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Barton Deakin is an Australian government relations and lobbying firm. The firm is openly partisan and works only with Coalition governments and oppositions and employs staff with ties to the Liberal Party of Australia, National Party of Australia and their state affiliates. The firm has permanent offices in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.〔http://www.bartondeakin.com.au/〕 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. Barton Deakin is majority owned by the STW Group, the ASX-listed parent company of more than 75 communications firms in Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia. The company is known for its high profile staff, which include former politicians, political Chiefs of Staff, advisors and tacticians. Barton Deakin is also well known for their briefs on Australian and New Zealand policy and government issues, which are distributed several times a week.〔http://www.bartondeakin.com.au/category/barton-deakin-briefs/〕 ==Current staff== The firm's chairman is former New South Wales Treasurer and Liberal Leader, Peter Collins. Collins has been named as one of the most prominent Liberal Party identities working in the government relations industry in Australia. The CEO and managing director is Matthew Hingerty, former Chief of Staff to Minister George Souris in the O'Farrell Government. He was also Chief of Staff to Joe Hockey as minister in the Howard Government, an advisor to Peter Collins as Opposition leader and to new South Wales Premier John Fahey and to several ministers throughout the Greiner-Fahey governments. Hingerty was also formerly the managing director of the Australian Tourism Export Council. Barton Deakin's Canberra office is co-headed by Grahame Morris〔()〕 and David Alexander. Morris was formerly Chief of Staff to Prime Minister John Howard, and prior to that was an advisor to Liberal Leaders Andrew Peacock and Alexander Downer. Morris is a former journalist with The Australian and a well recognised media commentator and political tactician, appearing as a weekly panellist on Sky News Australia's PM Agenda program, on radio, on television shows such as the ABC's ''Q&A'', and is often quoted in the print media.〔()〕 David Alexander was formerly a senior advisor to Peter Costello as treasurer and was part of the Tax Reform Implementation Unit, which oversaw the implementation of the GST. Alexander was also formerly the economics editor of the Canberra Times and continues to provide media commentary.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Want to look fiscally brilliant? Stand next to an ugly economy )〕 Well-known political figure, John Griffin, manages the firm's Victorian and South Australian clients. Griffin was formerly Chief of Staff to Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett and Senior Private Secretary to John Hewson, working alongside Tony Abbott. The Brisbane office is co-headed by former Brisbane Lord Mayor Sallyanne Atkinson and former Young Liberals President, Gerard Paynter. Atkinson was Lord Mayor during a period of extensive growth, including through World Expo 88, which is often credited as a "coming of age" event that transformed and repositioned Brisbane during the late 1980s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Expo 88 sees Brisbane come of age )〕 Paynter provides media commentary on the Queensland Government. Paynter previously worked as a stockbroker for Ord Minnett, where he provided stock market commentary through Boardroom Radio. Eacham Curry heads the firm's Western Australia office. Curry served as Chief of Staff in the Howard Government and also in the Barnett Government. He has held senior roles within the Liberal Party Federal Secretariat and ran as a Liberal Party candidate for Albert Park at the 1996 Victorian State Election. Anthony Benscher, former Chief of Staff to New South Wales minister Pru Goward, was appointed in the latter-half of 2013 as managing director of Barton Deakin's Sydney office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lobbyist and backroom heavyweight Michael Photios involved in meeting with senior Liberal MP over Miranda candidate )〕 Benscher was also a senior advisor to John Howard from 1993 to 2000, and was a senior executive at Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL). Barton Deakin's website, shows that the company employs a number of other political figures and former Coalition staffers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barton Deakin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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