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Government relations & policy advisory from policy to project delivery

We help raise your business profile with key decision-makers, providing strategic advice and agency liaison to support project approvals and policy alignment. Through objective measurement and a results-driven approach, we track performance and clearly demonstrate your success at every stage.

ReGen Strategic advises organisations whose commercial success depends on decisions made by government. We are registered lobbyists under the Australian and Western Australian Register of Lobbyists and we work to the WA Lobbyists Code of Conduct and our own Lobbying Policy.

Our team has held senior roles in ministerial offices, government agencies, peak bodies, and industry. That means we understand how policy gets made, how decisions get taken, and how to frame an argument so it lands. We work at state, Federal, and local level across WA’s priority sectors, including critical minerals, renewable energy, infrastructure, housing, defence industries, and agribusiness.

Clients bring us in to secure approvals under the State Agreement framework, navigate Commonwealth programs including CEFC, ARENA, Powering Australia, and the National Reconstruction Fund, and shape the policy environment they operate in. The work covers stakeholder and political mapping, positioning, submissions, briefings, strategic counsel on timing, and direct engagement with ministers, advisors, agency leaders, and members of parliament.

Not every issue needs a government relations campaign, and some are better handled another way. When engagement is the right answer, we build long-term relationships with decision makers on your behalf based on a clear strategy.

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    Government Relations

    to secure opportunities, political support, and funding.

    Government relations services

    We see lobbying and government relations as critical to ensuring our clients can deliver projects and services that deliver positive social and environmental outcomes.

    • Agreement on why government engagement is necessary and how change can be progressed
    • Government and political stakeholder mapping and analysis
    • Alignment to priority policies or emerging issues
    • Perception audits to understand how you are perceived and supported at all levels of government.

    As a lobbying and government relations firm, ReGen Strategic maintains strong bipartisan networks across all levels of government.

    • Meeting coordination, preparation and advice
    • Development of briefing materials and messaging
    • Secure management of engagement information and periodic reporting

    We provide a nuanced understanding of government policy and identify opportunities to progress and influence change.

    • Briefing papers on new policies, legislation, or upcoming consultations
    • Advice and development of submissions and public comments
    • Integration of changing policy landscape into engagement strategies.

    We stay close to parliamentary processes and keep clients informed of emerging issues and inquiries that are relevant to their commercial interests.

    • Review of Hansard and parliamentary procedures, including parliamentary debates, the progression of bills and committee reports
    • Engagement and relationship building with local members and advisors

Case Study

Ngala

Securing funding for a residential parenting service

The challenge

Ngala operates a specialist residential parenting service providing critical early intervention support to Western Australian families. By 2024, rising costs and insufficient funding meant the service was drawing on reserves and facing closure, placing an essential, evidence-based support service at significant risk.

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The pathway

Developed a clear government engagement and messaging strategy endorsed by the Ngala Board

Positioned the service as a critical early intervention asset aligned with government priorities

Led coordinated engagement with Ministers, senior departmental officials and advisers

Built bipartisan awareness and support among Members of Parliament across all parties

Provided strategic advice on communications and media engagement to strengthen public visibility

Supported consistent messaging across stakeholder, sector and community engagement

The result

The campaign resulted in both major political parties committing to fund the service ahead of the State Election. The incoming Cook Labor Government delivered $40.1 million to Ngala, securing and expanding the residential parenting service for WA families. The outcome represented a major breakthrough in early intervention, removed financial uncertainty and reinforced Ngala’s leadership in family support. The campaign also significantly increased Ngala’s visibility through strong media coverage and stakeholder engagement, highlighting the organisation’s impact and value across Western Australia.

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Offsite

Unlocking housing innovation through government engagement

The challenge

OFFSITE is a Western Australian advanced manufacturing company delivering modern methods of construction. Despite strong technical capability, existing procurement models and policy settings limited adoption, creating barriers to early opportunities and making it difficult to demonstrate impact at scale in partnership with government.

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The pathway

Developed a targeted government relations and stakeholder engagement strategy

Translated technical manufacturing capability into a clear value proposition for decision makers

Prepared tailored Ministerial and agency briefing materials focused on outcomes and risk reduction

Engaged housing agencies, Treasury and central agencies to build understanding and alignment

Captured and documented stakeholder feedback to inform advocacy and next steps

Supported development of a government-backed pilot project proposal to demonstrate capability

The result

The engagement secured government support to progress a pilot housing project in Brabham, providing OFFSITE with a live platform to demonstrate its technology. The work increased awareness of modern construction methods across government and aligned OFFSITE’s capability with housing policy objectives. The pilot established a practical pathway to scale future opportunities and positioned OFFSITE as a credible, delivery-ready contributor to housing innovation in Western Australia.

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What people say about us

Steve booth

George Weston Foods

ReGen supported George Weston Foods in the identification of a site for our new animal feed processing plant in Western Australia. This involved engaging with the community and key stakeholders across multiple potential sites, then working on securing state and local government approvals for our chosen site in Kwinana.

Steve Booth | Head of Government Relations & External Affairs

Tanya steinbeck

Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)

ReGen conducted a perception audit for UDIA that provided access to their deep and extensive list of government contacts, which provided a truly independent perspective on the quality of our stakeholder relationships. Through this report we have been ableTo maximise the effectiveness of our advocacy approach to deliver great places and more housing choice across the State.

Tanya Steinbeck | Chief Executive Officer

Jeremy kenna

Iluka

The ability of ReGen to articulate the incredibly complex nature of stakeholder expectations from an ESG perspective is invaluable. The approach taken by the team was to not simply provide a blanket solution, but to really drill down into the detail of what our challenges were and to tailor their support to fit our objectives.

Jeremy Kenna | Group Manager – Communities &Indigenous Affairs Australia

Isaac hinton

InterContinental Energy

ReGen’s breadth of skills and knowledge have been instrumental in helping us to connect with government and the local media. It is a pleasure working with an organisation that understands our positioning and is aligned with environmental sustainability.

Isaac Hinton | Head of Australia

Dr ray macdonald

Western Green Energy Hub

We are a small team covering the many aspects of strategic external engagement and communications required of a new, phased green energy project. With their broad suite of experience and skills, ReGen has added considerable value to our thinking and the way we engage.

Dr Ray Macdonald | Chief Executive Officer

Ryan watts

TransAlta

ReGen is our partner of choice for stakeholder engagement and strategic communication matters and has worked tirelessly to understand our business. Their pragmatic and client-focused solutions consistently exceed our expectations.

Ryan Watts | Business Development Manager

Darren munday

Consumers of Mental Health WA

ReGen were highly professional and approachable in helping us to learn more about what it feels like to be in front of a camera or microphone. The team were very well researched when it came time to be firing the questions. I would highly recommend ReGen for their media training.

Darren Munday | Chief Executive Officer

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Golden Sedayu

ReGen’s work has been invaluable in ensuring we maintain a strong and trusted relationship with the WA Government. They are available whenever we need them and their knowledge of government policy is unparalleled. They have also exceeded all expectations in terms of media relations.

Andrew Sugiaputra | Managing Director

Captain michael edwards

Gascoyne Gateway

ReGen has helped us strategically plan and engage with key stakeholders, while managing our media relations and community engagement. They are now supporting us in our regenerative approach to sustainability, with the objective of delivering a climate positive, nature positive and people positive project.

Captain Michael Edwards | CEO

FAQ

Frequently 
asked questions

A government relations consultant helps organisations engage effectively with government to secure approvals, influence policy, win funding, and manage political risk. The work covers political and stakeholder mapping, positioning and message development, submissions, briefings and meeting preparation, direct engagement with ministers, advisors, and officials, and strategic advice on timing, sequencing, and building coalitions. Our team has held senior roles in ministerial offices, agencies, and peak bodies, so we have a working view of how government decisions get made.

Yes. Lobbying is a legitimate and regulated activity in Australia. In WA, third-party lobbyists must be registered under the WA Register of Lobbyists and work to the WA Lobbyists Code of Conduct. Similar frameworks apply at the federal level and in other states. ReGen Strategic is a registered lobbyist in WA. We operate transparently, and we keep clients informed about what is disclosed and when. The difference between professional government relations and informal advocacy is adherence to these codes and a long-term reputation for straight dealing.

Government relations can help you move through approvals more efficiently, position your project for grant or co-investment funding (CEFC, ARENA, the National Reconstruction Fund, and state co-investment programs), respond to policy or regulatory change, and build the political relationships that matter before you need them. It can also help you work out when not to engage, because silence and patience are sometimes the right strategy.

The WA Register of Lobbyists is the public register of third-party lobbyists authorised to engage with WA Government on behalf of clients. It is administered by the Public Sector Commission and governed by the WA Lobbyists Code of Conduct. Ministers, advisors, and senior public servants are only meant to meet with registered lobbyists for lobbying activity. ReGen Strategic is registered, and our client engagements are handled in line with the Code.

Yes. We advise clients on positioning, grant and program strategy, and engagement with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, the National Reconstruction Fund, Powering Australia programs, and relevant State co-investment schemes. Our role is to help you understand which programs fit your project, how to position a proposal to align with program objectives, and how to engage with the right decision makers. We work with grant writing specialists when hands-on application drafting is needed.

Public relations manages how your organisation is understood by the broader public and the media. Government relations manages how your organisation is understood by decision makers in government. The two are related but they need different skills, relationships, and measures of success. Our Corporate Services team handles public relations and media. Our Government Relations team handles advocacy and approvals engagement. On projects that need both, we run them as one integrated program.