Bruce Hawker

Bruce Hawker
A Caucasian male in his late fifties wearing black pinstripe suit, white shirt and blue decorated tie.
Hawker in 2010
Born
Bruce Hawker

(1955-08-18) 18 August 1955 (age 69)
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Queensland
University of New South Wales
Occupation(s)Political pundit, political writer, political consultant, political advisor
Years active1982 -
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Websitehttp://www.candcgroup.com.au/

Bruce Hawker (born 18 August 1955) is an Australian political strategist, commentator and chairman of Campaigns & Communications Group, which he founded in January 2011.[1]

Along with David Britton, he was the chairman and founding member of Hawker Britton until his resignation in January 2011.[2][3] Hawker was the chief of staff to New South Wales premier Bob Carr, a position he held for nine years before resigning to establish Hawker Britton in April 1997.[2][3][4] Hawker has played a key role as a strategist on a series of election campaigns for Kevin Rudd; Premier Carr; South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Queensland Premiers Peter Beattie and Anna Bligh.[5] In 2013, he was appointed Prime Minister Rudd's political director.[6] He is the author of The Rudd Rebellion: The Campaign to Save Labor, published in November 2013 by Melbourne University Press.[5]

  1. ^ Kelly, Joe (7 January 2011). "Independents to discuss Cabinet reform with Labor strategist Bruce Hawker". The Australian. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Bruce Hawker". The Drum Opinion. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ^ a b Kelly, Joe (7 January 2011). "Labor PR guru Bruce Hawker spins off to new campaign venture". The Australian. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  4. ^ English, Ben. "Carr's top two advisers resign" (PDF). The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b Hawker, Bruce (2013). The Rudd Rebellion. Carlton, Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 9780522864496. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  6. ^ Kelly, Joe (28 June 2013). "Bruce Hawker in Strategy Hot Seat". The Australian. Retrieved 2 December 2013.