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Publications our clients appear in
30 years in media and government
We are specialist Public & Corporate Affairs Advisors to Business and Industry.
Media relations, media training, crisis management and government relations, from Melbourne.
About
Advisors with 30 years in media and government
Our team has worked in media and government for more than 30 years, as senior journalists and as ministerial media advisors. That is how we know what makes an editor run a story, and how a government decision actually gets made.
30+ Years working in media and government
1,200+ Client stories placed in national media
9 Services across media and government
Client coverage
Where our clients appear
Across the AFR, The Age, the Herald Sun, The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Talk to us about your story
Gamble will come down to one final test
Herald Sun
The hemp sector is poised to bloom amid supportive local reforms
Stockhead
Rapid Covid testing on cusp of breakthrough in Australia
The Australian
SA's key role in bug battle
Adelaide Advertiser
Charities hit by illegal dumping
Sunday Age
Alternative pitch for start-ups
The Australian
My Health fears over genomics
The Australian
Fraud warning
Sunday Age
The Finance Behind the Science
CFO Mag
Sheikh, Rattle, Roll on the ASX
The Saturday Telegraph
The next battleground in Fiji's tourism boom is not rooms, it's coffee
Fiji Sun
The single pond that became a big fish and hooked the world on the Murray cod
Sydney Morning Herald
Calls for HIV self-testing expansion following partnership with Grindr
The Australian
The scheme to house Games staff in 10,000 caravans, and how it fell apart
The Age
Victoria becomes global leader in caravan electrification
Herald Sun
Victoria's toilet crisis demands urgent action
The Age
Koplovitz champions women, shapes TV future
New York Business Journal
How Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and satellites changed TV history
Media Village
Inside the push to steal, and keep, Victoria's businesses
The Age
Liberal MP Ryan Smith maps out plan to win back from Labor's Dan Andrews
The Australian
'New' road in disrepair
Herald Sun
Garfield pounces on Aussie-made lasagne deal
The Weekend Australian
Australian cod farm eyes global expansion
Australian Financial Review
Pioneering premium, eco-friendly aquaculture in Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
Capsule v zip lock bag: how the law views the way party drugs are carried
Sydney Morning Herald
Adult attention disorder is real, academic tells churches
The Melbourne Anglican
Your DNA data on My Health Record
The Age
Alzheimer's pill from Australian biotech Actinogen offers hope
Courier Mail
Australian dementia treatment shows promise
Hobart Mercury
Steve Waugh launches into Indian property
The Age
Forster site to copy Truman Show style
Australian Financial Review
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Tech start-up wins Japan apple deal
Australian Financial Review
Women take the helm, leading the wealth of Australia's richest families
Australian Financial Review
Women driving business
Stock & Land
CEOs on navigating business complexity
Australian Financial Review
Taxi owners take a hammer to proposed licence changes
The Age
AI scanning protecting against COVID on rigs
Oil & Gas Australia
New tech to trace dodgy diamonds
Australian Financial Review
Defence scouts out future power solutions
Australian Defence Magazine
Australian forensic science firm driving global change in ethical mineral sourcing
The Age
Tsing Capital sets up Food and Agritech Fund
The Weekly Times
Full speed to world class
The Daily Telegraph
The Pure Mist is rising
Food and Drink Business
Aspen Medical invests in wearable sensor technology
Australian Financial Review
Administrator seeks Swoop Aero wind-up amidst "limited revenue" and mounting liabilities
Business News
Halal nod gives Murray cod Middle East entree
Herald Sun
New Aussie STI self-test could revolutionise disease detection
The Australian
Making fun of learning
Hobart Mercury
Balmain biotech has 10 shots at billions
Australian Financial Review
Walking into the unknown
Herald Sun
Minor email gaffe escalated into expensive near-disaster
Sydney Morning Herald
We are sitting on a fortune
Courier Mail
What we do
Nine services across media, government and investor relations
Run as one-off projects or as ongoing campaigns.
Book a callMedia relations
Media briefings, press releases, media management and liaison.
Media training
Dealing effectively with the media.
Crisis management
Strategy plans and briefing spokespeople.
Government relations
Lobbying, report writing and submission writing.
Internal and corporate relations
Communications strategies for intranet and video files.
Investor relations
Targeting existing and potential investors.
Capital strategies
Media advice for capital raising.
Corporate takeovers
Media strategies and media background briefings.
Production
Newsletters, reports, website content, corporate and video files.
Government
Access to ministers, advisors and departments
We have outstanding accessible links to leading politicians and their advisors across the political spectrum, and experience from working as government ministerial advisors and in senior roles in the bureaucracy. We understand the complexities of the government decision making process.
Talk to us about your issueTeam
Our team
George Hazim
Director
George Hazim is a senior Australian journalist, strategic communications adviser and public affairs specialist with more than three decades of experience spanning journalism, business, government and corporate affairs.
With a career in journalism across many significant industry sectors, George remains an active writer and commentator while heading Media & Public Affairs Australia, a leading strategic communications and government relations consultancy.
A highly sought-after adviser, he has counselled Australian and international companies, senior executives, entrepreneurs, governments and organisations on complex media, reputational and public-policy issues, drawing on an extensive network across the Australian media, business and political landscape.
His strength is his ability to operate at the intersection of media, business and government - combining a journalist’s instinct for what makes a compelling story with a strategic understanding of reputation, influence, public policy and commercial outcomes.
Contact
Are you ready for the media?
We have the capacity and broad expertise to develop one-off projects or complex ongoing multi-layered campaigns. We provide the strategies and create the resource material to get the job done.
Tell us what you are dealing with
The more you tell us, the more useful the first reply is. We read every enquiry ourselves.
FAQ
Questions we get asked before the first call
If yours is not here, ask us directly. We would rather tell you straight than have you guess.
Book a callWe handle the public and corporate affairs side of your business. That means getting your story into the media, preparing the people who have to speak for you, managing an issue when it escalates, and putting your case to government.
Both. Our nine services run as single projects or as ongoing multi-layered campaigns. We provide the strategy and create the resource material to get the job done.
Our clients have appeared in the Australian Financial Review, The Age, the Herald Sun, The Australian and the Sydney Morning Herald. Nobody can promise a placement. What we can do is build a story an editor has a reason to run, and take it to the journalist who covers that round.
We have accessible links to leading politicians and their advisors across the political spectrum. Our team has worked as ministerial advisors and in senior roles in the bureaucracy, so we understand how a government decision is actually made.
Preparing your spokespeople to deal effectively with the media, run by people who spent years on the other side of the interview as senior journalists.
Crisis management is one of our nine services. We build the strategy plan and brief the spokespeople. The earlier you call, the more options you still have.
Email hello@mediaaffairs.com.au or use the form on this page. We will talk through what you are trying to achieve and which of the nine services actually apply to it.