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PARTNERING IN PUBLIC POLICY AND STRATEGY

Phone
0408 977 758
Email
andrew@andrewblyth.com.au
Location

Canberra, Australia 

Phone
0408 977 758
Email
andrew@andrewblyth.com.au
Location

Canberra, Australia 

Andrew Blyth Advocacy is a results-focused, boutique advocacy practice specialising in public policy, research, strategy, and government relations.

Government engagement

Research

Legislative analysis

Policy papers

Perception Assessment

Capability Statement

We provide strategic counsel to corporate, not-for-profit and public sector leaders in meeting their goals and objectives, improving their performance, and delivering tailored strategies to suit their needs. Drawing on a network of strategic alliances, both in Australia and overseas, we are fuelled by a desire to do things better. Andrew Blyth Advocacy takes a fresh approach to research and insights to help leaders make better decisions that stand-up to board-level scrutiny. 

About

Andrew is a senior executive of 30+ years’ experience: consultant, chief of staff, chief executive, and board chair. More recently, Andrew was a senior member of staff at UNSW Canberra as group manager, UNSW Canberra Public Leadership Research Group-John Howard Prime Ministerial Library (January 2016 – March 2023). He was a former chief of staff and senior adviser in the Howard Government.

He holds an undergraduate degree in government and postgraduate qualifications in business and international relations. In 2012 he was awarded a Fulbright Professional Scholarship in Australia-US Alliance Studies that he used to conduct research at the University of Texas at Austin into off-grid energy solutions. 

He is a contributing author to several books analysing the ‘Howard years’ and is co-editor (with Professor David Lovell) of The Art of Coalition: The Howard Government Experience, 1996-2007 (UNSW Press, Sydney, 2022). He is also editor, John Howard: From the Pavilion – Shaping the Ascent to Power (Connor Court Publishing, 2023).

Andrew is currently researching the role and effectiveness of think tanks in the development of public policy through a professional doctorate at UNSW Canberra. He lectures in power and politics at the Australian Defence Force Academy and is host of the podcast ‘Advancing AUKUS’. Andrew has been admitted as a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. 

PUBLICATIONS

Blyth A, 2021, ‘The Dead Bounce Budget’, in Frame T (ed.), The Desire for Change, 2004-2007 The Howard Government, Vol IV, University of New South Wales Press, pp. 282 – 298
2021
 
Blyth A, 2020, ‘Civitas to Pub Test’, in Frame T (ed.), Getting Practical about the Public Interest, Connor Court Publishing, pp. 51 – 63
2020
 
Blyth A, 2019, ”The editorial view”, in Frame T (ed.), Trials and Transformations, 2001-2004 The Howard Government, UNSW Press, pp. 15 – 23
2019
 
Blyth A, 2018, ‘The first and second Howard ministries’, in Frame T (ed.), Back from the Brink, 1997-2001 The Howard Government, Vol II, UNSW Press, pp. 290 – 308
2018
 
Blyth AC, 2017, ‘Entrepreneurship for post conflict reconstruction’, in Frame T (ed.), The long road : Australia’s train, advise and assist missions, NewSouth Publishing, Sydney, N.S.W., pp. 312 – 325
2017
 
Blyth AC, 2017, ‘Compulsion and liberty in the trial of Albert Langer’, in Frame T (ed.), The Ascent to Power, 1996: The Howard Government, Volume 1, UNSW Press, pp. 127 – 138
2017
Blyth A, 2022, ‘Donald Trump, Magnificent Vulgarian’, Quadranthttps://quadrant.org.au/opinion/review/2022/01/donald-trump-magnificent-vulgarian/
2022
 
Blyth A, 2022, ‘Donald Trump, Magnificent Vulgarian’, Quadranthttps://quadrant.org.au/opinion/review/2022/01/donald-trump-magnificent-vulgarian/
2022
 
Blyth AC, 2015, ‘Simplicity in water regulation a worthy goal’, The Canberra Times
2015
 
Blyth AC, 2015, ‘Support small business to drive Canberra’s economic recovery’, The Canberra Times
2015
 
Blyth AC, 2015, ‘Entrepreneurship as a solution to poverty’, The Canberra Timeshttp://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/entrepreneurship-as-a-solution-to-poverty-20150925-gjvac4.html
2015
 
Blyth AC, 2015, ‘Crowdfunding might be portal to energy access’, The Canberra Times
2015
 
Blyth AC, 2013, ‘Small success needs support’, The Canberra Times
2013
Blyth A; Lovell D, (ed.), 2022, The Art of Coalition: The Howard Government Experience, 1996 – 2007., UNSW Press, Sydney, NSW
2022
 
Frame T, (ed.), 2019, Trials and Transformations, 2001-2004: The Howard Government, Vol III
2019
Blyth AC, 2016, ‘Post-conflict reconstruction and entrepreneurship’, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, presented at The Long Road: the Future of Indigenous Capability Development, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy, 04 May 2016 – 05 May 2016

MEDIA

Blyth A, 2022, The clock is ticking for Australia’s new defence minister, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7770566/the-clock-is-ticking-for-australias-new-defence-minister/
2022
 
Blyth A, 2022, In ‘Diplomatic: A Washington Memoir’, Joe Hockey chronicles his career shift and the turmoil of the Trump years, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7775450/joe-hockeys-memoir-chronicles-career-shift-us-turmoil/
2022
 
2022
 
Blyth A, 2021, We’re all better off if ASPI has time to think, https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7404126/were-all-better-off-if-aspi-has-time-to-think/
2021

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JOHN HOWARD FROM THE PAVILION: Shaping the Ascent to Power -- Edited by Andrew Blyth

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