Political promises are cheap
As Wayne Swan flies off to represent Australia at a meeting of the G20 group of countries being held in Ontario, Canada, it's an appropriate time for a reminder of how political promises are cheap when world leaders get together for such events. And it would be hard to illustrate it more clearly than in this page one offering on Thursday as Canada's national newspaper The Globe and Mail previewed the meeting of the so-called G8 group taking place before the larger G20 event where Australia gets a guernsey.
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