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She emphasized that the government should have provided a clear, detailed report on what tangible benefits, especially economic ones, had been achieved. The only concrete outcomes announced were a review of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement—a process already in motion since the agreement’s inception in 2015—and modest updates about access for Australian apples and blueberries into the Chinese market. Cash argued that these announcements, while noteworthy, hardly constitute meaningful progress.