Sanctions

This Advisory is produced by the Australian Sanctions Office (ASO) within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). It provides a list of certain items (known in other jurisdictions as the 'common high priority items') that are of particular significance to Russian military capabilities.

SAN-2024-00138 - Permit authorising making assets available to persons or entities designated under the Autonomous Sanctions Regulations 2011, and the use of, or dealing with ‘controlled assets’, in connection with legal services, settlement of legal proceedings, and payment of legal costs (issued 28 October 2024). This permit replaces SAN-2022-00079 which was revoked on 28 October 2024. 

Australia is imposing targeted financial sanctions, in coordination with international partners, on a further six entities associated with North Korea’s supply of arms and related materiel to Russia.

The Australian Government is imposing targeted sanctions on an additional five Iranian individuals and three entities, in response to Iran’s destabilising behaviour.

This document only provides a summary of relevant sanctions laws. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice or for consulting the full text of sanctions laws at legislation.gov.au). It is your responsibility to ensure you do not contravene Australian sanctions laws, including by obtaining your own legal advice

Australia has imposed a targeted financial sanction and travel ban on Russian citizen Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev for his senior leadership role in the LockBit ransomware group.

The oil price cap (OPC), introduced by the "Price Cap Coalition in December 2022, has two key objectives: 1) constraining Russian revenues that could otherwise be used to fund Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine; while 2) maintaining global oil flows and protecting energy security.

The purpose of this information note is to provide information about Australia’s autonomous human rights and corruption sanctions frameworks.

The Australian Sanctions Office, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, is publishing an advisory to alert the community to attempts by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and remote DPRK information technology (IT) workers to obtain employment while posing as non-DPRK nationals.

Permit authorising the transport by ship of Russian oil purchased at or below the price cap