When an Australian prime minister visits London, the Australia-UK Chamber of Commerce is tasked with rustling up a respectable crowd. On the occasion of Scott Morrison's first visit to Britain as Prime Minister, at very short notice, they did rather well.

There were about 100 of the great and the good from the expat business community and friends, including political svengali Lynton Crosby, hedge fund billionaire Michael Hintze, Rio Tinto finance boss Jakob Stausholm and BAE Systems chief Charles Woodburn. And George Brandis, of course.