Politics in Tasmania

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Political Parties

• Australian Labor Party - Tasmanian Branch
• Australian Democrats
• The Greens - Tasmanian Branch
• Liberal Party of Australia - Tasmanian Branch
• National Party of Australia
• Family First Party - Tasmanian Branch
• Parliament of Australia - Parliamentary Library - list of registered and unregistered political parties and organisations.
• Registered political parties from the Australian Electoral Commission
• The Wilderness Society targets marginal seats with candidates in each election.

Lobby Groups, Support Groups etc

• Treedomfighters Forests and Free Speech (the treedomfighters) is a community organisation formed in response to the civil lawsuit issued by Gunns Ltd in Dec 2004 against 16 individuals and 3 organisations. It works with The Wilderness Society (the 6th Defendant) and other defendants, supporting those being sued and advocating for law reform to protect the communitys right to public participation.
   
• The Wilderness Society is a community-based environmental advocacy organisation whose mission is to protect, promote and restore wilderness and natural processes across Australia for the survival and ongoing evolution of life on Earth
• Vote Environment Tasmania's forests are one of the top three environmental issues nominated by Greenpeace, The Wilderness Society and the Australian Conservation Foundation.
• Amnesty International Volunteers Site
• Australian Privacy Foundation 
• Ausflag is an apolitical, non-profit organisation seeking to promote high quality debate about Australia's national symbols.
• Australian Vegetarian Society
• FairWear
• Maternity Coalition  
• Earthwatch
• Green Left Weekly
• Human Rights Council of Australia
• Insurance Reform Campaign
• Refugees Australia National Directory - the most concise listing of Australian Refugee groups available on the Internet. Includes quick facts, taking action links and a contacts page with email addresses and phone numbers of groups in Australia.
• Women's Electoral Lobby (WEL)

Information, Opinion and Ideas

• Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
• Tasmanian Electoral Office 
• Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Redistribution
• Tasmanian Legislation
• Tasmanian Government
• Tasmania Parliament House
• Tasmanian Parliamentary Library
• The Governor 
• australianpolitics.com information and links on politics in Australia
• IMC Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage of major protests.
• Online Opinion is a not-for-profit e-journal based in Brisbane that aims to provide a forum for public social and political debate about current Australian issues. Each month they publish articles intended to stimulate a public discourse on a range of topics.
• Common Dreams News Centre - in-depth news reports and critical analysis from a variety of quality sources. 
• Reuters Alertnet includes a live news feed from Reuters together with articles describing how relief agencies are responding to the latest humanitarian crises and a member directory of international aid agencies.
• see more on the BCL news page