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Global • 2026-11-03, 17:44 GMT • ~1 min read

Ambassadors' wives leave Canberra club after Russian ambassador's wife admitted

Ambassadors' wives leave Canberra club after Russian ambassador's wife admitted

Ambassadors' wives leave Canberra club after Russian ambassador's wife admitted

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  • The wives of the Ukrainian, Italian and Estonian ambassadors to Australia have left the Canberra Women's International Club after Irina Petrakova, the wife of Russia's ambassador to Australia, was admitted as a member.
  • The club's president said the club took legal advice and concluded that refusing membership on the grounds of a person's country of origin would violate anti-discrimination law.
  • Ukraine's ambassador's wife wrote that she objected to Petrakova's role as a representative of Russia, not to her nationality, while the European Union's ambassador to Australia said EU ambassadors were deeply disappointed by the decision.
  • The wives of the Ukrainian, Italian and Estonian ambassadors to Australia have left the Canberra Women's International Club after Irina Petrakova, the wife of Russia's ambassador to Australia, was admitted as a member.
  • The club's president said the club took legal advice and concluded that refusing membership on the grounds of a person's country of origin would violate anti-discrimination law.
  • Ukraine's ambassador's wife wrote that she objected to Petrakova's role as a representative of Russia, not to her nationality, while the European Union's ambassador to Australia said EU ambassadors were deeply disappointed by the decision.
  • The wives of the Ukrainian, Italian and Estonian ambassadors to Australia have left the Canberra Women's International Club after Irina Petrakova, the wife of Russia's ambassador to Australia, was admitted as a member.
  • The club's president said the club took legal advice and concluded that refusing membership on the grounds of a person's country of origin would violate anti-discrimination law.
  • Ukraine's ambassador's wife wrote that she objected to Petrakova's role as a representative of Russia, not to her nationality, while the European Union's ambassador to Australia said EU ambassadors were deeply disappointed by the decision.

The wives of the Ukrainian, Italian and Estonian ambassadors to Australia have left the Canberra Women's International Club after Irina Petrakova, the wife of Russia's ambassador to Australia, was admitted as a member. The club's president said the club took legal advice and concluded that refusing membership on the grounds of a person's country of origin would violate anti-discrimination law. Ukraine's ambassador's wife wrote that she objected to Petrakova's role as a representative of Russia, not to her nationality, while the European Union's ambassador to Australia said EU ambassadors were deeply disappointed by the decision.

The wives of the Ukrainian, Italian and Estonian ambassadors to Australia have left the Canberra Women's International Club after Irina Petrakova, the wife of Russia's ambassador to Australia, was admitted as a member. The club's president said the club took legal advice and concluded that refusing membership on the grounds of a person's country of origin would violate anti-discrimination law. Ukraine's ambassador's wife wrote that she objected to Petrakova's role as a representative of Russia, not to her nationality, while the European Union's ambassador to Australia said EU ambassadors were deeply disappointed by the decision.

The wives of the Ukrainian, Italian and Estonian ambassadors to Australia have left the Canberra Women's International Club after Irina Petrakova, the wife of Russia's ambassador to Australia, was admitted as a member. The club's president said the club took legal advice and concluded that refusing membership on the grounds of a person's country of origin would violate anti-discrimination law. Ukraine's ambassador's wife wrote that she objected to Petrakova's role as a representative of Russia, not to her nationality, while the European Union's ambassador to Australia said EU ambassadors were deeply disappointed by the decision.

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