Where the United Nation’s tends to wallow in popstar navel-gazing, climate change self-flagellation and tedious bouts of Israel-bashing, it is reassuring to have one international forum that might actually make the world a better place for its inhabitants.

Mercifully, the G20 under Australian leadership has thus far chosen to eschew lofty, touchy-feely goals, preferring instead to attempt to ‘restore growth and build the resilience of financial institutions and national economies’ into the future.