On the evening of the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, Australia joins other countries in calling for Russia to be exiled from world sport after the country's invasion of Ukraine.
"Every single measure taken to reinforce the condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine is important," Senator Colbeck said.
"Sport connects across all nations and at all levels of society, and is a community that simply rejects the breach of peace and international law being perpetrated by the Russian leadership. The government also welcomed the International Paralympic Committee's ban on athletes from Russia and Belarus only a day out from Friday night's opening ceremony, a reversal on a vote taken the previous day allowing them to stay and compete as 'independent athletes'.
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons had previously said the organisation did not have the power to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from Beijing.
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