Some on the business side are now mates with unions,so sitting the Business Council of Australia’s Jennifer Westacott next to ACTU President Michele O’Neil shouldn’t be an issue.

But organising the seating chart would not be for the faint-hearted:making sure not to seat rival supermarket bosses Brad Banducci and Steven Cain together,although they probably get along with each other much better than Qantas – represented by boss Alan Joyce – and the Flight Attendants Association of Australia.

Christy Cain,who heads the mega Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and Energy Union,has also been invited – and forgiven,it seems,for his 2019 call for Anthony Albanese to consider resigning.

It’s not just business and unions at the summit:charities including the Brotherhood of St Laurence have a seat at the table,and the Australian Council of Social Service. Young Australians get a voice through The Y Australia and Yasmin Poole,as do older Australians through National Seniors Australia.

Indigenous organisations including the Ceduna Aboriginal Corporation’s Wayne Miller and the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation’s Micky Wunungmurra have a seat at the table.

The National Council of Single Mothers and their Children,the Equality Rights Alliance and the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition contribute to a hefty number of community organisations that will also be represented.

The left-leaning Per Capita think tank gets a go. But there wasn’t space for its more conservative counterparts such as the Institute of Public Affairs or the Centre for Independent Studies.