FoEA is currently a member of the following networks and organisations:

• we are the Australian member of Friends of the Earth International, the largest grassroots environmental network on the planet
• Climate Action Network Australia (CANA)
• the Global Paper Alliance, which is aiming to ensure environmentally sustainable paper production
• we are a founding member of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance
• Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) 
• The Boomerang Alliance. The Alliance is made up of Australia's leading environment groups, and is committed to work for zero waste in Australia. 
• The Refugee Council of Australia 
• The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition 
• The Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (formerly the Alliance Against Uranium).
• with a number of other environmental groups, FoE is a signatory to a Memorandum of Understanding with The Murray Lower Darling Rivers Indigenous Nations (MLDRIN). MLDRIN is a confederation of Indigenous Nations in the southern part of the Murray Darling Basin. 
• we are a founding member of Fair Trade Australia & New Zealand 

FoE works closely with the following organisations on a range of issues and projects:

• The Australia Institute
• The Australian Climate Justice Program
• The Australian Conservation Foundation
• Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN)
• Australian Youth Climate Coalition
• The Change Agency (QLD)
• Environment Defenders Office and Environment Justice Australia
• Environment Projects Australia
• Genethics Network
• GetUp
• MADGE Australia
• Centre for Global Research at RMIT (VIC)
• In 2012, we helped establish the Safe Food Foundation 
• climate campaigning organisation 350.org

Previous memberships and projects

• In 2006, FoE was a founding member of the NGO roundtable on climate change, which brought together development and environmental organisations on the shared issue of climate change 
• Coalition for People’s Transport (VIC) (composed of Environment Victoria, Victorian Council of Social Service and Public Transport Users Association)
• we were active members of the Make Poverty History climate change campaign. 
• FoE was a participant in the Civil Society Dialogues organised by the ACF, ACTU and ACOSS.
• In 2008 we became a member of the No Pulp Mill Alliance, which is working to stop the pulp mill planned for north eastern Tasmania.
• In 2008 we joined the Global Forest Coalition
• In 2008 we joined Environment Tasmania
• We were a founding member of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in Australia.