finally brings to an end what, for many,…

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20th Anniversary Bali Bombings

Today marks 20 years since the horrific Bali Bombings on the night of 12 October 2002.   202 people from more than 20 countries tragically lost their lives. Over 100 people suffered irreparable injury from the blasts and fire that followed. Australia suffered the greatest toll with 88 Australians losing their lives.   The grief…

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Labor causing added stress and confusion for Optus victims

Joint media release: Senator James Paterson Shadow Minister for Cyber Security Shadow Minister for Countering Foreign Interference Liberal Senator for Victoria Labor’s changing positions and slow action on its response to the Optus data leak is increasing stress and confusion for those affected. While the Coalition supports Labor’s belated move towards recovering costs from Optus…

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