--- title: "Eric Abetz: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What Eric Abetz has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/eric-abetz" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Franklin](https://politics.computer/seats/tas/franklin) ![Eric Abetz](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Senator_Eric_Abetz_crop.jpg?width=320) Liberal Tasmanian House of Assembly # Eric Abetz Member for [Franklin](https://politics.computer/seats/tas/franklin), [Liberal](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) About ## About Eric Abetz Eric Abetz is a Liberal member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Franklin, first elected on 23 March 2024 and re-elected at the 2025 state election. He was a Liberal senator for Tasmania from 1994 to 2022 and served as Minister for Employment in the Abbott government. He is currently Minister for Business, Industry and Resources and Minister for Transport in the Rockliff Government. First elected 23 March 2024, Tasmanian House of Assembly, Franklin Senate service Senator for Tasmania, 1994 to 2022 Senate term ended 30 June 2022 Born 25 January 1958, Germany Education University of Tasmania, degrees in law and arts in 1981 Before parliament Barrister and solicitor Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%5FAbetz), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Ads ## What Eric Abetz spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. We follow Eric Abetz's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=148647141817880) ## Other Liberal members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly [Liberal spending](https://politics.computer/party/liberal) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bridget_Archer_2022.png?width=96)**Bridget Archer** Liberal, Bass ](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-archer) - [ **Felix Ellis** Liberal, Braddon ](https://politics.computer/mp/felix-ellis) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gavin_Pearce_2019.jpg?width=96)**Gavin Pearce** Liberal, Braddon ](https://politics.computer/mp/gavin-pearce) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Guy-Barnett-crop-20150331-015.jpg?width=96)**Guy Barnett** Liberal, Lyons ](https://politics.computer/mp/guy-barnett) - [ **Jacquie Petrusma** Liberal, Franklin ](https://politics.computer/mp/jacquie-petrusma) - [ **Jane Howlett** Liberal, Lyons ](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-howlett) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeremy-Rockliff.jpg?width=96)**Jeremy Rockliff** Liberal, Braddon ](https://politics.computer/mp/jeremy-rockliff) - [ **Madeleine Ogilvie** Liberal, Clark ](https://politics.computer/mp/madeleine-ogilvie) - [ **Marcus Vermey** Liberal, Clark ](https://politics.computer/mp/marcus-vermey) - [ **Mark Shelton** Liberal, Lyons ](https://politics.computer/mp/mark-shelton) - [ **Michael Ferguson** Liberal, Bass ](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-ferguson) - [ **Rob Fairs** Liberal, Bass ](https://politics.computer/mp/rob-fairs) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Senator%5FEric%5FAbetz%5Fcrop.jpg). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 11 November 2026\. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.