This meeting was the second time an Australian Prime Minister could not be in attendance , Kevin Rudd being represented by Foreign Minister Bob Carr , owing to the timing of a federal election on 7 September . In 2010 , Rudd had been unable to attend when he was displaced as prime minister two days before the 2010 G20 Toronto summit , at which Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan then represented Australia . During the summit , Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh focused on the ongoing economic crisis and urged the G20 nations to pay more attention to their monetary policies
2010 G20 Toronto summit
2010 G20 Toronto summit
2013 G20 Saint Petersburg summit