About the authorMike Smith brings more than 40 years of hands-on experience in lobbying, government relations, governance and campaigning. He has worked as a Ministerial Chief of Staff, political party executive, union negotiator, company director and adviser to businesses, industry associations and community organisations, and has delivered lobbying and governance training through workshops, universities and conferences in Australia and the United States. Mike wrote this book to make lobbying less intimidating - and to show that the skills to engage government effectively are learnable, ethical and accessible.