Shake it up: The greeting that may signal a thaw in our icy relationship with China

It was no more than a brief handshake and a smile – but Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has signalled brighter days ahead in Australia’s frosty relationship with China.

Sanctions land on two Russian billionaires with ties to Qld mining giant

Russian oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg – each with ties to some of Queensland’s largest mining companies – have been named in new sanctions announced by the Federal Government alongside nine Russian banks and a sovereign wealth fund and the entire Russian finance ministry .

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Shake it up: The greeting that may signal a thaw in our icy relationship with China

Sanctions land on two Russian billionaires with ties to Qld mining giant