SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott called Thursday for G20 economies to adopt more ambitious growth targets, urging leaders not to “waste each other’s time” with a talk-fest.

Abbott told more than 380 business leaders from the grouping attending a two-day B20 summit in Sydney that the world’s economies were still “in the shadow of the (financial) crisis” and “action, not words” was needed to boost growth.

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