Mike Bowers is Guardian Australia’s photographer-at-large and host of Talking Pictures on ABC’s Insiders. In this episode of ‘The tale I dine out on’ he tells the story of how the idea for the show started on a drunken night in a Brussels pub and reflects on 20 years of photographing Australian politics. ‘The tale I dine out on’ is a summer series from 10 of our favourite storytellers – actors, comedians, writers and Guardian staff – in which they recount a story that never fails to entertain