Hawker Britton

Hawker Britton is a lobbying and political consulting firm, headquartered in Australia. It is known to have influence with the Australian Labor Party.[1]

Hawker Britton
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryLobbying, Communications
FounderBruce Hawker, David Britton
HeadquartersSydney
ParentWPP AUNZ, WPP plc
Websitehttp://www.hawkerbritton.com/

It has the largest number of clients on the Australian Government Federal Lobbyist Register,[2] 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 WPP plc conglomerate.

Corporate History

Hawker Britton was established in 1997 by Bruce Hawker and David Britton. Before starting the company, Bruce Hawker was Chief of Staff to New South Wales Premier Bob Carr, and Britton was Carr's senior media advisor.

The firm has provided political campaign consultancy services across many elections.[3]

The founders have left the company. David Britton left in 2005 to work for the Fred Hollows Foundation. 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.[4] 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 Kevin Rudd. He managed Labor's successful 2007 Federal election strategy. The Power Index ranked Banks the third most influential among all lobbyists in Canberra in November 2011.[5]

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, APA Group, Australian Science Innovations, Bunnings, CHC, Engie, Expedia, Fantastic Holdings, Free TV, Heathgate Resources, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Liberty House Group, Lion, Lockheed Martin, Mayne Pharma, McDonald's, Medibank, Motorola, Officeworks, QBE, Quasar Resources, Red Bull, Science meets Parliament SA, SMS Management & Technology, Serco, Taxi Council SA and Yellow Edge.[6]

References
  1. "Background Briefing: Peddling influence and money". 18 May 2008. Radio Nationalhttp://www.abc.net.au/rn/backgroundbriefing/stories/2008/2243267.htm. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  2. http://lobbyists.pmc.gov.au/register/view_agency.cfm?id=96
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2011-04-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "The Mayne Report Archives ยท The Constant Investor". The Constant Investor.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "CHANGE OF DETAILS FORM - SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER OF LOBBYISTS". Government of South Australia. 2016-11-07.
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