Keep a close eye on their plans to finalise "bail in". ie the confiscation of bank deposits when our banks get into trouble. They have promised there will be no more "bail outs". As depositors we are classified as unsecured lenders to the banks.

http://cecaust.com.au/releases/2014_06_11_Bail_In_G20.html

Seems like a lot of waste given a couple of options available
- a significant proportion of them seem to be already together at APEC, those hotel refits, security preperations, flying around of presidential limos and helicopters probably all already occurred for APEC. Why not have had the two meetings in the same place back to back.
- Telconferencing should be able to provide most of the same interactions at far lower cost and with a massivly lower carbon footprint. In the real world many of us have to be able to work constructively with people we don't see face to face. Political bosses could teleconference every week or month if they wanted to keep group dialog happening.

There may be some real value in face to face but in terms of leading by example there would also be real value in cutting out extravagance.

R0bert

Robert Robert; They are politicians !

Face to face meetings between leaders, is not where decisions are made. Realistically Obama does not make a decisions on his own, on the spot, based on what The Mad Monk or any other leader would say. All Abbott can do is state our governments view/position on a particular issue and hope when the Americans make a decision, Australia's opinion will be taken somewhat into account. Ha ha.
Normally Australia's position is rather subservient to the point of being sycophantic at times, we are not in a position of leadership on world issues, despite what Abbott might think.

Paul,

I agree with your comment "we are not in a position of leadership on world issues,"

It was exactly the position I was taking when Juliar was pushing the world's biggest carbon tax saying it was Australia's duty to lead the world.

It also changes the entirely philosophy to do with dealing with carbon.

Shadow,

I totally agree with this "when Juliar was pushing the world's biggest carbon tax saying it was Australia's duty to lead the world.
It also changes the entirely philosophy to do with dealing with carbon."

Someone has to take initiative and it really helpful to change the minds of people, its possible only when we acquiring the leadership....