British Prime Minister David Cameron has praised Australia for showing great leadership in promoting economic growth at the G20.
"You are absolutely right to put at the front of the G20 the need to enhance global growth," Mr Cameron said at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Mr Cameron was in Canberra on Friday, where he also addressed federal parliament ahead of this weekend's G20 summit in Brisbane.
The G20 is pursuing two per cent additional global growth through about 1000 measures put forward by member countries.
Mr Cameron says the British economy is growing at three per cent this year, describing it as one of the leaders of the pack in terms of growth and job creation.
"We recognise the risk to the global economy and I think the G20 under your chairmanship is showing great leadership in pushing these growth-boosting measures," he said.
Mr Cameron wants to pursue at the G20 greater co-operation between countries so big companies "pay the tax bills they should".
He also wants the Ebola crisis in west Africa discussed, saying while the world has stepped up to the plate making donations, more can be done.
At a separate media conference, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the G20 gives Mr Abbott the opportunity to show real leadership by talking about real action on climate change.
"If Australia wants to walk on the international stage, we can't pick and choose when we want to be internationalists and when we want to be isolationists," he said in Canberra.
Mr Cameron was diplomatic on the issue, saying climate change is an international challenge and it is going to take action by every country.
"Every country has its own issues, energy mixes, domestic debates and the rest of it, and I don't propose interfering in every single one of those," he said.
He wanted to see more detail of the climate change deal struck this week by the US and China and what they really agreed to.
"But I think that it's good if some progress has been made," he said.
