Milton Cockburn
Chief Operating Officer
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Biography
Publications
Milton Cockburn was previously Chief Operating Officer at the Lowy Institute. He is a former Executive Director of the Shopping Centre Council of Australia, and a former Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degree and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Espionage top ten
From George Smiley to Jackson Lamb, the best spy fiction relies not on heroes but masters of the plot.
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The wrong side won: Remembering John le Carré
The famed author roamed the grey of the international order and captured a world of “half-angels fighting half-devils”.