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Action – Email your Parliamentarians: Meet Tibet Lobby Day
We need your help in encouraging the newly elected 48th Parliament, to meet with our Tibetan community delegates on Tibet Lobby Day 2025. Share your concerns and let your Parliamentarians know that you care about human rights in Tibet.

Parliamentary Group for Tibet celebrates the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday
On 30 July 2025 members of the Australian All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet (AAPGT) celebrated His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday, at a dinner event co-hosted by Australia Tibet Council and the Tibet Information Office, coinciding with the first sitting weeks of the new 48th Parliament.

Sydney Exclusive Movie Screening: Wisdom of Happiness – A heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama
Join us in Sydney for the exclusive movie screening of ‘Wisdom of Happiness a heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama’.

In the News: Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday ‘Year of Compassion’ and Reincarnation.
In July 2025, His Holiness the Dalai Lama upon turning 90, made a statement reaffirming his position on the reincarnation process for the lineage of the Dalai Lamas. He once again stated that the authority to appoint the next Dalai Lama remains solely with the Gaden Phodrang Trust and no interference from the Chinese Government will be accepted. Read Media articles relevant to Australia regarding the topic.

Lismore Exclusive Movie Screening: Wisdom of Happiness – A heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama
Join us in Lismore for the exclusive movie screening of ‘Wisdom of Happiness a heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama’.

Gold Coast Exclusive Movie Screening: Wisdom of Happiness – A heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama
Join us in the Gold Coast for the exclusive movie screening of ‘Wisdom of Happiness a heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama’.

Blue Mountains Exclusive Movie Screening: Wisdom of Happiness – A heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama
Join us in Blue Mountains for the exclusive movie screening of ‘Wisdom of Happiness a heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama’.

Email the Prime Minister – Raise Tibet when meeting China
Prime Minister Albanese is going to meet with Xi Jinping when he visits China this week. Demand that when he is in these meetings he speaks up for Tibet!

Sydney Northern Beaches Exclusive Movie Screening: Wisdom of Happiness – A heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama
Join us in Sydney’s Northern Beaches for the exclusive movie screening of ‘Wisdom of Happiness a heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama’.

Melbourne Exclusive Movie Screening: Wisdom of Happiness – A heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama
Join us in Melbourne for the exclusive movie screening of ‘Wisdom of Happiness a heart-to-heart with the Dalai Lama’.

Sydney Dalai Lama Birthday Celebration 2025
Join fellow friends of Tibet in celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday party in Sydney.

Appeal – Torn from Home: The Silent Crisis of Tibetan Language in Boarding Schools
Despite China’s censorship and restrictions on international observers and journalists, eyewitness testimony and information about China’s efforts to erase the Tibetan language is emerging from Tibet.

Melbourne Dalai Lama Birthday Celebration 2025
Join fellow friends of Tibet in celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday in Melbourne.

Email Action: Call on Australian Government to demand the release of Panchen Lama
30 years too long – Take action today for the Panchen Lama

Federal Election 2025: Tibet Policy Scorecard
Do you know which parties contesting this Federal Election support Tibet? Our scorecard shows you which parties have answered our questions on their commitment to supporting Tibet.

Federal Election 2025: Individual Candidate Responses
We approached the candidates in key federal electorates to better understand their position on Tibet and the human rights abuses being carried out against Tibetans. Here are their responses.

Email Federal Election Candidates about your concerns regarding human rights in Tibet
Use our email action to let your 2025 Federal Election Candidates know that Tibet matters to you!

Brisbane Dalai Lama Birthday Celebration 2025
Join fellow friends of Tibet in celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 90th Birthday party in Brisbane.

Suspicious Death of Tibetan Religious Leader Trulku Hungkar Dorje
On 8 April, 2025 the Central Tibetan Administration in a media release shared that Tibetan religious leader Trulku Hungkar Dorje had been declared dead in Vietnam under suspicious circumstances.

Vietnam: Investigate Suspicious Death of Tibetan Rinpoche
Highly respected Tibetan leader, Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche, died under suspicious circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in late March 2025. We are extremely concerned about what happened and need answers from the Vietnamese government.