OTHER HIGHLY RECOMMENDED NOT REAL HAPPY, JOHN WEBSITES

STRONG OPPOSITION TO HOWARDS MILITARY TREATY WITH JAPAN

http://nrhj1.blogspot.com/

Signed up to by John Howard the son of man who belonged to the fascist New Guard who sided with the militarists in Japan right up until war was declared.

NOT REAL HAPPY JOHN HOWARD http://nothappyjohnhoward.blogspot.com/


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Parties
Australian Democrats
Australian Labor Party, including links to State Branches
Australian Greens, including links to State Green Parties

Groups
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor
Anti Uranium Movement
Jabiluka Action Group (Melbourne with links to other States) campaigning against the Jabiluka and other uranium mines
Anti Uranium Coalition of Western Australia
Communist Party of Australia
Democratic Socialist Party
International Socialist Organisation
Leftlink
Mineral Policy Institute
Takver's Soapbox news and information about labour movement and left struggles
Socialist Alliance
Socialist Alternative
Socialist Equality Party
Workers' Liberty
Workers Power
Young Labor Left ACT

Think Tanks
Australia Institute green think tank
Evatt Foundation social democratic think tank
Fabian Society social democratic think tank


Women's Groups
Women's Electoral Lobby
Women's Information Service, South Australia, with a good list of web resources


Elections
Map of Australia from AUSLIG
Australian Electoral Commission the definitive official source of information about election results and procedures
Election material on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's The Public Record
Also see Political parties and groups below


Government and Parliament
Democratic Audit of Australia an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of Australia's democracy
National Library of Australia comprehensive list of government and public authority information servers (Federal, State and Local)
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Commonwealth Parliament includes Hansard
Law and legal matters
Australasian Legal Information Institute includes comprehensive links to Australian law on the net including legislation and decisions
The High Court, Australia's highest court of appeal and constitutional court
SCALEplus, Australian Federal Attorney-General's Department database of legal data on the Internet
Australian Commonwealth Parliamentary Library list of internet resources
The Australian Parliamentary Library's list of parties registered with the Australian Electoral Commission, including links Left wing political groups and resources
Who funds the electoral parties, from the Australian Electoral Commission

News
The Age
Australian Broadcasting Corporation also the ABC's well indexed site on current issues The Public Record
The Australian
Australian Financial Review
Canberra Times
Indymedia Melbourne and Sydney
Ninemsn
Green Left Weekly
Sydney Morning Herald including an archive