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ABC News
5 days ago
- Business
- ABC News
Claims fuel tanker heading to WA filled with banned Russian oil
Ukrainian and Australian campaigners say a tanker due to dock this week in Kwinana, 40 kilometres south of Perth, is laden with Russian oil, and are calling on the Albanese government to intervene. Seferis, which sails under a Greek flag, departed the Indian port of Sikka on July 11, carrying oil from the Jamnagar refinery in India, which processes Russian crude and is due to arrive in Kwinana on Sunday morning. It is understood diesel from the 250 metre-long tanker is destined for petrol bowsers across the state, prompting claims the money of everyday Australians is inadvertently helping Russia fund its war against Ukraine. Australia, along with the European Union and other members of the G7, have imposed sanctions on Russian oil since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. China, Türkiye and India have resisted pressure to apply sanctions and continued to import Russian oil. But chemical engineer and anti-Russian oil trade campaigner Mark Corrigan said in spite of the bans, Russian oil was still coming into Western Australia. He said much of the crude oil was supplied by the Kremlin-controlled oil and gas company Rosneft, and made its way to Jamnager from many parts of Russia. "Including ports from the the east coast, over at the end of the Siberian pipeline, it comes from the Black Sea, comes from the Baltic, goes down to India, gets refined. And then sanitised, it comes to Australia," he said. "And it would beggar belief that they put aside a special load [of non-Russian-sourced product] for Australia when Australia doesn't have any laws that prohibit the import of that sanitised fuel." He said while Rosneft had been sanctioned by the Australian government, as have Rosneft directors, Australia did not have laws to address the matter of its product coming to Australia through a refinery in a third country. "Even though it's been refined, but from Russian crude, it's it's not against the law," Mr Corrigan said. He said the diesel off the tanker heading to Kwinana would make its way into fuel bowsers all over the country. "It is imported into every terminal in Australia by every fuel company," Mr Corrigan said. "It's diesel, so anyone with their diesel ute or mining vehicles will be using oil that has started off as a hydrocarbon out of a Russian well. "You can't avoid it. Drivers cannot avoid this because unless the Australian government takes action, every fuel company in Australia is importing this fuel. "It's just about to become against the law in the EU, but Australia, as yet, hasn't made any moves to follow suit." Last week, the European Union applied sanctions to refineries that use Russian crude oil, as part of a new package further aimed at "cutting the Kremlin's war machine". The measure was aimed at putting pressure on India and targeting covert methods employed to subvert the sanctions on Russia, which include doing ship transfers of product mid-journey and transporting oil on a "shadow fleet" of tankers. Shadow fleets are vessel that use concealing tactics to transport sanctioned goods. "For the first time, we're designating a flag registry and the biggest Rosneft refinery in India." On Wednesday, federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie used the return of federal parliament to question the government's determination to police its sanctions against Russian oil. He said two vessels carrying 175,000 tonnes of oil from the Jamnagar refinery had this month berthed at Botany Bay in Sydney. "Why are the loopholes in our sanctions so big you can drive a tanker through them?" he asked Defence Minister Richard Marles. Mr Marles did not respond directly to the question. "Sanctions are an important part of what we are putting in place to stand with Ukraine," he told parliament. "At the NATO summit I announced increased sanctions to an additional 44 people and entities which add, which now means that in total there are about 1,500 people and entities in Russia which are the subject of Australian sanctions, which sees a significant impact on the Russian economy in areas such as electronic; areas such as energy; such areas such as finance and it is a really important part of what we need to be doing to contest Russia in this," he said. In a media release on July 19, the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) described the cargo arriving in Australia on tankers as "blood oil". "Since February 2023, Australia has imported an estimated $3.7 billion worth of Russian crude, as a component in refined petroleum products from Indian refineries, sending around $1.8 billion in tax revenue to the Kremlin," AFUO chair Kateryna Argyrou said. "The flow of profits directly helps fund Russia's brutal war against Ukraine." She called on the Albanese government to extend its sanctions to the Indian refineries processing Russian crude. West Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest has also raised concerns about the money of "Australian mums and dads" being sent back to Vladamir Putin through sanction-avoidance schemes. But Russian oil company Rosneft has described sanctions against Indian refineries as "unjustified and illegal". "These sanctions are yet another example of extraterritorial implementation of politically motivated restrictions that blatantly violate international law and infringe on the economic interests of a sovereign state," the company said in a statement. In a written statement, a spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the Australian government continued to stand with Ukraine since "Russia's illegal and immoral invasion". "Australia has imposed strict sanctions and other trade measures to restrict the import, purchase and transport of oil coming from, or that originated in, Russia," the spokesperson said. "On 18 June, the foreign minister announced Australia's first sanctions against Russia's shadow fleet, to help starve Russia's war machine of oil revenue. They said further options were being evaluated to ensure that "Australia does not inadvertently fund Russia's war machine".
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How Logan Lerman used papayas and 'Sex and the City' to woo his fiancée
The "Oh, Hi!" star became engaged to artist Ana Corrigan in late 2023. Logan Lerman isn't one to play games: If he's into you, he'll make it clear. In an interview with Bustle published on Friday, the 33-year-old actor revealed the 'totally weird' lengths he went to 'lure' his fiancée, ceramist Ana Corrigan, into spending more time with him early into their relationship. 'When my fiancée and I were early on dating, I used to lure her to hang out with me by getting these really special papayas. I'd order them and take photos and send them to her and be like, 'Look at these papayas! You want to hang out tonight? I mean, I have really good fruit,'' he told Bustle. But Lerman didn't stop at 'special papayas' to maintain Corrigan's interest. 'I'd be like, 'God, how can I message her?' This is psycho, but I'd record the opening to Sex and the City as if I was watching it, even though I wasn't,' he said. 'I'd be like, 'Hey, I'm watching Sex and the City…' and try to hang out that way. There's some really crazy shit that I've done, but we all do crazy shit when we're in love.' Lerman's Bustle interview isn't the first time he's publicly spoken about his and Corrigan's relationship. The Perks of Being a Wallflower actor, who cites not liking movies, music and concerts as red flags, revealed on The Drew Barrymore Show in 2024 that he and Corrigan met on a dating app. It wasn't long before Lerman knew he wanted something serious with her. 'Honestly, right away. I knew right away. I swear, I really did,' Lerman told Barrymore. Lerman's luring tactics seem to have left a lasting impression on the 30-year-old artist: He and Corrigan became engaged in late 2023. 'We ended up in Central Park. My fiancée pointed out the rowboats, and I was like, 'Oh, let's do it.' And that's when I learned I don't know how to row a boat at all. I was terrible at it,' Lerman said of the proposal during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2024. Corrigan ended up rowing the boat, while Lerman regretfully sat back. 'Finally, she rowed us to a quiet part of the lake there, and I popped the question. It was great. It went really well,' Lerman added. 'She said yes. Thankfully.' Lerman's starring role in the upcoming dark comedy Oh, Hi! marks a departure from his real-life, hopeless romantic self. In theaters July 25, the film stars Molly Gordon as Iris and Lerman as Isaac, who embark on their first romantic getaway together. But their blissful weekend turns sour when Isaac reveals that he isn't actually looking for something serious. Iris then handcuffs Isaac to the bed before desperately trying to show him all the ways they're actually compatible as a couple. 'I had a lot of empathy for those people that I dated in the past and have hope for them to get to a place where they can be happy in a relationship,' Lerman told Bustle. 'I had the same thing with Isaac. I was like, 'I really hope that he can get to a place where he can be happy with someone.'' Solve the daily Crossword
ITV News
14-07-2025
- General
- ITV News
Works begins on Tuam grave in bid to identify 796 babies and children in sewage system
A major excavation of a mass, unmarked grave of babies and young children in the west of Ireland began on excavation of the site of St Mary's mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway, will try to identify the remains of infants who died at the home between 1925 and and other specialists have started working at the site as part of its attempt to exhume and identify human remains. In 2014, research led by local historian Catherine Corless indicated that 796 babies and young children were buried in a sewage system at the Co Galway institution across that time Mary's home for unmarried mothers and their children was run by the Bon Secours Sisters, a religious order of Catholic 2021, Irish premier Micheal Martin apologised on behalf of the state for the treatment of women and children who were housed in mother and baby homes across Bon Secours Sisters also offered a 'profound apology' after acknowledging the order had 'failed to protect the inherent dignity' of women and children in the Tuam process, which started on Monday, is expected to last two work at the burial site, which is being undertaken by the Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention Tuam (ODAIT), will involve exhumation, analysis, identification if possible and re-interment of the remains at the site, surrounded by a 2.4 metre-high hoarding, is security monitored on a 24-hour basis to ensure the forensic integrity of the site during the Corrigan, who discovered that she had two older brothers who were born while her mother was a resident at the Tuam home, said Monday was a welcome but difficult Corrigan has instructed KRW Law to launch High Court civil proceedings against a number of agencies and institutions including the Order of The Sisters of Bon Secours over the circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of her brothers.'Whilst it's a relief to see work started on the site it's really only the latest stage in what is still a long road for all of us,' she said.'I accept there are technical issues arising from the exhumation which may impact on decision-making by the attorney general, the coroner in Galway and the gardai and others, but the least we can expect now is expressions of support plus a commitment to reviewing all previous decision-making.'I won't rest until I see justice for my two brothers who not only need a proper Christian burial but also the full rigours of the law both domestic and international applied.'What happened at Tuam was criminal, so there needs to be both church and state accountability. The Government can't just do a Pontius Pilate and wash their hands of this and blame the nuns and the Catholic Church.'They have a complicity in all of this as well. Any solutions which exclude the state won't be tolerated by me or anyone else.'We've fought far too hard to get to here and we certainly don't want to see this important excavation work carried out in vain.'There are so many people I want to thank, including Jim McVeigh from Belfast and our lawyers, including KRW Law led by Chris Stanley, together with Carl Buckley of Guernica Chambers, whose guidance and direction has helped to chart a path through many of the legal complexities.'We have much more work to be done before we can feel anywhere near satisfied.'Speaking on the opening day of excavations, Irish human rights lawyer Kevin Winters said: 'Annie (Anna) Corrigan, like so many others, has waited a long time for this moment. It's intensely emotional for her but also frustrating given the gnawing sense of unfinished business.'She welcomes the excavation work, which is likely to take anything up to two years to complete, and sees today as an opportunity to again call upon the Irish Government to engage on unresolved legal issues connected to the recovery process.'Over 18 months ago we wrote to gardai, including local gardai, at Tuam urging them to treat the scandal as a criminal investigation.'Despite repeated requests from both Annie and ourselves they failed to assign gardai Pulse investigation numbers until last month when she received confirmation they would issue.'We have written to gardai in Galway urging the immediate release of the numbers. The industrial volumes of buried infants and the manner in which they met their fate clearly points to criminality.'It will be momentous to see the assignment of Pulse record numbers as that crystallises formal criminal investigation status upon this historical human rights debacle.'Equally important is the requirement that the coroner in Galway upscales intervention after opening up the case as far back as 2017.'There needs to be an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Annie's siblings and all the other unexplained deaths.'We are also instructed by Annie to launch High Court civil proceedings against a number of agencies and institutions including the Order of The Sisters of Bon Secours over the circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of Annie's brothers.'There was a suffocating toxicity about the historic Irish state-Catholic Church relationship which helped foment the horrors of Tuam.'However this almost mediaeval barbarity occurred within living memory.'Tuam is in danger of becoming a byword for cruelty unless both state agencies and the church respond promptly and transparently to the latest legal agitation touching upon criminal investigation; inquests and compensation.' 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Irish Independent
14-07-2025
- General
- Irish Independent
‘A small light at the end of a big tunnel' – full excavation begins today at former Tuam mother and baby home
Last Monday, July 7, Anna Corrigan was visibly emotional as she stood at the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, Co Galway. Her two brothers are believed to be among the 796 children buried in a disused sewage tank beneath the grounds. She was there as preliminary work for the site's long-awaited forensic excavation came to a close. A visit for families and survivors to the perimeter of the site also took place last Tuesday, July 8, ahead of the start of excavation. Ms Corrigan said: 'We never thought this day would come. I see this day as a small light at the end of a big tunnel. 'There are 9,000 children lost in homes in Ireland and that's only the ones that were examined. So Tuam is the tip of the iceberg, and we do hope that every child's voice is heard, because I think they've been crying for a long time. "This is the start of something, so we may not get all the answers, we don't know, but it's the next stage.' During her visit, Ms Corrigan read a letter to her late mother, published in the book My Name is Bridget. The letter was a personal account of the difficulties she faced during her search for the truth about her family and the hardship faced by others in similar situations. 'These children were denied every human right in their lifetime, as were their mothers. They were denied dignity in life, and they were denied dignity and respect in death.' Ms Corrigan's brothers, John and William Dolan, died in the Tuam institution in 1947 and 1951, respectively. She said recovering their remains would bring closure to her family. 'If they find that they are there, it's the answer, it's the truth. I can go to my mother's grave, and I can tool 'predeceased by her sons John and William'. That is the closure, that is the answer, and that is the truth we're looking for.' Daniel MacSweeney, Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam, said the overarching aim of the operation is to 'restore dignity' to the children that were lost by appropriately burying their remains and, where possible, identifying individuals. ADVERTISEMENT 'Even if a full identification is not possible, we can at least figure out their biological sex, their age, and maybe some other information. All these things I think will at least restore dignity in death,' he added. Mr McSweeney said the Bon Secours Sisters had provided The Office of the Director of Authorised Intervention (Odait) with access to its archive material and it is hoped that this will also help the identification process. So far, 14 individuals have provided DNA to Odait to aid the investigation. An additional 80 people have expressed interest in doing so, including 30 who came forward in the past month. Mr MacSweeney said he hopes that more people will get in touch as the work proceeds. 'From our regular contact with families and survivors, it is a very emotional time because there has been this long search for answers; this long wait for this excavation to start. 'The fact that it's finally starting is something that I think they are happy about, but it also is very difficult because it then brings forward the possibility of finding answers to these very challenging questions.' International experts from Colombia, Spain, UK, Canada, Australia and the US have joined Irish specialists to start the forensic excavation at the site. The team has a €9.4m budget for 2025, with further allocations yet to be finalised by the Department of Public Expenditure. The work will involve a highly complex process of recovering all the remains within the site followed by separating the co-mingled skeletal specimens by sorting them by age and using processes to assess sex. This will allow for the individualisation of each set of remains. The team will also attempt to establish cause of death where possible. Niamh McCullagh, forensic archaeologist with Odait, said a 2016 'test excavation' discovered 20 chambers within a disused sewage tank that contained infant remains ranging from 35 foetal weeks, up to three years old, from a period matching the operation of the institution between 1925-1961. Dr McCullagh said it is difficult to estimate how long it will take for the works to be completed, as they are yet to establish the scale of the work ahead. She explained the work will be complicated, as excavators expect to uncover artefacts relating to previous uses of the site, including as a workhouse. Pre-excavation work has been ongoing since mid-June, when Odait took control of the site. This article was updated on July 14, 2025, to reflect the commencement of excavation works at the Tuam mother and baby home site.
The Irish Sun
11-07-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Kneecap banner hung on bonfire amid ‘hate crime' probe calls after Tyrone pyre topped with effigies of migrants in boat
IT'S 'shameful' that a bonfire topped with effigies of migrants in a boat was allowed to go ahead, Amnesty International has said. There has been widespread condemnation from politicians and church leaders to the display on the bonfire in Moygashel, Co Advertisement 2 Effigies of migrants in a boat burn atop the bonfire at Moygashel, Co Tyrone last night Credit: © 2025 PA Media, All Rights Reserved 2 Banners read 'Stop the Boats' and 'Veterans Before Refugees' Credit: Getty Images - Getty The boat on top of the pyre contained more than a dozen life-sized mannequins wearing life jackets, while below it were placards saying 'stop the boats' and 'veterans before refugees'. Amnesty International's 'What a shocking message to send to local migrant families. 'It is just weeks since Advertisement READ MORE IN IRISH NEWS 'The authorities must treat this as a hate Mr Corrigan added: ' A spokesperson said: ' Advertisement Most read in Irish News 'Police are here to help those who are or who feel vulnerable, to keep people safe. 'We do this by working with local communities, partners, elected representatives and other stakeholders to deliver local solutions to local problems, building confidence in policing and supporting a safe environment for people to live, work, visit and invest in Northern Ireland, but we can only do so within the legislative framework that exists.' KNEECAP BANNER ON BONFIRE A BANNER of Irish rap trio Kneecap was placed on a bonfire in Co Tyrone. It came ahead of pyres being lit right across Northern Ireland last night. The photo of the west Belfast band was cable tied to pallets at a bonfire in the Dungannon area of Co Tyrone. Slogans on it included 'Kill your local Kneecap', with a further line stating 'The only good one is a dead one'. The banner also included the sectarian acronym 'KAT', with 'Death to Hamas' and 'Destroy all Irish Republicans' also written on the banner. The Co Tyrone bonfire was one of hundreds being lit across Northern Ireland last night ahead of the Orange Order's July 12 parades today. Several bonfires have become the focus of controversy amid the placing of flags, effigies and posters on the structures before they are ignited. Cops declined to help remove a contentious pyre in south Belfast due to be lit last night. Concerns have been raised over the loyalist bonfire at Meridi Street off the Donegall Road in the city which is on a site containing asbestos and is close to an electricity substation which powers two hospitals. Belfast City Council had asked the PSNI to assist contractors to remove the towering structure. However, the PSNI refused, insisting that the risk was deemed 'lower and more manageable' than intervention. Stormont's Environment Minister Andrew Muir had called for the contentious pyre not to be set alight, with the Alliance MLA adding: 'I would plead with people to exercise caution and not to light this bonfire if they could.' But the Grand Secretary of the Orange Order Rev Mervyn Gibson said people should 'go and enjoy themselves' at the bonfire. He added: 'The effigies and displays were abhorrent, driven by vile, far-right and racist attitudes. Advertisement 'I welcome that police are treating this as a hate incident. It's vital those responsible are held accountable for their disgusting actions. 'Diversity, inclusion and equality must always triumph over xenophobia and hate.' CONTENTIOUS DISPLAYS The Moygashel bonfire has become well known in recent years for contentious displays. Last year, a mock police car was burnt on the top of the bonfire and in 2023 a boat designed to represent the post- Advertisement Earlier this week, prominent loyalist activist Jamie Bryson said the bonfire was a form of 'artistic He posted on X: 'Every year Moygashel bonfire combines artistic protest with their cultural celebration. 'Their yearly art has itself become a tradition. 'This year the focus is on the scandal of mass illegal immigration.' Advertisement
