Government & Regulatory Affairs
We open doors and facilitate conversations with the decision-makers who matter. Strategic engagement across state and federal government, plus navigation of regulatory and approvals processes.
For energy and resources companies, this goes well beyond knowing who to call. It means understanding how government actually works — how policy is developed, how cabinet processes run, how regulatory submissions are assessed, and what drives decisions at the ministerial and departmental level. We help you build and maintain relationships with ministers, advisors, regulators, and senior public servants, and we prepare you for every interaction so you're adding value, not just asking for things.
Core DisciplineIssues & Crisis Management
We help you see around corners. We track issues from the moment they surface through to resolution — identifying political and regulatory risks early so you're managing them proactively, not scrambling when they escalate.
Every issue has a lifecycle. Some are emerging — a policy shift on the horizon, a local council motion, a media inquiry that signals something bigger. Others are active and escalating. We monitor these continuously and help you understand where each issue sits, how it could develop, and what your options are at every stage. When a crisis does hit, we're already across the landscape and can move fast — managing media, coordinating with government, and keeping your stakeholders informed while you focus on operations.
Risk & StrategyReputation Strategy
How government, community, and industry see you matters more than what you say about yourself. We assess where your reputation sits, track how it shifts, and build strategies to protect and strengthen it over time.
Your reputation is shaped by every interaction your organisation has — with regulators, with communities, with the media, and with government. It's the cumulative result of what you do, how you do it, and whether people trust you to follow through. We help you understand how you're actually perceived (not just how you think you're perceived), identify the gaps, and build a strategy that strengthens your standing with the stakeholders who matter most. In sectors like energy and resources, where public trust is hard-won and easily lost, this work is foundational to everything else.
Strategic AdvisoryYour Story & Positioning
Not a press release or a one-off submission — the bigger story of who your organisation is and why it matters here. We help you craft that narrative and make sure it lands consistently with government, media, and community.
In corporate public affairs, the organisations that succeed are the ones with a clear, consistent story about who they are and what they bring. This isn't marketing — it's the strategic narrative that underpins every government meeting, every community event, every media response, and every submission. We work with you to define that story, pressure-test it against what stakeholders actually care about, and embed it across your engagement so everyone is telling the same story in the same way. It's the thread that ties your government relations, your community engagement, and your communications together.
Narrative & PositioningIndustry & Coalition Building
Your sector doesn't operate in isolation. We help you engage with peak bodies like SACOME and the Clean Energy Council, build alliances with peers, and coordinate on the issues that affect your whole industry.
Some of the most effective public affairs work happens through collective action. When an entire industry faces a regulatory change or a policy threat, individual companies are stronger when they speak together. We help you build those coalitions — identifying shared interests, coordinating messaging, and engaging with industry associations and peak bodies to amplify your position. We also help you understand where your interests diverge from the broader sector, so you can protect your commercial position while still contributing to the collective effort.
Industry RelationsMedia & Communications
Getting your story into the right outlets and responding effectively when things get noisy. We partner with specialist media and communications professionals so you get focused expertise alongside our government relations work.
Media relations for energy and resources companies in South Australia is different from most sectors. The political environment is intense, the public interest is high, and a single story can shift the entire dynamic around your project. We help you develop proactive media strategies that get your story told on your terms, and we prepare you for reactive situations where you need to respond quickly and credibly. We work with specialist media and communications partners who understand the SA landscape, so you get dedicated expertise rather than a generalist approach.
CommunicationsInternal Communications
When a project hits a political snag or community opposition flares up, your own people need to hear it from you first. We advise on how to keep your team informed and aligned during approvals, regulatory shifts, and public scrutiny.
Corporate affairs doesn't just happen externally. Your own people — from the CEO to the field crews — are ambassadors for your organisation every time they interact with the community, with regulators, or with the media. We help you develop internal communications frameworks that keep your team aligned on the key messages, informed about political and regulatory developments that affect their work, and confident in how to respond when stakeholders approach them directly. This is especially critical during sensitive project phases like approvals, community consultation, or when an issue becomes public.
Internal AlignmentMarket Entry Advisory
New to South Australia? We're your local partner. We know how SA works and can help you hit the ground running with the right relationships from day one.
South Australia is a unique market. It's small enough that relationships matter enormously, but complex enough that getting them wrong can set you back years. The political dynamics, the regulatory environment, the community expectations, and the industry landscape are all different from what you might be used to in other states or countries. We help new entrants understand how SA works — who the key players are, what the political priorities are, how approvals processes run, and what communities expect from companies operating in their region. We get you in front of the right people early and help you build the local credibility you need to operate successfully.
Market EntryReady to get started?
Every project is different. We'll start with a conversation to understand your situation, and give you honest advice about how we can help.
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Social Licence Strategy
If you're building something in someone's backyard, you need more than a factsheet. We help you understand community sentiment, map who matters, and build engagement that earns genuine support — not just manages opposition.
Social licence isn't something you apply for — it's earned through how you engage with the communities affected by your project. We help you understand who your stakeholders are, what they care about, and how they feel about what you're proposing. From there, we design engagement programs that are genuine, transparent, and built to earn trust over time. That includes everything from stakeholder mapping and sentiment tracking to community information sessions, individual landholder conversations, and feedback mechanisms that actually influence project decisions. In our experience, the best outcomes come when communities feel heard — not managed.
Stakeholder Engagement