Australia to Revise Sanctions Authorities
Australia plans to revise its sanctions laws to allow increased punishments for weapons proliferation, human rights violations, malicious cyber activity and corruption, Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne said Aug. 5. The sanctions will “expand upon Australia’s current country-based autonomous sanctions…
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framework,” Payne said, adding that Australia plans to introduce amendments to the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 to “achieve these important reforms” by the end of the year. “Once the types of conduct are established, Australia will have the ability to impose targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against individuals and entities determined to be involved in such sanctionable conduct wherever it occurs, without having to establish specific country-based regimes,” Payne said.