For one week in October, 20 years ago, the world came to Canberra, as Australia sought to solidify its trading relationships. In an “extraordinary occurrence”, United States president George W Bush and Chinese president Hu Jintao addressed the joint houses of parliament on consecutive days. Mr Bush spent just 20 hours in Australia at the end of an Indo-Pacific tour, but in that time he brushed shoulders with wildlife warrior Steve Irwin and his wife Terri at a gala event. A trove of cabinet documents from 2003 have been released by the National Archives of Australia on Monday, including a photo of the moment the group met. In…
