Gavin Anderson & Company (Australia and New Zealand)
Gavin Anderson & Company (Australia and New Zealand) is a public relations firm specialising in issues management. It is a part of Gavin Anderson & Company, a global company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the international communications conglomerate Omnicom in 1990. He is also a director of the American Australian Association.
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History
Gavin Anderson & Co is based in New York but was founded by an Australian, Gavin Anderson. After acquiring a PR firm owned by Ian Kortlang in 1996 it became known in Australia as Gavin Anderson Kortlang, but has since resumed its former name. Ian Kortlang was a former Joint Intelligence Organisation staffer and his firm was regarded as having close ties to the Liberal Party ("PR and poker - Spin gun for hire", The Australian, January 25 2001. Not available online)
Clients
Former Clients
Case Studies
Telstra Sale
Gavin Anderson managed public relations for the second stage in the privatisation of government-owned national communications company Telstra. It has been awarded the communications contract for the controversial sale of the third and final slice of Telstra, dubbed 'T3'.[1]
Proposed changes to Medicare
Personnel
- Ian Smith, Chief Executive Officer. Former adviser to former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett.
- Jonathan Gaul
- Ian Kortlang
- Geoff Walsh, Managing Director. Former National Secretary of the Australian Labor Party
- Felicity Allen
- James Tonkin
- Peter Sekuless
- Allan Scroope, described as having "a background in Federal Government public health administration and policy". [2]
- Jodie Brough, former Sydney Morning Herald political reporter, Carr Government adviser, and "senior public sector manager involved in both infrastructure and transport service delivery agencies". [3]
- Jo Scard
- Bridget Hargreaves
- Jennifer Eddy, former press secretary to the Federal Minister for Finance and Minister for Industry
- Perin Davey, former media advisor to National Party Senator Ron Boswell
- Kelly Quirke
- Rebecca Wyles
- Kate Gisborne, former advisor to leader of NSW National Party
- Erica Borgelt
- Jamie Snashall, former media advisor to Labor Party MP Julia Gillard
- Jen Eddy, former press secretary to Nick Minchin. Worked on the T3 bid. [4]
- Angus Trigg, former staffer to Liberal Minister Bruce Baird [5]
Former Personnel
- Sue Cato, former co-owner, now manager of Cato Counsel) [6]
- Kate Kerrison [7]
Political Donations
This information was retrieved from Democracy for Sale, a database built using Australian Electoral Commission records.
2003/4 |
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| National Party (State & Fed) | $16,109 |
| Labor Party (State & Fed) | $9,000 |
| Liberal Party (State & Fed) | $3,850 |
2002/3 |
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| Labor Party (State & Fed) | $23,420 |
| Liberal Party (State & Fed) | $10,500 |
2001/02 |
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| Liberal Party (State & Fed) | $22,920 |
| Democrats (Fed) | $2,300 |
2000/01 |
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| Democrats (Fed) | $15,975 |
| National Party (NSW) | $2,000 |
1999/00 |
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| Liberal Party (State & Fed) | $20,200 |
| National Party (NSW) | $1,500 |
| Democrats (Fed) | $1,500 |
1998/99 |
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| Liberal Party (State & Fed) | $17,000 |
| Labor Party (State & Fed) | $8,000 |
External links
- John Fahey (Former Minister for Finance and Administration), "TELSTRA Sale Team Selected", Media Release, March 12, 1999.
- "Kortlang says he'll sail back to business", Sydney Morning Herald, August 7, 2003.
- Nick Minchin (Minister for Finance and Administration) "Tenders open for key sale advisory roles on T3" Media Release, August 26, 2005.
