Corporate Communications Tasmania
Corporate Communications (Tas) Pty Ltd (CCTas), is the Tasmanian partner of international PR firm Porter Novelli.
"We deliver for our clients in timely and proficient manner. We manage projects rigorously at all times adhering to the stringent ethics of our profession. As an accredited public relations consultancy - the only accredited public relations consultancy in Tasmania - we meet the stringent requirements of the Public Relations Institute of Australia’s (PRIA) national Registered Consultancy Group," it states on its website.[1]
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"Tasmanians for a Better Future" Controversy
Immediately prior to the 2006 Tasmanian state election, CCTas ran a series of ads for a secretive group of businessmen calling themselves "Tasmanians for a Better Future". The ads attacked the Tasmanian Greens and advocated the return of 'majority' government, which in effect meant urging a vote for the incumbent Labor government. The ads were particularly controversial because CCTas refused to reveal the who had funded them.[2]
Personnel
CCTas no longer discloses who works for it on its website. However, a list provided on the company's website in 2006 listed the following staff.[3]
- Tony Harrison, Managing Director
- Nicholas Turner, Executive Director,
- Ingrid Harrison Executive Director
- Craig Harding, Manager Marketing
- Mark Wells, General Manager Northern Tasmania
- Maxine Eyles, Advertising Sales Manager
- Jane Bestwick, Public Relations Consultant
- Amanda Sims, Public Relations Consultant
- Kate Wheatley, Marketing Consultant
- Karen Baddiley, Administration Manager
- Lisa Hermanis, Administration Officer
Clients
In 2003 CCTas won a PR Week Asia Pacific international award for their work on the "transfer of the environmental licence from the holding company of the former Tioxide site at Heybridge to Echo Tasmania".[4]
Current and Past clients
CCTas does not disclose its clients on its website but some of its past and present clients have included:[5]
- Powerco
- Gunns
- TT-Line
- TasPorts
- Hobart Airports
- Taiwan Pulp and Paper Company
- Tasmanian Chamber of Mines
Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ Corporate Communications Tas, "Values", Corporate Communications website, accessed March 2006. (This page is no longer on the company's website and is not in the Internet archive).
- ↑ "Anger and intrigue surround mystery ads", ABC News Online, March 2 2006. (This article cites the Mercury story).
- ↑ Corporate Communications, Corporate Communications website, 2006.
- ↑ Corporate Communications, "Values", Corporate Communications website, March 2006. (This page is no longer available online and is not available in the Internet Archive.)
- ↑ "Anger and intrigue surround mystery ads", ABC News Online, March 2 2006. (This article cites the Mercury story).
Other Sourcewatch resources
Contact Information
Hobart Office:
Level 1, 142 Elizabeth Street
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 7000
Free Call: 1300 655 174
Phone: (03) 6210 5200
Fax: (03) 6210 5205
Launceston Office:
Level 1, 10 Cameron St
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia 7250
Phone: (03) 6331 0569
Fax: (03) 6331 0818
International Tel: + 61 3 6331 0569
International Fax: + 61 3 6331 0818
Web: http://www.cctas.com.au/
External links
- Sue Neales, "Mystery of the majority push", The Mercury, March 1, 2006.
- Sue Neales, "Ad man lands in hot water]", The Mercury, March 22, 2006.
- Christine Milne, "Speech on Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2006", Senate Hansard, June 16, 2006.
