The norm in this section was that Clarke would play a political figure of the day in interview with long-time collaborator Bryan Dawe, and in 2011 his subject was Wayne Swan, who had just been named finance minister of the year (or treasurer, in the Australian terminology) by Euromoney.
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Dawe suggested Swan had only won the award because of high commodity prices, leading to this exchange:
Clarke/Swan: “I’m not a miner, Bryan, I’m a treasurer.”
Dawe: “Yeah, but these people in Europe may have thought you were a miner-treasurer.”
Clarke/Swan. “I’m not a bloody minor-treasurer Bryan, I’m a very major figure in international macroeconomic affairs.”