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Bruce Hawker
Australian political strategist
Bruce Hawker (born 18 August 1955) is an Australian political strategist, commentator and chairman of Campaigns & Communications Group, which he founded in January 2011.[1]
Along with David Britton, he was the chairman and founding member of Hawker Britton until his resignation in January 2011.[2][3] Hawker was the chief of staff to New South Wales premier Bob Carr, a position he held for nine years before resigning to establish Hawker Britton in April 1997.[2][3][4] Hawker has played a key role as a strategist on a series of election campaigns for Kevin Rudd; Premier Carr; South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Queensland Premiers Peter Beattie and Anna Bligh.[5] In 2013, he was appointed Prime Minister Rudd's political director.[6] He is the author of The Rudd Rebellion: The Campaign to Save Labor, published in November 2013 by Melbourne University Press.[5]