1. G20 conclusion
The weekend’s G20 Summit has culminated in a G20 communique in which leaders have agreed to “support strong and effective action to address climate change.”
Prime Minister Abbott told reporters “It has been a weekend of achievement,”
“I believe that the G20 this weekend has shifted a gear from responding to events to setting an agenda for growth.”
Mr Abbott said he believed that the countries of the world and their people, “will be better off” because of the G20.
The agreement includes pledges to reform labour markets, boost trade around the world and promote competition which will add 2% to economic growth over five years compared with a “business as usual” scenario. This communique would increase output by about $2 trillion.
One initiative the “25 by 25” will look to cut the gap between men and women participating in the workforce 25 per cent by 2025.
Russian President Vladimir Putin controversially left the summit early before the leaders’ lunch yesterday, telling a press conference he needed to get home and get some sleep before work on Monday morning.
2. Obama slammed for chewing gum
The US President Barack Obama has been criticized by Chinese bloggers after he has been spotted smacking gum as he chatted with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the G20.
Chinese bloggers thought the president looked like “an idler” or a “rapper” USA Today has reported.
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Re the 4 Sydney men going to join their true spiritual home. There will be 4 less dole recipients this month at centre link but the local KFC will be disappointed as 2 of their "biggest " customers just left, never to return. At 140 kg each, I think a large, slow moving target is an easy shot. Please spare Sydney the details of their soon to be demise.
Think of the poor parents who knew nothing of it and will in all probability hear of their deaths and not be able to go to their funerals.puts me in mind of young gullible men who enlisted in ww1 seduced by stories of glory and glamour,only to end up as cannon fodder for someone else s war
Not to mention the ones in Britain who dashed off to fight in the Spanish Civil War (and both sides were as bad as each other!)
Firstly, the parents are involved. Not directly but indirectly. When you raise your children and fill them with hate, distrust and loathing for Australia, its people, its culture and the west in general, then there is little surprise when your sons grow up and want to support the followers of the faith that has been imbedded in you from a small age. This is a classic example of the downfalls of multiculturism, No assimilation. The australian assimilation of the past has meant new arrivals leave behind their prejudices and hates and we all get along. But the new do good pc loving ways means that new arrivals do not leave these things behind. One only has to listen to the ABC, SMH , Q and A etc to hear anti australian rhetoric continually. Throw in a strict religious upbringing and you have arecipe for disaster. Please do not compare the brave men of 1914, who in the infancy of this country, left to help defend the mother country, England. You may not be aware, but Australia is already sending our brave man and women to war to help the world defeat an evil Islamic army that is raping and killing. These four young men are traitorously going to join the enemy, and will try to kill OUR soldiers.Whatever sympathy you have, please direct it to our ADF, Police, Politicians, not to the religious fools and their evil , their drive by shootings, their "behead all those " slogans, their "uncovered meat" comments.
Yep, it's been going on since time immemorial. Significantly, our former miniscule chance of being hit by terrorism has gone up now that we've meekly followed uncle Sam and allies into this Unnecessary fight
MM is great, with the News in roundup!