GetUp!
Over 300,000 people campaigning for a progressive Australia http://www.getup.org.au
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The GetUp MobCreated on April 22, 2008 at 6:11pm
 
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GetUp! **Campaign Alert** We're stepping up our fight against the polluter lobby! As MPs make their way back to Parliament next week, we'll be confronting them with a huge newspaper ad countering the polluter lobby's fear-mongering and showing that cutting emissions creates jobs. Check out our ad and chip in to help us get it into The Australian next Monday!

Source: www.getup.org.au
As MPs make their way back to Parliament next week, confront them with a huge newspaper ad countering the polluter lobby's fear-mongering and showing that cutting emissions creates jobs.
Deep
Deep
It's sad to see Australia continually running back to the Stone Age..well I guess we'll get that wish granted soon enough.
9 hours ago
Deep
Deep
(Excuse the cynicism...but hopefully Rudd realizes that it's ok to show some backbone sometimes and stand up for what NEEDS to be done)
8 hours ago
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**Myth-busting Action** It's time to tell the truth on asylum seekers.
We've prepared a myth-busting factsheet to help make you a champion of tolerance and truth for asylum seekers. Download it or take it to your cup day lunch, and start a conversation.
Your voice has the power to change the minds of politicians who thin...k they have to take a tough stance on asylum seekers, and the media who think irresponsible and sensationalist coverage is what the Australian people expect.Read More

Source: www.getup.org.au
The most damaging myth in this debate is that held by our leaders - that Australians are intolerant towards asylum seekers. Be a part of changing the conversation about asylum seekers in your community.
Mr.Martin Turner
Mr.Martin Turner
the Tamils in Sri Lanka are a persecuted people , afriad for their live where they were tiger or not...thet left in fear bypassing the UNHCR and were then at the mercy of the smuglers and illegal forces from which, once involved , it is almost impossible to escape...
Tue at 5:05pm
Mr.Martin Turner
Mr.Martin Turner
why do you call them "comon"....desperate, vulnerable...gullible...stupid even... but none of these things are illegal and we may never know the full truth of what has happened to them.
Tue at 5:09pm
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**Campaign Alert** The coal lobby has brought out the big guns, by blanketing the airwaves in coal country marginal seats with a new ad campaign, in
an attempt to undermine our transition to a clean-energy economy and
strong-arm politicians into giving them extra handouts.
The same man behind the 'Kevin07' brand is runni...ng their campaign, but we won't let this slick PR effort go unanswered. Chip in to get our parody ad on the air and cut through their lies with a voice for Australians who want to cut emissions and create jobs!Read More

Source: www.getup.org.au
Don't let the coal lobby's cynical marginal seat ad campaign go unanswered - chip in to get this ad on the air and cut through the coal lobby's oil slick rebranding effort.
Jonathan
Jonathan
Perhaps the real issue is that the Australian government, - and the big, dumb, mining businesses they're generously donating taxpayer's money to - aren't doing their bit to reinvest all that free moneyto ensure we still have a place in a world that has decided that they don't need Australian coal or uranium any more.
Instead, brilliant Aussie ... Read Moreengineers have been deliberately starved of political & financial support for the past 20 years; forcing them to leave the country to develop world-leading renewable energy systems for China, Japan, Europe, Asia, BP, Shell, GE - when they should have stayed here to develop those systems and guarantee our future in a changing world.
Australia's future is in our best minds; not our strip mines.
October 13 at 7:54am
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The Government has just announced the results of its National Human Rights Consultation: Australians demand we join the rest of the democratic world and protect our rights through a Human Rights Act. Over 35,000 Australians told the Consultation their views - the vast majority asking for a Human Rights Act. Now it's ti...me for the rest of us to encourage the Government to adopt the community's recommendations. Sign our petition here: www.getup.org.au/campaign/EnactOurAct http://bit.ly/11LmAnRead More

Source: bit.ly
The results of the Government's National Human Rights Consultation show that Australians have overwhelmingly called for a Human Rights Act.
Kulin Kindred
Kulin Kindred
I have just signed GetUp's petition to secure a Human Rights Act for Australia after I saw that:

1. Without a Oz Human Rights bill, big business has, over decades, gained contractual rights to huge proportions of Australian Natural resources for a pittance - incl. our commonly owned & very precious fresh-water reserves & environmental flows - This happened because Australia has weak & self-serving ALP & "Coalition" parties, placing corporate rights well above the rights of humans & ecosystems to survive

2. Consultations found over 85% of Australians support an Act... Read More

This Oz Human Rights Act will inject spine to the otherwise spineless big parties, so .. take a minute to snd this potent Get Up message to the law makers
October 8 at 12:57am
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GetUp! It's
decision time on internet censorship! This Friday our petition will
feature in a massive newspaper ad. How many signatures will it have on
it? That's up to you - add your name today to maximise the impact
before the Government makes a decision!

Source: www.getup.org.au
Kevin Rudd & Senator Conroy, I don't want draconian government restrictions on the internet that will hold back the digital economy and miss the vast majority of unwanted content.
Milli
Milli
signed on the dotted line.....................................! ...................... do it!!!
September 22 at 9:17pm
Christina
Christina
Good Milli, me too.
September 22 at 10:21pm
Sue
Sue
So did I! (Though the petition seemed a bit simplistic)
September 23 at 2:42am
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GetUp! It's decision time on internet censorship! This Friday our petition will feature in a massive newspaper ad. How many signatures will it have on it? That's up to you - add your name today to maximise the impact before the Government makes a decision!

September 22 at 7:27pm
Christina
Christina
By the way, I have signed the petition against mandatory censorship of the Internet. I believe in practising what I write about!
September 22 at 8:00pm
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GetUp! Senator Fielding also decided at the last minute to support the
bill. So often we criticise politicians for not standing up and
speaking out. Now it is our responsibility to thank them for doing the
right thing. You can send a message of thanks to these Senators on
GetUp's campaign page.

Source: www.getup.org.au
The bill to abolish detention debt has just been passed in the Senate with key Senators crossing the floor to support the issue.
Christina
Christina
Unfortunately, with a lack of party majority in the Senate, Senator Fielding wields power to swing either way in any debate, so the current government need him.
September 8 at 8:37am
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GetUp! **Campaign Update** Detention Debt Abolished! Thanks to the efforts of GetUp members, along with refugee and asylum seeker campaigners across the nation, the bill to abolish detention debt passed just minutes ago in the Senate. In an historic move, Liberal Senator Troeth, who met with a GetUp delegation of those affected by this policy, abandoned her party's position and crossed the floor to support the bill.

September 8 at 4:04am
Brandlewyne Took
Brandlewyne Took
hmm, the libs are saying some good things this week...never thought I'd say it, but that's two yey's to them from me...
September 8 at 4:11am
Christina
Christina
Excellent work GetUp!
September 8 at 8:37am
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GetUp! The future of over 600 vibrant Indigenous communities is under threat. Watch this personal video message from the homelands and sign the petition before Barayuwa presents it to key politicians next week:

Source: www.getup.org.au
A delegation of Indigenous leaders from homeland communities are meeting with key politicians on Tuesday - at stake is the future of over 600 vibrant communities.
Christina
Christina
Brilliant job GetUp!
September 3 at 2:34am
Nancy O'Dea
Nancy O'Dea
'Get up, Stand up, Get up for your life' to quote Bob Marley.
September 7 at 1:50am
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GetUp! "Next week we are meeting with the Government to look at ways in which we can work together in partnership for our future in our Homelands. But we can only solve this together. When we walk into meetings at Parliament House, it would make us so confident to have thousands of Australians there in spirit - then I'm sure they would hear us."

September 2 at 9:46pm
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GetUp! "We all have equal rights to be clothed, to be sustained, to have shelter, and this also includes our homelands, big and small. These are places of significance to us, that have our songlines, where our names come from, where our dance comes from, where our art comes from, and where our law and culture comes from - it makes us who we are."

September 2 at 9:45pm
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GetUp! **Campaign Alert** Save the Homelands!
Homelands are small remote communities where Indigenous Australians are living on land that has nourished their mothers and fathers for thousands of generations. They are demonstrated success stories. Homelands mean better health and longer life expectancies. We'd like to share a message to you from an Indigenous homelands resident, Barayuwa Mununggurr:

Source: www.getup.org.au
A delegation of Indigenous leaders from homeland communities are meeting with key politicians on Tuesday - at stake is the future of over 600 vibrant communities.
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GetUp! **Job Alert**
We're hiring! GetUp is looking for an events coordinator for 8 weeks starting Sep 8th - that's in 13 days time! Good fun, and a great career booster. Tell your friends! Applications accepted straight away- here's the job description:

http://www.getup.org.au/files/misc/eventscoordinator.pdf

Source: www.getup.org.au
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GetUp! **Campaign Update** We're ReEnergising Australia! Our fantastic team and dedicated volunteers are on the ground in marginal electorates already - they're actually holding their first community meetings this week! GetUp members have donated an amazing $110,000. Check out our campaign page and you can read why.

Source: www.getup.org.au
. That means a whole lot of training and equipment, tens of thousands of phone calls and emails... not to mention banners, flyers and posters (printed on recycled paper of course!).
Christina
Christina
Good work GetUp!:)
August 20 at 12:27am
David Swift
David Swift
sound like a good compaign !!
August 20 at 12:44am
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**Campaign Alert** The Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme has failed in the Senate. We're launching a massive grassroots program - ReEnergise Australia.
Politicians fiddle while Rome - and the rest of the planet - burns. We can't wait for them to fix the climate crisis in their own time. So today we're lau...nching 'ReEnergise Australia': Check out our campaign page to read why others are getting involvedRead More

Source: www.getup.org.au
. That means a whole lot of training and equipment, tens of thousands of phone calls and emails... not to mention banners, flyers and posters (printed on recycled paper of course!).
James
James
gotta agree with justin,vote independant, the days of labor vs liberal have got to stop before the baby boomer gen retires. We need to see in the new millenium with new ways of thinking and more choices, this two party preferred system is an illusion of choice. The days of tax payers reacting to their actions ave gotten us nowhere. you act they react is the only way forward.
August 15 at 8:37am
Andrew
Andrew
GetUp targets Australian youth for Soros Orange Revolution:
http://cecaust.com.au/main.asp?sub=releases&id=2009_06_25_GetUp.html
August 16 at 4:36am