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Top 25 Public affairs consultancies based in Australia

Name: Public affairs consultancies based in Australia
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026 226 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 226 public affairs consultancies headquartered in Australia as of September 2026 and tracks 1,280 professional contacts across them, including 628 with verified work emails. Sydney is the largest hub.

This list covers public affairs consultancies headquartered in Australia, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

226Companies

1,280Contacts tracked

628Verified emails

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The 25 largest public affairs consultancies based in Australia

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 226 public affairs consultancies based in Australia, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to public affairs consultancies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	SEC Newgate Australia	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	110 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SEC Newgate Australia is Australia’s largest full-service strategic communications firm for complex issues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2	Gracosway PTY LTD	Strong evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	78 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GRACosway is Australia’s leading public affairs and strategic communications advisory firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3	Purple	Indirect evidence	Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Purple is one of Australia’s leading marketing and communications agencies – using insight, impact, influence and innovation to drive positive change for our clients, our people…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4	Phillips Group	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	54 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Phillips Group, we see beyond the obvious – that’s what sets us apart.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5	BBS Communications Group	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BBS Communications Group is one of Australia’s most respected strategic communications agencies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6	Essential	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Essential is a strategic communications agency working primarily with member and not-for-profit organisations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7	Articulous Communications	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're a communications, engagement, training and creative consultancy that operates nationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8	Counsel House	Indirect evidence	Barton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	21 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Counsel House offers advocacy and insights that are highly client focused delivered by industry leaders in their chosen fields.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9	Freshwater Strategy	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Freshwater Strategy operates at the nexus of capital, business, and government, transforming uncertainty into opportunity.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10	Anacta	Strong evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	20 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Anacta is a full-service, public affairs company that specialises in campaigns, research, strategy and government relations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11	The SAS Group	Indirect evidence	Brisbane, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12	The Shape Agency	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Shape Agency was established to help organisations with a social interest objective achieve their communications goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13	Pottinger	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A leading independent advisor to leading companies, state and federal governments, industry associations and growth stage companies on M&A, capital raising, corporate strategy and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14	GRA Partners PTY LTD	Indirect evidence	West Perth, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GRA Partners began in 2008 as GRA Everingham, and over the past fifteen years has evolved into Western Australia’s most trusted government relations and strategic communications…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15	Akin Agency	Partial evidence	Canberra, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	16 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a boutique public relations and government relations agency led by our female founders.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16	H Advisors APA	Indirect evidence	AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “AustralianPublicAffairs is a national strategic communications consultancy specialising in regulated sectors and complex stakeholder environments.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17	CPR Communications & Public Relations	Indirect evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “For more than twenty-five years, CPR has been a leading bi-partisan communications, issues management, and government relations consultancy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18	Pyne & Partners	Indirect evidence	Barton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	1-10	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are experienced navigators of the complexities of policy and politics.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19	Public Relations Exchange	Partial evidence	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Australia's leading strategic communications consultancy The Public Relations Exchange is a dynamic consultancy that helps create strategic communications solutions for the public…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20	Hawker Britton	Indirect evidence	Barton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Government relations and lobbying Hawker Britton is a leading Australian government relations and government lobbying firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21	Seftons	Indirect evidence	Tocumwal, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Seftons, we are committed to shaping a vibrant rural and regional Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22	TG Public Affairs	Strong evidence	City, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Strong evidence “TG Public Affairs is a major public affairs consultancy, with offices in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23	Premiernational	Indirect evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Connecting business with Government.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24	Cornerstone Government Relations	Partial evidence	Sydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CORNERSTONE GROUP has built its reputation on delivering successful government and public relations outcomes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25	Nexus Apac	Strong evidence	Barton, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	11 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Nexus APAC is a leading public affairs and strategic communications firm made up of experienced corporate affairs professionals who have worked in senior roles in business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: public affairs consultancies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names public affairs consultancies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of public affairs consultancies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name public affairs consultancies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Public affairs consultancies based in Australia at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026

49.1%Verified-email coverage

5.7Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

22.6%Largest-city concentration · Sydney

Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

183

11-50

51-200

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Australia, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Australia, over 226 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among public affairs consultancies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Australia whose own description of what they do matches “public affairs consultancies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names public affairs consultancies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among public affairs consultancies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Australia are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 628 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Public affairs consultancies by metro

Public affairs consultancies in Sydney51
Public affairs consultancies in Melbourne47

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names public affairs consultancies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many public affairs consultancies are there based in Australia?

RevenueBase identified 226 public affairs consultancies headquartered in Australia as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

SEC Newgate Australia, headquartered in Sydney, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most public affairs consultancies?

Sydney leads with 51 headquartered companies, followed by Melbourne (47) and Brisbane (24).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 628 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 226 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 14, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.