Putin (Russia) King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)

King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) Jacob Zuma (South Africa)

Jacob Zuma (South Africa) Lee Myung-bak (South Korea)

Lee Myung-bak (South Korea) Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey) David Cameron (United Kingdom)

David Cameron (United Kingdom) Barack Obama (United States)

But Mr Newman says Brisbane has come of age and is Australia's "new world city".

He gloated that Brisbane's range of accommodation, transport and convention centres helped the city secure the summit over New South Wales.

"We've beaten them seven times in a row in the State of Origin and now we've secured the G20 2014 leaders meeting from our southern neighbours," he said.

"This city, this state has now really come of age. Particularly, I refer to Brisbane as Australia's new world city.

"I'm sorry that New South Wales have missedout. I guess there can only be one winner in this sort of thing."

In response to this morning's announcement, NSW State Planning and Infrastructure Minister Brad Hazzard said he was appalled because Sydney was a far better option.

"Sydney is the only true world city of Australia," he said.

"It is the city that can best showcase Australia to the world and particularly to the G20 leaders.

"It would appear that Julia Gillard is quite prepared to use the world's leaders as her own political play things by taking them to Brisbane in an effort to shore up the Labor vote in Queensland."

Ms Gillard says the decision to hold the summit in Brisbane is based on capability, and the Queensland capital is better equipped to handle the summit than Sydney.

"I can