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There is broad consensus that lobbyists with government experience are valuable to those who employ them, principally because they possess contacts in government and unique insights into the policy process. This is the basis of the so-called revolving door.

Yet the near exclusive focus on government experience as the defining feature of lobbyist careers, means the literature has neglected analysis of the mix of different (and important) experiences that actual lobbyists likely accumulate during their careers.

We address these gaps through analysis of the career sequences of over 600 lobbyists operating across contract and in-house roles in Australia.

About the speaker

is Professor of Political Science at the School of Politics and IR at the ANU. He presently serves as Associate Dean (Research) in the College of Arts and Social Sciences. He researches and write about organised interests in politics (interest groups, thinks tanks, corporations and lobbyists) and political representation, and the connections between the two.

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Image credit: Artistically blurry illustration of human figures walking in and out of 3 revolving doors, by , from , used under .