International Law

Lobbyists Registers

Lobbyists Registers contain information about lobbyists who make representations to Government on behalf of their clients including:

• the business registration details and trading names of each lobbyist including, where the business is not a publicly listed company, the names of owners, partners or major shareholders, as applicable
• the names and positions of persons employed, contracted or otherwise engaged by the lobbyist to carry out lobbying activities, and
• the names of clients on whose behalf the lobbyist conducts lobbying activities.

The existing Registers are:

Australian Government Lobbyists Register

Queensland Register of Lobbyists

WA Lobbyists Register

NSW Register of Lobbyists

Peter Timmins comments here about the relative (in)accessibility of information on the Registers.

Full post as published by Australian Regulatory Compliance Review on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).