Welcome to Brisbane: The ghost town hosting the G20 — mashable.com

If Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott face off on the streets of Brisbane and no one is around to see it, does it make a shirt-front? As the G20 Summit is set to start this weekend in Ghost Town, Australia, the attending world leaders will have the Brisbane CBD all to themselves. There will be no lines, no tourists, no homeless people, no where to grab a coffee, no cars, no atmosphere. Nada. Zilch. Nothing.

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