George Osborne

George Osborne’s letter from Australia

After that flight, I know what their ministers have been putting up with all these years

issue 01 March 2014

To Sydney for the first of three G20 meetings in Australia this year. It’s a long way to travel, but as the formidable Treasurer, Joe Hockey, reminded the jet-lagged finance ministers and central bank governors of the world: now you all know what Australian ministers have been putting up with all these years they’ve been travelling to your meetings.

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