Additional Government Engagement Resources + Reading

We share information and insights about government engagement frequently, including through our website, whitepapers, articles, presentations, social media and in our monthly e-news. We’ve provided a handful of key links below:

  • Our free government engagement whitepaper for not-for-profits, which we co-authored with Perpetual, is available here.

  • We share more on government relations and advocacy here, including budget submissions, letter writing, securing funding, engaging with public servants and more.

  • Take a look at our blog here and, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you can also subscribe to our monthly e-News.

  • We’ve shared detailed information about getting election ready here and developed a free election checklist here.

  • Neil Pharaoh, one of our Co-Founders and Directors, writes a fortnightly column for Third Sector called Happenings on the Hill.

  • Neil has also previously written for Pro Bono Australia. One of his most popular Pro Bono articles was about the three big success factors in government engagement, which you can read here.

There are lots of other Government Engagement resources out there, including:

  • Our Community share information on government relations and advocacy here.

  • The ACNC provide an overview of charity advocacy in Australia here.

  • This Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) article talks about the role of government engagement in broader business sustainability.

  • See here for the Federal Government’s Engagement Framework and here for the Victorian approach.

  • While focussed on academics, there are also useful government engagement insights for non-academics in this 2019 publication.

  • You can access the Australian Lobbying Code of Conduct here and the Australian Government’s Register of Lobbyists here, remembering that each state and territory also has its own lobbyist registry.

  • Take a look at this ACNC piece about knowing the not-for-profit advocacy rules in an election year.

  • NFP Law have a handy guide on financial reporting to government, which includes information about election funding and financial disclosures – see here.

  • Check out this Pro Bono article by David Crosbie about the vital role of not-for-profits in elections.

Additional resources and reading about not-for-profit Communications:

  • The Ian Potter Foundation provide not-for-profit communications and PR tips and tools here.

  • NFP Law talk about legal issues for not-for-profits regarding social media here.

  • Venngage share templates and insights for not-for-profit communications crises here.

  • The Nonprofit hub share an overview of not-for-profit communications here.

Additional resources and reading about not-for-profit Stakeholder Management:

  • You can find an overview of stakeholder management here.

  • There’s a useful guide to stakeholder management including the role of technology here.

  • We enjoyed this article about how to create a stakeholder management plan.

  • You can read more about 10 key stakeholder engagement principles here.

  • Things don’t always go to plan which is when this piece that summarises 4 strategies for dealing with difficult stakeholders might come in handy.