Hawker Britton is a

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and political consulting firm, headquartered in Australia. It is known to have influence with the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...

. It has the largest number of clients on th
Australian Government Federal Lobbyist Register
and has multiple offices spread across Australia and New Zealand. It is majority owned by WPP AUNZ, a marketing conglomerate headquartered in Australia, New Zealand, and South East Asia; itself a subsidiary of the

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conglomerate.

Corporate History

Hawker Britton was established in 1997 by

Bruce Hawker Bruce Hawker (born 18 August 1955) is an Australian political strategist, commentator and chairman of Campaigns & Communications Group, which he founded in January 2011. Along with David Britton, he was the chairman and founding member of Hawke ...

and David Britton. Before starting the company, Bruce Hawker was Chief of Staff to

New South Wales Premier The premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Government of New South Wales follows the Westminster Parliamentary System, with a Parliament of New South Wales acting as the legislature. ...

Bob Carr Robert John Carr (born 28 September 1947) is an Australian retired politician and journalist who served as the 39th Premier of New South Wales from 1995 to 2005, as the leader of the NSW Branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He later en ...

, and Britton was Carr's senior media advisor. The firm has provided political campaign consultancy services across many elections. The founders have left the company. David Britton left in 2005 to work for the

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. Bruce Hawker left in December 2010 to set up a new campaign-focused venture.

Contemporary management

The current Managing Director is Justin Di Lollo, a former staffer to Labor leader

Kim Beazley Kim Christian Beazley (born 14 December 1948) is an Australian former politician and diplomat. He was leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 1996 to 2001 and 2005 to 2006, having previously been a cabinet ...

. Di Lollo also heads the STW Group government relations function. Simon Banks is the company's Federal Director. Banks worked for three Federal Labor Leaders, including

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. He managed Labor's successful

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strategy. The Power Index ranked Banks the third most influential among all lobbyists in

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in November 2011. The firm's website shows it employs many former Labor Party staffers, MPs and campaign professionals.

Clients

In South Australia, Hawker Britton has represented the following clients: AARNet, Adelaide Airport Limited, AMP,

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, Australian Science Innovations,

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, CHC,

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Expedia Expedia Inc. is an online travel agency owned by Expedia Group, an American online travel shopping company based in Seattle. The website and mobile app can be used to book airline tickets, hotel reservations, car rentals, cruise ships, and vacat ...

, Fantastic Holdings, Free TV,

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, Lion,

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, Mayne Pharma,

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Medibank Medibank Private Limited, better known as simply Medibank, is one of the largest Australian private health insurance providers, covering 3.7 million people in 2021. Medibank initially started as an Australian Government not-for-profit insurer i ...

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Officeworks Officeworks is a chain of Australian office supplies stores operated under parent company Wesfarmers. The company was established in 1994 by Coles Myer, which became Coles Group before it was acquired by Wesfarmers. Its head office is located i ...

, QBE, Quasar Resources,

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, Science meets Parliament SA, SMS Management & Technology,

Serco Serco Group plc is a British company with headquarters based in Hook, Hampshire, England. Serco primarily derives income as a contractor for the provision of government services, most prominently in the sectors of health, transport, justice, i ...

, Taxi Council SA and Yellow Edge.

References

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External links

Official website
Lobbying firms in Australia Communications and media organisations based in Australia Consulting firms established in 1997