Six integrated services. One firm. Designed in Adelaide, delivered across Australia.
Ace Strategies is an Adelaide-based government relations and strategic communications firm working with corporates, public-sector organisations and international companies operating in complex, regulated environments. Our services are built to work together, because the problems clients bring us rarely respect service boundaries. A regulatory challenge is also a stakeholder challenge; a media issue is also a government issue.
We engage with government decision-makers, influencers and bureaucrats at local, state and federal levels, advocating for your interests and navigating regulatory frameworks.
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We design and implement stakeholder engagement frameworks that build relationships with communities, customers, and key influencers to earn and maintain your social licence to operate.
Explore this serviceWe help organisations navigate the media landscape, manage issues, and build editorial connections. Our media strategies protect and enhance your public profile and reputation.
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Immediate crisis response, issues management before a threat becomes public, crisis preparedness and reputation recovery — coordinated across media, government and stakeholders as one effort.
Explore this serviceWe develop and execute strategic communication plans aligned with your organisation’s objectives, from ESG reporting and corporate messaging to crisis management and integrated campaigns.
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Our comprehensive research solutions combine specialist local knowledge with high-level polling expertise. Our capabilities include political and issue polling, message testing, conversational AI research, and MRP modelling to ensure your strategies are grounded in accurate data.
Explore this serviceReputation is what people believe about you when you are not in the room. We assess where yours stands, build it deliberately, protect it against foreseeable damage, and rebuild it when it has been spent — across government, media and community together.
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Leveraging local knowledge and the Invest Australia Alliance network, we provide strategic counsel and practical support for organisations entering the Australian market or expanding nationally.
Explore this serviceWe produce high-quality corporate videos that capture your brand's essence and communicate your message effectively to your target audience. From concept to final edit, we manage the entire production process.
Leverage the power of audio with our podcasting and studio services. We provide professional recording environments, editing, and strategic advice to help you launch and grow a successful podcast.
Our digital and design services ensure your brand looks professional and performs seamlessly across all digital touchpoints. We offer web design, graphic design, and comprehensive digital strategies.
Prepare your key spokespeople with our intensive media training. We equip your team with the skills and confidence to handle interviews, navigate difficult questions, and deliver your core messages effectively under pressure.
We map your operating environment: the decision-makers, stakeholders, risks and opportunities that shape your position.
We build a practical plan — objectives, messages, audiences, sequence — that your board can endorse and your team can execute.
We deliver alongside you: engagement, advocacy, communications, media and research, with senior counsel on the tools throughout.
We measure outcomes against the plan and adjust as the environment shifts.
Our counsel is delivered by senior operators — former political advisers, award-winning journalists, defence and national security professionals, and research specialists — not handed down to juniors. We work where the stakes are highest: 18 published case studies across defence, health and aged care, energy, water, local government and technology, from South Australia to Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Matt Neagle is a highly accomplished public affairs operative and a valued partner. He is a strategic thinker, always considering the wider context and future implications, with very sound political judgement and insight. Matt is commercially minded, and his counsel is grounded in the realities of the businesses and organisations he works with.
18 published case studies Adelaide-based, working nationally
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