The Hobart East Timor Committee (HETC) was created just after the Indonesian invasion and included Julian Punch, Carl Glendhill, Bridget Johnson, Dave Freeman, Peter Robertson, Noel Miley, Michael Hodgman, Bertha Rolls.;;There are four other East Timor Committees (Finland, Sweden, Italy, and Norway).;;The HETC is one of 19 member organisations that is part of the International Federation for East Timor (IFET). IFET is a federation of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) with an interest in the decolonization process of East Timor as well as various aspects of life of the people in and from the territory as they are affected by that process of decolonization.