Opened the debate
Hill argued that the autonomous sanctions framework was a vital foreign policy tool for responding to international concerns alongside partners. Hill stated that the bill resolved questions regarding the validity and enforceability of eight instruments made between 2012 and 2016 concerning Iran and Syria. Hill explained that these instruments had been published as gazette notices rather than registered as legislative instruments, despite being validly made. Hill asserted that registering them would maintain the effectiveness of sanctions in depriving repressive regimes of revenue and preventing the use of Australian goods by malign actors.