He is following Foreign Minister Bob Carr's visit.
Thursday, June 7
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has announced that Australia will lift its sanctions on Burma, after the military junta released pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and held elections in which she won a seat in parliament.
The minister meets Burmese officials. (Image by Brian Thomson, SBS)
Here is the full address made by the minister with Suu Kyi.
Wednesday, June 6
Foreign Minister Bob Carr arrives in Burma and meets with recently-freed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the lakeside home that served as her prison for almost two decades.
He also toured the military-ruled country's old capital, Rangoon.
Foreign Minister Bob Carr is met by a press pack as he disembarks from a Royal Australian Air Force jet. (Image by Brian Thomson, SBS)
