A humane society is a group that aims to stop cruelty to animals. In many countries,the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom,and historically in the United States,such societies provide waterway rescue,prevention and recovery services,or may give awards for saving human life.
The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia which developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania,including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the Franklin Dam campaign. They form a part of the Australian Greens.
Launceston Church Grammar School is an Anglican co-educational private school in Launceston,Tasmania,Australia for Early Learning through to Grade 12.
Nicholas James McKim is an Australian politician,currently a member of the Australian Senate representing Tasmania. He was previously a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly elected at the 2002 election,representing the Franklin electorate from 2002 to 2015,and led the party from 2008 until 2014. On 21 April 2010,he became the first member of the Greens in any Australian ministry. From February 2020 until June 2022,he served as co-deputy leader of the Australian Greens.
Kim Dion Booth is a former Australian politician. He was the leader of the Tasmanian Greens from April 2014 to May 2015,and represented the Division of Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Sir Adye Douglas was an Australian lawyer and politician,and first class cricket player,who played one match for Tasmania. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 August 1884 to 8 March 1886.
Janie Finlay is an Australian politician currently the Member for Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
An election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 18 March 2006,the same day as the South Australian elections. The Labor Party led by Premier Paul Lennon,won a third successive majority government term in office,despite predictions the election would result in a minority government. Although there was a small swing against Labor,they finished with 14 seats,and there were no changes in the party composition of the assembly. The Liberal Party led by Rene Hidding gained a small swing and finished with seven seats. The Tasmanian Greens led by Peg Putt suffered a small swing and finished with four seats;meaning no change in seat representation since the last election. Had the Greens lost one of their four seats,they would have lost their status as a major party and would lose financial resources,offices and support staff.
RSPCA Australia is an Australian peak organisation established in 1981 to promote animal welfare. Each state and territory of Australia has an RSPCA organisation that predates and is affiliated with RSPCA Australia.
Cassandra Stanwell O'Connor is an Australian politician,who was a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2008 to 2023,representing the electorate of Denison which was renamed to Clark in September 2018. Since the 2024 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election,she has represented the electorate of Hobart. O'Connor was the first female Greens minister in Australia,serving in the Giddings ministry intermittently from 2011-14. In 2015,she became leader of the Tasmanian Greens following the resignation of Kim Booth.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 7 May 2011. The three seats up for election were Launceston,held by retiring independent MLC Don Wing;Murchison,held by independent MLC Ruth Forrest;and Rumney,held by Labor MLC Lin Thorp. These seats were last contested in 2005.
Carmel Maude Holmes was an Australian politician.
James Sinclair Taylor McGowen was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1961 to 1964,representing the electorate of Bass.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly,elected at the 2014 state election.
Jeremy Dacre Ball was an Australian politician,actor and activist. Ball served as the deputy mayor of Launceston,Tasmania's second-largest city,from 2011 until his death in 2014 due to a car accident.
RSPCA Tasmania is an animal welfare,education and advocacy charitable organisation based in Tasmania,Australia. They run and maintain a shelter facility for the boarding of surrendered and seized animals,as well as operating retail shop fronts for the adoption of pets. They are responsible for the enforcement of state and federal animal welfare laws for domestic animals,and laws relating to non-commercial animal related activities in Tasmania.
Rosalie Ellen Woodruff is an Australian politician and current leader of the Tasmanian Greens. She has represented Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 17 August 2015,when she was elected in a countback to replace Nick McKim.
Dorothy Edna Annie Edwards was an Australian schoolteacher and civic leader. She served as mayor of Launceston,Tasmania,from 1955 to 1957,the first woman to serve as mayor of an Australian city. She was also president of the National Council of Women of Australia from 1960 to 1964 and a long-serving board member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) and the State Library of Tasmania.
The 2026 Tasmanian local elections will be held in October 2026 to elect the councils,mayors and deputy mayors of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania,Australia.
Cecily Ann Rosol is an Australian politician for the Tasmanian Greens representing the division of Bass in the House of Assembly since the 2024 Tasmanian state election. Prior to her election,Rosol ran a counselling business called "Thrive Launceston",and has previously worked as a registered nurse.
