Former Port Hedland shire president Arnold Carter says newly elected councillor Adrian McRae's fulsome endorsement of Vladimir Putin's contested election victory should bar him from council.
Port Hedland councillor Adrian McRae has been sworn in after returning to Australia from Russia.Port Hedland's former shire president says a local councillor who travelled to Russia and endorsed president Vladimir Putin's election win should step down.
Former Port Hedland shire president Arnold Carter said Cr McRae's actions were counter to the interests of the mining town, a critical export port for Australia's mining industry."He has his own beliefs — you can have those beliefs and still carry out your duties as a councillor, but not to go to the top ring of Russia," Mr Carter said.
"He will obviously be counselled by the Town of Port Hedland in terms of his conduct, but I also expect the people of Port Hedland to express their dissatisfaction with that."In a statement, Cr McRae said the invite to be an election observer came about from a meal he had with the Russian ambassador to Australia, Alexey Pavlovsky, in Sydney earlier this year.
"I mentioned that I might be going to a multi-polar event in late February, and this sparked his interest enough to recommend having me work as an official foreign observer for the election.
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