- allSoHo.org
Website to lobby for the National Broadband Network (stage two) roll-out to extend to the whole of the South Hobart area. Includes an online survey
- Amnesty International Australia. Tasmania
Tasmanian contacts, events and activities for Amnesty International
- Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Tasmania
Provides information on the activities of the ACL in Tasmania, as well as nationally. The ACL seeks to promote Christian principles and values in Australian life and politics
- Bruny Island Community Association
Provides a forum for airing issues affecting the community and takes the community's voice to Local and State Governments seeking appropriate actions. Assists other community organisations and provides financial support to community related development projects
- Business Tasmania: the bury wood cultural story
Series of slides with commentary on Tasmanian forestry practices
- Citizens in support of the Sandy Bay cycle/walk way
Facebook page for group supporting the cycle/walk way that has been proposed for Sandy Bay Rd in Hobart
- Climate Action Hobart
Volunteer, grassroots climate action group formed to promote community involvement in achieving strong climate policy and action in Tasmania
- Climate Tasmania
Peter Boyer's weekly column on "Climate Challenge" in Tasmania's Mercury newspaper (since 2007) deals with global climate change from a Tasmanian perspective. Includes the 10 Steps Challenge
- Code Green Tasmania
Facebook site of Launceston based lobby group Code Green Tasmania. The group advocates using non-violent direct action in their campaign to put an end to native forest logging and to stop Gunn's proposed pulp mill
- Come and See Tasmania with Forestry Tasmania: Tasmania's woodchip counter
Lobby site about forestry practices in Tasmania, dedicated to helping save old growth forests, with link to online forum
- Concerned Residents of Lucaston Crabtree
Residents of the area around Lucaston, in Tasmania's Huon Valley, are deeply concerned about large forestry corporations planning tree plantations on land surrounding their residential properties
- Digital Tasmania
Non-profit consumer action group, created to give a voice to the views and needs of Tasmanian consumers in the digital age
- Discover-Tasmania.com.au
Details Tasmanian environmental issues, including the ending of clearfelling of old growth forests, plus the marketing of environmentally sustainable products, services and businesses
- Discover... Tasmania
Site lobbying against current forest industry practices in Tasmania
- Drive Tasmania
Slide show depicting traffic accidents involving log trucks on Tasmanian roads
- Emily's List Australia: Tasmanian candidates
Organisation supporting pre-selected Labor women leaders in Tasmania
- End the Confusion : the case for the decriminalisation of abortion in Tasmania
Tasmanian lobby group to support the decriminalisation of abortion in Tasmania
- Environment Association
The Association provides a focus for environment and conservation issues. Includes the Environment House Trust for ethical investments
- Forest Industries Association of Tasmania (FIAT)
FIAT is an employer body which was formed in 1983 to represent the interests of processors of Tasmanian forest products
- Forests Now Tasmania
Blog site of the Logging Industries Advocacy Service, which works on behalf of Tasmania's loggers, and promotes sustainable forestry in Tasmania
- Friends of Forests and Free Speech: Gunns20.org
Website supporting the defendants in a lawsuit launched in Australia by Tasmanian logging company, Gunns Ltd. In 2004, twenty environmental activists, organisations and concerned citizens were sued by the company for a combined AU$6.9 million for actions it claims has damaged its business and reputation
- Future Tasmania
A not-for-profit, non-party-political organisation that promotes education, research and transition toward sustainable futures. Established in 2005 by a group of Hobart citizens
- Future Transport Tasmania Blogspot
Future Transport Tasmania aims to bring the question of sustainable public transport and rail infrastructure into public debate by promoting schemes such as park & ride, bus lanes, bicycle lanes and other proposals
- Gunns Tamar Pulp Mill
Looks at the claims put forward by Gunns Ltd and by groups opposing the pulp mill project at Bell Bay
- Hobart 2022 Olympics
Website to support the Hobart 2022 Olympic Bid
- Hobart Ferry Terminal
Hobart based website offering a proposal and support for the development of a new Hobart Ferry Terminal at Brooke Street Pier
- Human Life Protection Society Inc.
Part of the Australian Federation of Right to Life Associations which acts to address pro-life issues
- Huon Valley Environment Centre (HVEC)
The HVEC aims to provide the general public with access to information and educational materials on environmental issues and concerns
- I'm supporting Tim Jacobson in Elwick
Facebook page supporting Tim Jacobson, a candidate for the Tasmanian Legislative Council, division of Elwick, 2010
- Keep ABC TV Production In Tasmania
Facebook site for keeping ABC TV in production in Tasmania
- King River Action Group
Dedicated to achieving remediation of the King and Queen Rivers on Tasmania's West Coast
- Launceston Environment Centre (LEC)
The LEC is a non-profit community organisation working to bring about community awareness, responsible attitudes and actions for the protection and enhancement of the environment and quality of life
- Launceston Peace Action Network
Web site of the Launceston Peace Action Network, with links to the sites of member groups, who work for peace and the protection of human rights
- Liveability
The Liveability concept, which is now the norm in virtually all spatial planning policies around the globe, is encouraging Tasmanians to take a fresh look at planning priorities using street trees and urban greening
- Mount Wellington Cable Car (MWCC)
Website outlining the proposed Mount Wellington Cable Car development
- National Sea Highway Committee
Web site of the National Sea Highway Committee, chaired by Peter Brohier, a lobbyist for reforms to the Bass Strait transport equalisation schemes, to the greater benefit of Tasmania and Victoria
- North East Bioregional Network
Group promoting a consistent ecologically based approach to natural conservation in Tasmania
- Observer Tree
Conservation lobby group blog and website targetting the logging of Tasmania's native forests
- Opossum Bay.com
A campaign site by residents of Opossum Bay and South Arm, Tasmania, providing information about Government plans to demolish the local jetty, and to collect votes to keep the jetty for presentation to parliament
- Our Island, Our Voices
Facebook website for Our Island Our Voices, a non-party political campaign about giving Tasmanians the chance to engage in the March 2010 State Election and have their say on Tasmania's future. Originally organised by TasCOSS
- Our Tarkine Our Future
Australian Workers Union lobby group believes that sensible environmental safeguards can be applied to the Tarkine region to protect biodiversity and wilderness values, without compromising opportunities for new mining projects
- Oxfam Shop
Independent, Australian, secular and voluntary community-based aid organisation bringing together people from diverse backgrounds to build a fairer world
- Peace Tasmania
Actively proclaims a vision of peace, social justice and the non-violent resolution of conflict. Includes commentary and links to related sites
- Peak Oil Tasmania
Website and information about Peak Oil Tasmania, a lobby group dedicated to raising awareness about peak oil in the Tasmanian setting
- Pulp the Mill
A website dedicated to promoting a peaceful community protest against the proposed pulp mill in the Tamar Valley, northern Tasmania. Information about previous actions taken by the group is available
- Recherche Bay, Tasmania
Web site of a campaign by the Recherche Bay Protection Group to preserve the area's historical and natural values by preventing planned logging. The area includes the landing place of the Bruni d'Entrecasteaux expedition (1792-1793) and the site of a botanical garden established by Felix de la Haie
- Reedy Marsh Forest Conservation Group
Meander Valley community group working to save natural forests on both public and private land from woodchipping
- Register of Lobbyists
Listing of Lobbyists who make representations to the Tasmanian Government of behalf of their clients. Includes FAQs and other information re the Register, with a link to the Lobbying Code of Conduct and online Registration Form
- Remove the Threat, Restore the Confidence
CPSU Facebook lobby site to urge the Premier to remove the threat of forced redundancies
- Resistance Centre, Hobart
Resistance is an activist, socialist youth group which campaigns to bring about an equal, democratic and ecologically sustainable socialist world. The Hobart Centre is the focus for Resistance activity in Tasmania, with a meeting space and bookshop
- Respect the Mountain
Facebook group interested in protecting the natural and cultural values of Mt Wellington
- Road Victims Tasmania: The Faces
Facebook site promoting road safety and displaying photos of those who have died on Tasmanian roads
- Safety in Numbers
Lobby site dedicated to restoring police resources in Tasmania
- Save Avoca Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Avoca Primary School in North Tasmania
- Save Bracknell Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Bracknell Primary School in Northern Tasmania
- Save Cascades Bush
Lobby group forum concerned about the sale of bush land by SAB-Miller, owners of Cascade Brewery in the South Hobart area
- Save Collinsvale Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Collinsvale Primary School in Southern Tasmania
- Save Dover District High School
Facebook site lobbying to save Dover District High School in Southern Tasmania
- Save Edith Creek Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Edith Creek Primary School in North West Tasmania
- Save Franklin Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Franklin Primary School in Southern Tasmania
- Save Glenora District High School
Facebook site lobbying to save Glenora District High School in Bushy Park, Tasmania
- Save Goodwood Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Goodwood Primary School in Hobart, Tasmania
- Save Kempton Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Kempton Primary School in the Southern Midlands, Tasmania
- Save Meander Valley Schools
Facebook site lobbying to save Meander Valley Primary, Bracknell Primary and Westbury Primary schools in the Meander Valley region in Northern Tasmania
- Save NAA offices in Adelaide Hobart and Darwin
Facebook page asking members to join the cause and petition for the retention of National Archives of Australia offices in Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin
- Save Our Mercury
Lobby site in support of the campaign against shifting parts of the production of the Mercury newspaper interstate
- Save Our Sandy Bay Infant School
Facebook site lobbying to save Sandy Bay Infant School in Hobart, Tasmania
- Save Our Schools Tasmania
Facebook site lobbying to save Tasmanian government schools
- Save Our State
"Are you concerned about plantation forestry in Tasmania ... Do you oppose the Judbury Woodchip Park with it's chip mill and wood fired power station . Now is the time to speak out!"
- Save Ralphs Bay Action Group
Information on the Save Ralphs Bay Action Group and its activities relating to the Walker Corporation's proposed canal estate development at Ralphs Bay, Lauderdale, thirty minutes east of Hobart, Tasmania
- Save Ringarooma Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Ringarooma Primary School in North East Tasmania
- Save Sassafras Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Sassafras Primary School in North West Tasmania
- Save the Blue Tier: no logging
Official site of the Friends of the Blue Tier, who are trying to prevent clearfell logging in the Blue Tier area
- Save The Red Awnings
Website to support the red awnings on the facade of 26 Murray Street in Hobart, Tasmania
- Save Westbury Primary School
Facebook site lobbying to save Westbury Primary School in Northern Tasmania
- Save Your Leatherwood Honey
A lobby site to stop the clearfelling and burning of the accessible Leatherwood Resource in Tasmania
- Saving Ancanthe Park action group
Hobart action group website blog for saving Ancanthe Park in Lenah Valley
- Saving Marriage
Blog site with thoughts on why marriage shouldn't be redefined
- Slutwalk Hobart
Facebook site for a collective of people joining together for the common cause of challenging “victim blaming” attitudes in society
- South Sister
Official site of the SOS group trying to prevent selective logging in the north and south Sisters range in St. Mary's
- Still Wild Still Threatened
Lobby website for grassroots environmental activists SWST, advocates for the immediate formal protection of Tasmania's Southern Forests, political and corporate lobbying, community education, research, exploration and frontline direct action. Also promote the creation of an equitable and environmentally sustainable forest industry in Tasmania
- Stop the super trawler
Lobby group campaigning to ban the trawling of pelagic fish by the the Abel Tasman in the Bass Strait
- Styx Valley: global rescue station: protecting Tasmania's ancient forest
On November 12, 2003, Greenpeace and The Wilderness Society launched an international campaign to save the Styx. Activists have set up camp in a tree platform, built 65 metres above ground
- Ta Ann (http://taann.net/)
Lobby website focusing on the operations of Ta Ann Tasmania
- Ta Ann (taann.good.do)
Lobby group focusing on the activities of the Ta Ann timber company
- Tamar Bicycle Users Group (T-Bug)
T-Bug aims to represent the local cycling community to local, State and Federal governments. The group also organises social rides and events in the Tamar region
- Tamar Pulp Mill Talk
Blog site dedicated to facilitating an exchange of information and news relevant to the proposal to build a pulp mill in Tasmania's Tamar Valley
- TAP: Tasmanians Against the Pulp Mill
TAP is a community based independent group fighting the proposed Bell Bay pulp mill in Northern Tasmania. Site contains factsheets, letters, and links to reports and submissions
- Tarkine: Australia's Largest Temperate Rainforest
Site lobbying against development in the Tarkine in North West Tasmania
- Tas Paintball
Website dedicated to the introduction of Paintball at a recreation and competition level in Tasmania
- Tasmania National Parks Association
Non-profit non-government organisation formed to involve community in matters relating to Tasmanian parks and reserves
- Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc.
Website dedicated to the protection of Indigenous heritage in relation to the Brighton Bypass
- Tasmanian Asylum Seeker Support
Information, contacts and activities for a network of Tasmanians interested in welcoming asylum seekers to the community
- Tasmanian Centre for Global Learning
The Centre works with schools, community organisations and individuals to raise awareness of global issues and to promote action for social justice, peace and sustainable development
- Tasmanian Constitution Society
A non-profit community organisation that campaigns for a return to a larger House of Assembly in Tasmania. Membership form available online
- Tasmanian Council of Single Mothers and their Children
Information and contact details of a support group advocating for the interests of single mothers and their children
- Tasmanian Council of Social Service Inc
Web site of the Tasmanian Council of Social Service (TasCOSS), the peak council for community welfare in Tasmania
- Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Group
A community-based organisation campaigning for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender human rights in Tasmania
- Tasmanian Keeping Cool Alliance Campaign
Website urging the Tasmanian Government to implement a medical cooling electricity concession to assist those on low incomes with a medical need to keep cool on hot days and nights
- Tasmanian Mining: Facebook
Facebook site for Tasmanian mining, maintained by the Tasmanian Minerals Council
- Tasmanians for Reform
Lobby group of organisations and individuals calling for the reform of local government
- Tasmanians United for Marriage Equality
Lobby group supporting the enactment of legislation to allow same sex couples to marry
- Tassie for a One Punch Can Kill Campaign
Facebook site launched by Matt Stevenson, a Liberal candidate for Denison, to lobby for the introduction of a government education campaign to stop street violence
- TassieLeaks
TassieLeaks is an online organisation that publishes submissions from anonymous news sources, leaks and whistleblowers on the topics relating to the Tasmanian political landscape
- Timber Workers for Forests
Independent group established by timber workers who share concerns about forestry practices in Tasmania
- Transition Derwent
Tasmanian lobby group of volunteers interested in bringing down the cost of living while increasing community enjoyment
- Transition Franklin
Franklin community group aimed at strengthening the community to face the dual challenges of climate change and the end of cheap fossil fuels (peak oil)
- Treedomfighters
A community organisation formed in response to the civil lawsuit issued by Gunns Ltd in December 2004 against 16 individuals and 3 organisations
- Turn Tasmania Around
Facebook page for a Tasmanian Liberal Party forum for discuss ideas on positive solutions to issues facing Tasmanians
- Upper Florentine Blogspot
Blogsite for Still Wild Still Threatened, a grassroots community organisation campaigning for the immediate protection of Tasmania's ancient forests and the creation of an equitable and environmentally sustainable forestry industry in Tasmania
- Wilderness Society
National, community-based, environmental advocacy organisation whose mission is to protect, promote and secure the future of wilderness and other high conservation areas
- Wilderness Society: Launceston
Environmental advocacy organisation whose mission is to protect, promote and secure the future of wilderness and other high conservation areas
- Willow Court Advocacy Group
An advocacy group for the ethical and sensitive re-use of Willow Court in New Norfolk, Tasmania
- Worm in the apple: the people's fight for Democracy
Forest lobby group who created a film and book with this title
- Wynyard Coalition Against War and Racism
Established by residents of Wynyard to address the crisis now faced in Afghanistan
- Your Services
Community and Public Sector Union's site to save public services
