The former army head says he learnt how to handle civilians from Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford.
Sir Peter Cosgrove was chief of the defence force from 2002 to 2005 and governor-general from 2014 until last year. Ryan Stuart
Sir Peter Cosgrove, as you would expect, arrives at 1pm on the dot. He will leave Sydney's Felix restaurant precisely one hour later.
The retired governor-general and former chief of the Defence Force immediately puts me at ease when I ask if I should call him Sir Peter. "That's only good for restaurant bookings," he says.
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