And the last question in that press conference was on….China and critical minerals:

The Chinese Premier on critical minerals expressed a sentiment he wants the status quo to remain and doesn’t welcome Australia shaking up the markets. On the QUAD, did you speak with President Trump in DC about the QUAD directly and what is his view?

Albanese:

I refer to previous comments I made about the QUAD. It is important. It’s a busy period. You can only be in one place at one time. Although, sometimes I think that I managed to almost be in two places at once, if you look at my schedule over the last little period. So we will try to, I think it’s important that we engage with regard to the issue of the US and the agreement that we made with the US is a very positive one for investment as we go forward. It’s a really good outcome that we had in the US. Because these critical minerals and rare earths are what will power the global economy in the 21st century. I will see you all at a number of events over the coming little period. But thank you to the journalists as well who have made the effort to come and for locally based journalists as well. Thanks for engaging with us while we’re here.

Nice little deflection there.