China has provided brief remarks on the case of detained Australian journalist Cheng Lei amid a renewed push for her to be reunited with her family in Melbourne.
The opposition released a statement on Tuesday calling on Beijing to release Ms Cheng - 1,000 days after she was detained by Chinese authorities.
The joint statement from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and shadow foreign minister Simon Birmingham urged China to bring closure to Ms Cheng's case. The mother-of-two later faced a closed court trial in the Beijing No.2 Intermediate People's Court on March 31, 2022 - the outcome of which is yet to be known.
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