The election campaign has now officially commenced, so what comes next for government engagement? Neil Pharoah identifies the three attributes that help organisations achieve funding, policy, or legislative goals.

Tuesday sees the treasurer step up to present his 2022 budget, with the Opposition presenting a budget reply later in the week. Neil Pharaoh examines the process of getting to budget night.

The 2022 Federal Election will be closer than ever! Don’t forget, the Victorian Election in November and NSW goes to the polls in early 2023.

As we get closer to the election, for many organisations it means working through their political “stance”. But what do we mean when we say neutral or bi-partisan, and is this really the best approach?

We share a checklist of things to tick off to make sure your organisation is maximising your government engagement opportunities.

Last week, Neil Pharaoh was in Canberra for a number of work meetings and stumbled across the “Convoy to Canberra” protests, which made for an interesting few days in the national capital. This week, he asks what impact all this will have on the election in 2022?

With one of the first major opinion polls of the year showing a 56/44 two party preferred in Labor’s favour, and an 11% drop in satisfaction with the PM, what does this mean for you this election season?

Neil dives into the certainties, predictions and guesses for what will happen for government engagement in 2022.

In our final blog post for 2021, Neil looks back on some of the great - and not so great - traits of organisations who excel (or don’t) in their government engagement.