Here's a few key points from an article given in
the link below.

1) Russia has sent troops into eastern Ukraine.
Our government is now considering a range of visa
options for those people who might want to flee
any future conflict. There are many Ukrainians living
in Australia.

2) The Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that
Australia will be in " lock-step" with other nations
imposing sanctions on Russia.

Australia needs to support its allies. China is eyeing
Australia and for our safety we will need the support
of our allies.

http://abc.net.au/news/2022-02-22/scott-morrison-russia-troops-eastern-ukraine/100850254

Australians have always stood up to thugs and bullies.
Hopefully they always will.

I've got to confess that listening to our Prime
Minister - I felt proud of his logic in standing
up to a bully like Putin who will use any pretense
to occupy the now independent sovereign countries
and rebuild Russian sphere of influence in
Eastern Europe and demonstrate to the West and to
Russians that they are still a super power.

Hopefully he will not be allowed to succeed.

Australia will immediately begin placing sanctions on Russian individuals and key entities in relation to the Ukrainian invasion.

The government will also amend the existing sanction regime on Crimea and Sevastopol to include the so-called independent republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.

ttbn,

Thanks for that.

The Canberra Times gives the latest news on
Australian diplomats evacuating from Ukraine:

http://canberratimes.com.au/story/7629960/australian-diplomats-evacuate-from-ukraine/?cs=14231

Never the less, the so far announced actions are just really playing
with Russia. It is a shame that they have not disabled Russia's access
to the Swift System.
If they did that to buy or sell anything would mean that Russians would
have to carry suitcases full of bank notes or gold bars and travel the
world with them to make or receive payments.
Their merchant freighters and aircraft could not buy fuel unless they
had the local currency or US dollars.
No foreign aircraft could land in Russian territory unless they had cash.
There might be contracts in telecommunications that would fail without
access to the Swift system. What else would fall over ?
Now that the FBI has cracked open the Bit coin system they could not
rely on the block chain system to transfer money, the Yanks would just
confiscate it.
I believe the above is accurate. I mentioned this to an ex banker
friend and he just sucked in his breath through his teeth.

Interesting bit of information Bazz.

It will take a while to process it.