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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies NSW state correspondent

NSW ministers advised to bring additional staff when meeting lobbyist after his firm placed on watchlist

Lobbyist Eamonn Fitzpatrick posted a picture of himself with NSW premier Chris Minns on LinkedIn in March 2023
Lobbyist Eamonn Fitzpatrick (left) posted a picture of himself with the then newly elected NSW premier, Chris Minns, on LinkedIn. Photograph: Eamonn Fitzpatrick/LinkedIn

New South Wales ministers have been warned not to meet alone with one of the most prominent lobbyists in the state, Eamonn Fitzpatrick, or his firm after the NSW Electoral Commission placed EJF Advisory on a watchlist for breaches of the lobbying code.

The NSW lobbyist register showed the firm was placed on a watchlist from 13 November 2025 “due to contraventions of the Lobbyists Code of Conduct or the Lobbying of Government Officials Act 2011 (Logo Act)”.

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