The lobbyist list begins: Ian Smith at #10If you want to know about the dark arts of spin and lobbying, you’ve got to know about Ian Smith, or Smithy as he’s universally known. Matthew Knott profiles the spin master.
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Afghan ambassadors’ property plea
In an internal government memo home, Afghanistan’s US ambassador pleads for more lobbyists to help better push the country’s agenda.
Epstein’s glaring conflict of interest
David Epstein’s appointment as Qantas’s General Manager of Government and Corporate Affairs perfectly demonstrates the hole in the Government Lobbyist Register and Code of Conduct, writes Bernard Keane.
