Our Services

With more than two decades of experience working effectively across federal, state and territory governments, we take a long-term, multipartisan approach to government relations and public affairs.

We develop strategic government engagement strategies to help our clients understand and engage with government and strengthen political relationships.

We help our clients navigate the complex regulatory and legislative environment, providing expert counsel around complex applications and approvals.

Our team is respected for its integrity and accountability in all its engagements with government. We conduct our representational work with unwavering professionalism, openness and honesty.

CMAX Advisory operates to the highest ethical standards and is compliant with the Australian Government Register of Lobbyists (Federal, State & Territory) and the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme.

We can map and report political, regulatory and government budget risk and provide strategic advice around how to position your business.

We understand the impact a change of government can have on business. We develop and implement strategies to help protect and grow your business in a fluid political environment.

We develop messaging and stakeholder engagement strategies to influence policy and decision-making.

We provide budget analysis to identify risk and opportunities for business.

We help clients develop targeted and well-crafted written submissions.

We provide presentation support to senior executives to ensure they are well prepared for inquiries, hearings and media.

We provide post-inquiry support including stakeholder engagement, written statements, reputation management and positioning.

With unprecedented shifts in global power dynamics, we work with clients to understand and unpack the complex geopolitical environment and how it may affect their business strategy.

We understand that geopolitical risk shapes corporate strategy, markets, supply chains, regulations and financing conditions. We provide intelligence and advice to assist CEOs, boards and leadership teams.

We can help you interpret geopolitical risk and translate it into corporate strategy.

Through our trusted network of contacts and interlocutors, we receive and verify information quickly and first-hand. We remain on the front foot to react to challenges and opportunities quickly and effectively, providing advice that is measured and based on our extensive experience.

We are experts at making the complex simple and the simple compelling. We strip away the clutter to develop compelling narratives that have a clear human connection.

We work with ASX listed companies, private equity firms, multinationals, SMEs, and non-profits to assist with all their communication requirements from strategy development and drafting of annual reports, to development of board papers, and brand and reputation management.

With more than two decades of experience working in and with the media in Australia, we have developed an extensive network of media contacts around the country that can help position clients to achieve their corporate goals.

We provide media coaching to Board members, CEOs and Senior Executives.

Highly trusted and discreet, we provide intelligence, strategy, and advice around sensitive corporate transactions before, during, and after the process to get the best outcomes for our clients.

We guide clients through the complex runway from market opportunity assessments through to FIRB approvals, providing strategic communications counsel throughout the process, working with our strong global networks.

We support clients through sensitive and high-risk transactions and organisational changes including M&A, IPOs, and restructures helping them to deliver clear and concise messaging to its key internal and external stakeholders.

We help organisations understand their market position and the broader political and business environment in which they seek to operate.

Our team has extensive cross-industry experience supporting businesses to adapt to change, respond to complex challenges and develop their corporate footprint.

We provide a full range of products and services, including market opportunity reviews, analysis of competitive landscapes, stakeholders and market opportunities, and development of operational scenarios.

Our team is responsive, agile, and executes reputation management strategies for clients through organisational changes, large-scale project milestones, international events or corporate, reputational, financial, legal or operational crises.

Our team has a wealth of experience managing large-scale national campaigns and events. We work with clients from concept through to execution to develop considered, yet creative, campaigns from advertising, education and awareness-raising through to stakeholder and community engagement.

We produce a range of events from small-scale industry briefings and product launches, through to full-scale conferences and trade shows. With a collaborative approach, attention to detail and meticulous planning, we produce and execute high-impact campaigns and events that are delivered on time and on budget.

We appreciate the powerful role that the corporate sector can play in bringing positive change to society and we take seriously our responsibility to facilitate valuable community-focused initiatives on behalf of our clients.

Our team develops tailored strategies that reflect our clients’ social licence to operate. We facilitate partnerships that reflect the values and expertise of individual clients and support the delivery of stakeholder engagement programs.