Brigitte is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the High Court.
She has over a decade of experience working in politics across Australia and New Zealand. She has a Bachelor of Law from Victoria University, a Masters of Law from the Australian National University, and a Graduate Certificate in Counter-Terrorism from Interdisciplinary Center (Israel).
Brigitte spent three years providing political and media advice to the Embassy of Israel in Australia, whilst dealing with a number of high profile events. She worked as a Senior Advisor in state politics and worked on a number of Australian state and federal election campaigns. Brigitte was a Chief of Staff to an Australian Senator, before returning home to be the Senior Ministerial Advisor to the Minister of Education in the last National Government.
She has worked extensively with clients in the private sector to help them establish and maintain relationships with government, lobby on important issues, and drive campaigns to raise public interest. Brigitte particularly enjoys working with grassroots and member based organisations.
Brigitte has extensive knowledge of law making processes, how to best utilise the Official Information Act, and how to coordinate public interest campaigns across multiple channels. She is particularly interested and experienced in firearms law, electoral law and large scale reforms.
She is a regular commentator for RNZ and Newshub, and writes a weekly column for NBR.
Senior Consultant joined Radio NZ's The Panel on Friday afternoon to discuss the change in National Party leadership. Alongside Tim Watkin and Claire Amos they talked about why the change happened, what happens next and whether Todd Muller's Make America Great Again cap was a big deal. To listen to The Panel, click here
Senior Consultant Brigitte Morten shared her views on what business could take from the Budget speeches yesterday for Radio NZ.
"The 2020 Budget feels like we are back where we started. Just like in late 2017, at the start of the fifth Labour government there was a lot of good intention and a lot of money splashing around. But no plan to make them work together..." read more on Radio NZ
Senior Consultant Brigitte Morten joined Nine to Noon today to talk about the week in politics. Alongside UMR Director Stephen Mills, they discussed the legality of the lockdown measures, how and when a transition to Alert Level 2 will occur and the upcoming Budget.
