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323: 246:. The nationwide 'Day of Action' protested Australia's involvement in the war, including against sending conscripts to Vietnam. The Tasmania University Union's SRC passed a motion to participate within the national protest, however, the union's involvement was almost halted when the Club censured the SRC's actions in a Union membership meeting. The censure was eventually overturned and on the 'Day of Protest' the union participated. The Club organised a counter-protest, in which eight members of the Clubs handed out pro-war leaflets while wearing their academic gowns. 33: 338: 305: 353: 378: 250:
backed the Student Union, and persuaded the government to set up a form of voluntary unionism: students could opt out of membership, but still had to pay the fee, renamed the Services and Amenities Fee. Few students took this alternative, only 55 students in 1985. In that same year with the leadership of Guy Barnett as president, the Club invited the Premier to address students. The
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won the position of Tasmanian State Branch President after a coin toss at the NUS National Conference in Melbourne. In 2015 and 2016 Club members obtained a majority of the NUS delegate positions, the first time Liberals had received a majority of the State positions. Subsequently, Clark Cooley was
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The club has run endorsed and independent tickets for student union and National Union of Students delegates elections with varying degrees of success. While nationally Liberal Clubs and their candidates tend to receive around 5% - 10% of NUS delegate votes, in 2012 Club members secured a 3–3 tie
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In 1980 the State Liberal opposition introduced voluntary unionism in the Tasmanian Parliament but was defeated after heated debate. In 1983, under Liberal Premier Robin Gray's government, the issue surfaced again. When the Government announced that it would introduce the then University Council
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reported that there were rumours that eggs and tomatoes would be thrown at Gray, and students would be violent. In the event there was no violence, though over a thousand students came to hear Gray; he spoke competently, but the vast majority of the crowd was against him.
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columnist Joe Aston, business leaders, politicians, and legal professionals. Currently, three of the four Tasmanian Liberal Senators have been past members of the club. Club members have also served in partner and affiliate organisations including Trent Hasson,
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in 1933 and the University of Western Australia Liberal Club in 1944. The club hosts policy debates, annual dinners, student election campaigns, and guest speaker events with members of parliament. It is an affiliate of the
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and at times through its history has been a constitutional branch of the Tasmanian Division. The club is the fourth oldest of its kind in Australia after the University of Melbourne Liberal Club founded in 1925, the
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and Eric Abetz and Christian Street who have both served as President of the Australian Liberal Students Federation.
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elected State Branch President. The Tasmania University Union disaffiliated from the NUS in December 2016.
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The club has produced many notable alumni, including journalists such as
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State of the Union: Tasmania University Union 1899–1999
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The club was founded on 4 July 1945 as a branch of the
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Student political organisation in Tasmania, Australia
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Centre-right
Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)
University of Tasmania
Australian Liberal Students' Federation
www.utasliberals.com
University of Tasmania
Liberal Party of Australia
Sydney University Liberal Club
Australian Liberal Students' Federation
Tasmania University Union
Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)
Nationalist Party
Henry Baker
Brendan Lyons
Joseph Lyons
1982 election
Division of Bass
Robin Gray
National Union of Australian University Students
Vietnam War
Mercury Newspaper
National Labor Students
Claire Chandler
The Australian Financial Review
Claire Chandler
Saul Eslake
Young Liberal Movement
Eric Abetz, Senator and former Leader of the Government in the Senate

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