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Angus Grigg

What I learnt sharing a drink with ASIO

Australia's spooks could teach our business leaders a thing or two about addressing controversial topics.

Mike Burgess, the new head of ASIO, invited me for a drink on a recent Monday night in Canberra.

It was just me, half the press gallery, a few former spooks, thinktankers with patchy beards, cops in boxy suits and diplomats hard up for a drink. So the entire Canberra bubble.

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Angus Grigg is an investigative reporter based in Sydney. He has worked as a foreign correpondent in China and Indonesia, and has won two Walkley Awards. Connect with Angus on Twitter. Email Angus at agrigg@afr.com

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