This week, Brisbane will be trying its hardest to schmooze the G20 leaders, with wall-to-wall pampering, and the best that money can buy.

To be honest, I'm appalled. I'd rather we spent the money helping the homeless than spend a single cent on the likes of Vladimir Putin or some of our other visitors.

Homeless man Andrew Freeman in Cordelia St, South Brisbane. Credit:Tony Moore

However, this week the homeless are not welcome in Brisbane.

The G20 organisers have even gone so far as to offer them money and GoCards to go somewhere else.