“The idea the premier wouldn’t be raising the issue of one of the state’s own is deeply troubling ... It seems to me that we’re sacrificing the opportunity to again raise a really important issue,' says the partner on Cheng Lei.
The partner of an Australian journalist detained in China says he is disappointed that Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has said he won’t raise her plight while on a trade mission to the country this week.
“More importantly, it disappoints Lei and, of course, her two children, who are Victorians,” he said.“Supporting two young Victorian children by making careful representations to officials in China for regular contact with their mother and for her to come home in Melbourne as soon as possible seems to me to be an entirely appropriate thing for a premier to do.”
Andrews has been criticised for not inviting Australian journalists along to China to report on the trade mission. The premier’s office said a list of meetings and events will be provided to the press around 2pm every day of the trip starting on Tuesday. But Greste said this wasn’t good enough.
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