Ted the first person to talk to is the Chief of Staff to the Minister for Western Sydney, then the Chief of Staff to the new Minister for Sport, also the Civic reporter for the local paper in Penrith.
Politicians both like or loath noise, get that working for you,
Always treat it that the local council is broke and the Minister has the cheque book.
The guy from the DSMRA that is working on Rec Reg is pretty good too,
I was on a Dept of Premier and Cabinent Working Group for a few years, it's the Ministers that make things happen.
When your in the Ministers office in Parliament House things start rolling.