Australian Outlook

The Speeches of the G20

19 Nov 2014
Colin Chapman
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Australians were treated to major geopolitical speeches three times in five days, as the leaders of China, India and the United Kingdom addressed joint sessions of Parliament in Canberra.

In addition, the United States president, Barack Obama, delivered a significant address to the University of Queensland, highlighting American’s policies in the Asia Pacific and climate change.

These speeches contained significant content and messages not always reflected in the Australian press. To enable readers to review these speeches at leisure, links are published below to enable those that wish to do so to watch them in full.

In reverse order of appearance:

Narendra Modi, prime minister of India

Xi Jinping, president of China

Barack Obama, president of the United States

David Cameron, prime minister of the United Kingdom