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Category Archives: Government relations

Lobbying pays

April 15, 2009 – 6:41 am

From marginal revolution:
In a remarkable illustration of the power of lobbying in Washington, a study released last week found that a single tax break in 2004 earned companies $220 for every dollar they spent on the issue — a 22,000 percent rate of return on their investment.
The study by researchers at the University of Kansas underscores the [...]

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Cotterell leaves Crosby Textor to establish ‘apolitical’ lobby firm

October 10, 2008 – 10:29 am

Cotterell believes that there are very few ’truly apolitical and independent consultants’ in Canberra. Certainly, Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor are closely aligned with the Liberal Party. The usual approach, however, is bipartisanship. Jackson Wells, Government Relations Australia, Parker and Partners and others all have people from both sides of politcs on their rosters. I guess [...]

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