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HARDtalk: Joe Hockey MP - Treasurer, Australia

14/10/2014

Joe Hockey MP - Treasurer, Australia

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As Australia prepares to host the G20, Stephen Sackur meets treasury minister Joe Hockey.

As Australia prepares to host the G20 summit, Stephen Sackur asks treasury minister Joe Hockey if Australians should brace themselves for a prolonged period of economic pain.

Next month the international club of rich nations, the G20, will meet in Australia. For much of the past decade the host nation boasted one of the strongest economies in the developed world, but not any more. Australia has been badly hit by falling commodity prices and China's economic slowdown. Stephen Sackur speaks to the country's treasury minister, Joe Hockey. Should Australians brace themselves for a prolonged period of economic pain?

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