Australia has not been informed why Chinese authorities have detained Australian citizen Cheng Lei, a high-profile television anchor at state television channel CGTN in Beijing.
Cheng was picked up last month and Australia was informed on August 14, Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement on Monday night.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham told ABC radio on Monday that the government did not know why she was being held.
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