Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told G20 leaders that it's up to governments to show that they can deliver growth.
"This is our message to the world that governments can deliver, that governments can agree that the world can be better, that there can be higher growth and more jobs," Mr Abbott told delegates as he opened the two-day summit in Brisbane.
"That's what the world expects of us, they want more growth, they want more jobs."
Mr Abbott, the chair of the G20 Summit, was seated at the oval table between US president Barack Obama and Argentina's representative, Axel Kicillof.
The seating was in alphabetical order, with Russian president Vladimir Putin between the Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz and South Korea's president Park Geun-hye.
Mr Abbott said the leaders were embarking on a series of important reforms, including freer trade, more infrastructure and fiscal consolidation.
"We believe as a result of the work that we will do, the world can grow more than two per cent more over the next five years than what would otherwise be the case," he said.
