Eric Abetz is an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022,representing the Liberal Party,and since March 2024 has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Franklin electorate.
Carol Louise Brown,an Australian politician,has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Tasmania since 25 August 2005.
Robert Desmond Messenger is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the Electoral district of Burnett. Originally a member of the Queensland branch of the Nationals,he became a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland when that party was formed from the union of the Queensland branches of the National Party and the Liberal Party in 2008. He resigned from the Liberal Nationals in 2010 and became an Independent. He lost his seat to the LNP at the 2012 election. Since then he has been involved in the Palmer United Party and was an adviser to Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.
The Tasmania First Party is a minor Australian political party which operates exclusively in the state of Tasmania. The party was begun by members of the Tasmanian Firearms Owners Association in response to the Howard government's 1996 National Firearms Agreement,which the party called a "unilateral imposition of unnecessarily restrictive firearm legislation,following the unique tragedy of Martin Bryant's Port Arthur protest[sic]."
The Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme is an Australian Government scheme to provide financial assistance to shippers of freight between Tasmania and mainland Australia. The scheme aims to assist in alleviating the sea freight cost disadvantage incurred by shippers of eligible non‐bulk goods moved between Tasmania and the mainland of Australia. It provides a freight subsidy to producers selling into Australian domestic markets,but not for exports outside of Australia.
The United Australia Party (UAP),formerly known as Clive Palmer's United Australia Party and the Palmer United Party (PUP),is an Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013. The party was deregistered by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2017,revived and re-registered in 2018,and voluntarily deregistered in 2022. The party fielded candidates in all 150 House of Representatives seats at the 2013 federal election. Palmer,the party's leader,was elected to the Division of Fairfax and it reached a peak of three senators following the rerun of the Western Australian senate election in 2014. When the party was revived under its original name in 2018,it was represented by ex-One Nation senator Brian Burston in the federal parliament.
Jacquiline Louise Lambie is an Australian politician who is the leader and founder of the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN). She is a Senator for Tasmania since 2019,and was previously a Senator from 2014 to 2017.
An independent politician is a person who has served in a political office while not affiliated to any political party. Many of these have either resigned or been expelled from membership in political parties,and some have gone on to form their own political parties over time. In some cases members of parliament sit as an Independent while still holding party leadership. This can be for a multitude of reasons including Expulsion from party room,deregistration of party and suspension of membership.
The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is a political party in Australia,formed in May 2015,bearing the name of its founder,Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.
Jonathon Roy Duniam is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Tasmania since the 2016 federal election. He served as an assistant minister in the Morrison government from 2019 until May 2022,following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. Prior to entering parliament Duniam was a political staffer,including as deputy chief of staff to Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2016 Australian federal election held on 2 July 2016. The election was held as a consequence of a double dissolution in which both houses of parliament were dissolved. Ordinarily,only half of the senators terms end at each election. In this case,all 76 senators were elected. At the first sitting following the election,half of the senators representing each of the six states of Australia were allocated six-year terms to end on 30 June 2022,with the remainder allocated three-year terms to end on 30 June 2019. The terms of senators from the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory end on the day of the next federal election.
Steven Leigh Martin is an Australian politician who was a Senator for Tasmania from February 2018 to June 2019,when he lost his seat at the 2019 federal election. Martin was declared elected to the Senate on a recount when Jacqui Lambie was caught up in the parliamentary eligibility crisis. He took his seat as an independent,before joining the National Party in May 2018 as its first Tasmanian member since the 1920s. He was previously the mayor of the City of Devonport from 2011 to 2018.
The 2024 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 2024 to elect all 35 members to the House of Assembly.
This is a list of members of the Australian Senate following the 2022 Australian federal election held on 21 May 2022. Terms for newly elected senators representing the Australian states begin on 1 July 2022. Terms for senators in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory began on the day of the election,21 May 2022.
The Local Network,formerly known as The Local Party of Australia,is an Australian political party. It was founded in 2021 and is largely active in the state of Tasmania,however it does have a presence in South Australia.
Miriam Beswick is an Australian politician from Tasmania who contested the 2024 Tasmanian state election in the Division of Braddon. She was one of three MPs elected in 2024 representing the Jacqui Lambie Network,the others being Rebekah Pentland and Andrew Jenner.
Following the results of the 2024 Tasmanian state election,which resulted in a hung parliament with the Liberal Party winning the most seats,the incumbent Liberal government,led by Premier Jeremy Rockliff,will negotiate with independents and the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) to seek confidence and supply to form a minority government for the party's fourth consecutive term in office.
Rebekah Pentland is an Australian politician currently serving as one of seven members for Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly,and has served in this position since March 2024.
Craig Anthony Garland is an environmentalist Australian politician and fisherman representing the Division of Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since the 2024 Tasmanian state election.
The Next Tasmanian state election will be held no later than 3 June 2028,to elect all 35 seats in the House of Assembly. The election will be conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC).
