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“The Biggest Fight” – behind the scenes of The Pharmacy Guild’s putsch on 60-day scripts
Stephanie Tran, Michael West Media, 12 December 2023“665 pharmacies to close”? Stephanie Tran investigates the Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s “biggest fight”, the scare campaign over 60-day scripts, hidden payments to Liberal and Labor parties and a sneaky carve-out from lobbyist rules.
government relations
Lobbying regulation: a global phenomenon
Ki Hong, Tyler Rosen and Aanchal Chugh, ReutersThere is an old D.C. legend that the term 'lobbyist' originated from those who would gather in the lobby of the Willard Hotel, across the street from the White House, to petition President Ulysses S. Grant during his evening cigar-and-brandy visits. In fact, the term's origin goes back a few centuries earlier to...
government relations
China vows ‘no mercy’ in battle against corruption, big tech
Bloomberg News, 20 January 2022China has vowed to curb the influence of tech companies and root out corruption tied to the “disorderly” expansion of capital, a sign that authorities may try to expand a regulatory crackdown that erased more than $1 trillion of market value in 2021. The Chinese government declared it would break the ties between money and power, tackle...
government relations
In Conversation: State of government relations, social media & evidence-based discourse, and corporate reputation
Very Public Affairs Podcast, Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 23 February 2021On this episode of In Conversation, Lachlan Rees, Manager Government, Industry & Public Policy Group Corporate Affairs, Suncorp joins the Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns to discuss the top news stories and developments in early 2021.
Listen to this episode as Lachlan and Wayne discuss how...
government relations
Lobbying in a pandemic: How Canberra’s influence game changed in 2020
Jennifer Duke, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 January 2021Lobbying during the COVID-19 pandemic has meant the halls of Parliament House have never been quieter, and in-person meetings have now been relocated to Zoom. As many lobbyists in the nation's capital adapt to the change, they have been frustrated about the lack of in-person meetings with government stakeholders throughout 2020 but they also...
government relations
Investors join to oppose Treasurer Frydenberg’s proposal to make virtual AGMs permanent
Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Ben Butler, The Guardian, 28 October 2020Continuing on from last week’s lead story in Front and Centre, investor groups continued to agitate against a plan by the Federal Government to make online-only shareholder meetings a permanent fixture. Advocacy against the proposal is led by fund manager Geoff Wilson, who ran the successful campaign against Labor’s franking credits policy in...
government relations
Getting communication right
GovComms Podcast, contentgroup, 14 September 2020Trish Johnston, Assistant Secretary at the Communications Advice Branch at the Australian Government Department of Finance, discusses how to embed communications strategy in every conversation, and how to deal with government policy when faced with complex communications decisions.
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government relations
public policy
leadership communications
Facebook threatens news sharing ban in Australia
BBC, 01 September 2020Facebook has threatened a news sharing ban for its Australian users. This comes in response to a new law forcing the company to pay publishers for their articles. In response, ACCC chairman, Rod Sims said: "The code simply aims to bring fairness and transparency to Facebook and Google's relationships with Australian news media businesses."...
socio political environment
government relations
Alibaba tells Trump ‘we support American brands’
BBC News, 21 August 2020Alibaba has moved to ease tensions with Donald Trump, after the President signed two executive orders targeting the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok and messaging platform WeChat.
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socio political environment
government relations
public policy
A Company Backs a Cause. It Funds a Politician Who Doesn’t. What Gives?
Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times, 22 July 2020An examination of political spending over the past decade shows how some of America’s biggest public companies, and other Fortune 500 corporations, quietly funded political efforts that are antithetical to their public stances. For example, the Center for Political Accountability (CPA) found that Microsoft, which says it supports...
socio political environment
government relations