New PR operation Newgate launches in Sydney Melbourne and canberra

Tim Burrowes

August 5, 2013 9:24

Australia has today seen one of the biggest PR agency launches in recent years, with the opening of Newgate Communications in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

The agency – part owned by the British agency of the same name – is mainly made up of former staff of Kreab Gavin Anderson.

The company is being led by Brian Tyson, former managing partner at KGA and a previous press secretary within Nick Greiner’s Liberal NSW Government.

Others include financial PR specialist Felicity Allen who is deputy managing partner. She also worked for KGA, alogn with BHP and Hill & Knowlton.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.