Claims Turnbull rejected 'significant' climate gesture

By Fergus Hunter
Updated September 23 2017 - 11:48pm, first published 6:15pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Premier Li Keqiang of China during Leaders' talks at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 24 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Premier Li Keqiang of China during Leaders' talks at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 24 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Premier Li Keqiang of China during a signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 24 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Premier Li Keqiang of China during a signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 24 March 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares

The Turnbull government rejected a landmark Chinese invitation to issue a formal joint statement on climate change earlier this year, Greenpeace has claimed, saying Australia vetoed an unprecedented step in the Asian power's emerging international role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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