"Bruce Hawker is one of Australia’s leading campaign managers with more than 30 years experience..."
Bruce Hawker
Bruce Hawker is one of Australia’s pre-eminent political and communications figures. He has an unparalleled reputation as a campaign professional forged over 30 years working at the highest levels of government and corporate Australia.
Bruce is founder and Managing Director of Campaigns and Communications, a company specialising in corporate and political campaigns. Before establishing C&C, Bruce founded Australia’s leading government relations practice, Hawker Britton. Bruce also served for nine years as Chief of Staff to former Premier of NSW, Bob Carr.
In 2008, Bruce was named by The Sydney Morning Herald as one of Sydney’s 100 most influential people. In 2011, Bruce was nominated by The Sydney Morning Herald in its ’50 most powerful people’ as one of Australia’s top 5 political brokers.
Bruce has a strong presence in Australian politics where he has served as a key strategist in most federal, state and territory election campaigns since 1997. Bruce’s opinions on politics and government are widely sought by the media and he is regularly a guest commentator on ABC radio, Channel 7’s ‘Sunrise’ and Sky News. Bruce is also a regular contributor to newspapers including The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Bruce is based in Sydney.