PM warning over China coal ban assumptions

By Katina Curtis and Matt Coughlan
Updated February 22 2019 - 4:26pm, first published 4:23pm
China's northern Dalian port has banned imports of Australian coal amid simmering tensions.
China's northern Dalian port has banned imports of Australian coal amid simmering tensions.

The prime minister insists a ban on Australian coal exports entering China is just an issue of local rules and not a wider problem between the two countries.