G-20 Brisbane Summit to mark a year of action

ALMOST a year ago, when Australia assumed the presidency of the G-20, I said that the world needed less talk and more action.

The arrival of leaders in Brisbane this weekend will mark the culmination of a year of action. The Brisbane Summit is an opportunity to finalise our commitments to strengthen the global economy, create jobs and deliver prosperity to billions of people.

With our considerable combined political and economic influence, the G-20 nations are ideally placed to act. Our leaders' summit is the window of economic opportunity that opens just once a year.

Early in Australia's host year, G-20 nations set an ambitious goal: to boost our collective economic GDP by at least 2 per cent on current trajectories over five years, through a combination of domestic actions, and shared glo…