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.
Aaron PatrickSenior correspondentAaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com
