Barton Deakin

Barton Deakin
FounderPeter Collins
TypeGovernment relations and lobbying firm
PurposeWorks with Coalition governments and oppositions and employs staff with ties to the Liberal Party of Australia, National Party of Australia and their state affiliates
Location
  • Australia
Official language
English
Chairman
Grahame Morris
CEO and Managing Director
Andrew Humpherson
Managing Director (NSW)
Anthony Benscher
Managing Director (Federal)
David Alexander
Parent organization
WPP AUNZ Limited
AffiliationsLiberal Party of Australia, National Party of Australia

Barton Deakin is an Australian and New Zealand government relations and lobbying firm. The firm is openly partisan and works primarily with Coalition governments and oppositions in Australia and the National Party in New Zealand. It employs staff with ties to the Liberal Party of Australia and National Party of Australia including their state affiliates, and the New Zealand National Party.

The firm has permanent offices in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Wellington.[1] It is touted as the largest firm in federal government lobbying in Australia after an increase in client and staff, particularly following the Coalition's 2013 Federal Election win.[2][3] Barton Deakin is majority owned by WPP AUNZ Limited,[4] the parent company of more than 80 communications firms in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. It sits within the WPP AUNZ Government Relations division.[5]

The company's staff includes former politicians, political Chiefs of Staff, advisors and tacticians. Barton Deakin also produces briefs on Australian and New Zealand policy and government issues, which are distributed several times a week.[6]

  1. ^ "Homepage - Barton Deakin". Barton Deakin. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. ^ Phillip Thomson (22 January 2013). "Grahame Morris Top Dog in Canberra". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  3. ^ Knott, Matthew (11 September 2013). "Lobbyists under an Abbott government: Barton Deakin". Crikey. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ "WPP AUNZ | Our companies". wppaunz.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ "WPP AUNZ Government Relations". WPP AUNZ Government Relations. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Barton Deakin Briefs | Barton Deakin". Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.