Direct engagement with federal and state governments across Australia.
Canning Purple’s team of government relations experts can advocate on your behalf to help achieve your communications and organisational goals. Whether it be providing support at crucial ministerial meetings, raising your profile with key stakeholders or assisting with government approvals – our team of government lobbyists can add value to your engagement.
Our team includes some of the most highly respected government relations specialists, with significant experience in senior government roles. We use our extensive and influential networks to help you gain access to your key stakeholders and influential decision makers.
We aim to make every interaction count. Drawing on our collective depth and breadth of government experience, our team of experts can also work to ensure you are starting the right conversations with the right people, as our wider team support you in your government relations activities.
The Register of Lobbyists
As a lobbying consulting firm, all of our government relations team members are registered lobbyists.
In all jurisdictions in Australia, both state and federal, anyone who engages with government to influence their decision making on behalf of a third party for a fee must be registered as a lobbyist on the relevant public Register of Lobbyists.
For our government relations team to directly engage with government officials on behalf of a client, Cannings Purple must also register them as a client on the Register of Lobbyists in the appropriate jurisdiction. This information is also available to the public.
At Cannings Purple, we strive to uphold public scrutiny and government transparency – core pillars of the democratic system of government we enjoy.
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