Home » Governance » Pressure Groups » Pressure groups may use a variety of methods to pursue their requirements. These include:
- lobbying state members and the Parliament via petitions, letters and deputations;
- consulting with ministers or senior public servants;
- hiring professional lobbyists;
- taking legal action through injunctions or appeals to higher courts;
- campaigning for, or opposing, certain candidates at elections;
- demonstrating outside Parliament and government offices or marching in the streets;
- using the industrial muscle of strikes for political purposes.
