April
Election closer than you think, says veteran strategist
Conservative campaign strategist Lynton Crosby thinks the Coalition can defy national polls, but that it’s failed to present a strong vision for the economy.
March
Trump triggers radical profit boost for conservative lobbyists
CT Group, formerly known as Crosby Textor, has done a full reversal – from the red to strong profit – before the election has even been called.
May 2024
Crosby Textor advised pro-Beijing HK officials
The Australian political consultancy provided advice used by pro-Beijing officials in Hong Kong ahead of the start of national security laws that dramatically curtailed free speech.
May 2024
The Aussie political guru on a UK mission impossible
Tory campaign chief Isaac Levido will need every ounce of his battlefield wiles if he is to lift Rishi Sunak’s party out of the doldrums by July 4. Luckily, he has a plan.
February 2024
The dead diamond dealer, the Russian billionaire and the ex-Liberal Party strategist
Spanning transactions from Monaco to Switzerland, CT Group has been accused in the UK’s High Court of offering up forged bank documents in the family legal dispute of a deceased Israeli diamond dealer.
It’s over: Crosby, Textor, Liberals part ways
The exit of CT Group from federal Liberal elections will open the door to the firm’s alumni to pitch for the work.
January 2024
More corporate intelligence, less politics: Life after Crosby at CT
The new CEO of the consultancy famed for its political ‘dark arts’ says forensic level business research is more of a focus, as Lynton Crosby steps down as boss.
November 2023
Liberal Party is tired of Crosby Textor politics
A report into this year’s NSW election loss concludes the party needs to adapt to younger voters and drop campaign approaches from the Howard era.
Sir Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor toast CT’s adulthood
The political operatives celebrated CT Group’s 21st with a Sydney party full of business executives and lobbyists, and two former prime ministers in tow.
March 2023
Political adviser accuses former staffer of stealing data
Crosby Textor Group has made allegations about Freshwater’s work for former UK leader Liz Truss, and it’s playing out in the NSW Supreme Court.
January 2023
Conservative pollster enlisted for fight on the ‘purpose of super’
Lobbyist and pollster C|T Group, founded by political operatives Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor, is running focus groups on superannuation for the Financial Services Council.
September 2022
Lynton Crosby’s firm ensnared in US bribery probe
The Wizard of Oz’s C|T Group is voluntarily engaging with an FBI investigation.
March 2021
Victoria takes the lead in flexible working
Department heads will lead the state’s new flexible office work program, as a new survey shows Australians are increasingly optimistic about returning to normal work life.
October 2020
Trump should make core issues great again, says pollster Lynton Crosby
The world-renowned pollster says Donald Trump needs to focus his campaign on the economy and jobs, as criticism mounts over the President's daily obsessions with the media, Fauci and other sideshow issues.
September 2020
'Let us back into the office', say growing numbers in US, Australia
Just over half of Australians say now is the right time to return to their offices, up from 39 per cent in late July, a global survey shows.
August 2020
Trump 'in a much better position than many think'
The campaign adviser to Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison said Donald Trump would be 'highly competitive' on election day if he gets more people thinking about his plans for the economy.
May 2020
Australia's rescue package the world's biggest, bar one
On a share of GDP basis, Australia outspent every country except Qatar with its direct fiscal stimulus to save the economy from the COVID-19 downturn, with its 10.6 per cent of GDP almost 10 times that of Spain.
Don't mistake surging political popularity for votes
Public support for political leaders has soared in response to their decisive handling of the coronavirus crises, but political strategist Sir Lynton Crosby says that may not translate into election victories for incumbent governments.
Business must fight bigger, bolder government: Lynton Crosby
Conservative political strategist says executives will have to fight to have their voice heard in policy battles.
February 2020
Aussie campaign guru Isaac Levido sets up in UK
When it comes to the export of political apparatchiks and poll whisperers, Australia really does punch above its weight.