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"On the whole, It seems that burdened by their own oversized ambitions, some members of the current Australian government have completely lost an adequate picture of the developments in Ukraine and around it," the statement said.
Comment: That's putting it politely! The Australian authorities are simply lying, and they know they're lying.
"They keep making absurd statements that the humanitarian convoy to help civilians in the south-east of Ukraine can be used as a pretext for Russia's 'armed invasion' of the neighbouring country," the ministry said.
"Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has gone farther than others in making irresponsible innuendoes against our country even though one would think that her position presupposes building bridges between countries, not destroying them," the ministry said.
Comment: You'd think... Except that Bishop is speaking for a gang of political psychopaths who couldn't care less about building bridges.
The overall impression is that "burdened by their own oversized ambitions, some members of the current Australian government have completely lost an adequate picture of the developments in Ukraine and around it", the statement said.
Australia imposed sanctions against 50 Russian officials and 11 companies over the situation in Ukraine.
On May 21, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop announced expanding sanctions on 38 individuals and 11 legal entities from Russia and Ukraine. On March 19, Australia imposed similar penalties on 12 Russian and Ukrainian citizens.
The Australian minister said the new sanctions reaffirm "a clear and unequivocal support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine".
Bishop's statement says Australia continues urging Russia to fulfill its international liabilities, including the duties of permanent UN SC member, in maintaining international peace and security.
A source in Australia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told ITAR-TASS that the list of sanctioned people, who were banned from entering the country, will not be published, and the names would be announced only after the legislative act stipulating the rules of introducing sanctions is amended.
Our government just signed a 25 year agreement/deal with the US military, we'll have more marines on the northern border, they'll have increased access to our operations and Pine Gap is apparently now involved in drone strikes, locating targets via satellite, etc & run by the NSA right in the heart of our nation. Great! Yet at the same time our government is allowing Chinese business people to build and buy everywhere here including massive swathes of farmland where they import their own equipment and workers... Something doesn't add up here. In my city a billionaire Chinese is building a mega resort and casino but has been convicted of fraud in his home country, further south a $970m project by Chinese is set to go ahead. Are our government trying to have their cake and eat it too? WTF are they thinking? & it's my home town supposed to be holding the financial G20 later this year....