Labor Figures Criticise Dan Andrews, Bob Carr For Attending Beijing Military Events
Among the guests at the parade are Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un.
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, (front row L-R) CCP's leader Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, and former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews in the top-right corner, pose for a photograph before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3, 2025. Sergey Bobylev/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and ex-New South Wales Premier Bob Carr have been criticised by former Labor colleagues for attending military events at the invitation of Beijing.
Andrews and Carr—former foreign minister—were both invited as official guests to be part of a military parade in Tiananmen Square on Sept. 3 aimed at commemorating the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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