Campaigning by GetUp members has been widely recognised in the media. Here's a collection of press clippings.
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THE left-leaning advocacy group GetUp! would welcome limits on its ability to raise money from unions and other groups as part of a reform package for political donations being negotiated between the Coalition and Labor and three key independents.
Date: September 27th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Tom Arup
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Corporate and union donations to political parties should be banned, a political lobby group says. GetUp also wants consumer laws to be expanded to prevent political parties from telling lies in election advertisements.
Date: August 31st 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: AAP
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Tony Abbott owes Riz Wakil a surfing lesson and the Afghan refugee is calling in the debt.
Left leaning activist group GetUp paid $16,100 for the lesson two months ago at a charity auction and declared it would send along Mr Wakil.
Date: August 11th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Julian Drape
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"Australian women are judging his comments and they're justifiably concerned about the stance he would take on issues like abortion and women's health."
Date: August 10th 2010
Publication: afr.com
Author: AAP
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What do we know about Abbott?
Date: August 10th 2010
Publication: Herald Sun
Author: Susie O'Brien
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Up to 100,000 more Australians could be allowed to vote in the August 21 election after the High Court today ruled that parts of the Electoral Act are unconstitutional.
Date: August 6th 2010
Publication: ABC
Author: ABC/AAP
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Political advocacy group GetUp! has won its High Court bid to have the Electoral Act amended, which will lead to up to 100,000 extra Australians being added to the roll for this election.
Date: August 6th 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: Lanai Vasek
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The High Court has ruled that Howard-era laws that close the electoral rolls on the day that writs for an election are issued are invalid.
Date: August 6th 2010
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Dan Harrison and Tom Arup
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At a candlelight vigil in Melbourne last night, he [Prof. McGorr] told a crowd of hundreds the peak onset for mental illness is adolescence and early adulthood, which is why more early intervention for youth is desperately needed.
Date: July 30th 2010
Publication: ABC News
Author: Rachel Carbonell
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the High Court said it would hear a challenge to Howard-era changes that closed the electoral rolls on the day writs are issued, rather than a week later as was previously the case.
Date: July 30th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Ari Sharp
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The advocacy group GetUp! is challenging the constitutional validity of changes the Howard government made to the Electoral Act in 2006.
Date: July 30th 2010
Publication: ABC
Author: Steve Cannane
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The case, being brought by left-leaning activist group GetUp!, will be heard by the full bench of the court next Wednesday.
Date: July 30th 2010
Publication: The Age
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GetUp are a very influential and powerful group. They have a community of over 300 000 Australians. But the thing I love about them is they get real things done. Their approach to advocating for whatever cause is so creative, unique, and in the end effective, that they really see results.
Date: July 29th 2010
Author: David Koch
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A CANDLELIGHT vigil in Melbourne tonight will show people want action on mental health, the activist group GetUp! says, following widespread disappointment with the government's $277 million plan.
Date: July 29th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Kate Hagan
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Getup's mock Julia ad is spot on - ''Tony's about direct action; I'm about acting directly'' - but it's the pre-election enrol-to-vote ad that sweeps all else before it.
Date: July 26th 2010
Publication: Brisbane Times
Author: Karl Quinn
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If you were anywhere near a house, cafe or pub last night, you may have been within striking distance of a quiet revolution.
Date: July 23rd 2010
Publication: The Age
Author: FARRAH TOMAZIN
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A viral video from politcal activists GetUp! portrays Julia Gillard as a Hollywood leading lady, but it's her love scene with Tony Abbott that's getting attention online.
Date: July 15th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Asher Moses
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Sam Mclean from GetUp, which pushes for increased participation in the democratic process, says volunteers will be in Brisbane in the next few days encouraging people to enrol immediately.
Date: July 14th 2010
Publication: The Courier Mail
Author: Michael Madigan and Kristin Shorten
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Activist group GetUp has launched an advertisement parodying the Gillard government's lack of policy on climate change action.
Date: July 13th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: AAP
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Simon Sheikh, chief executive of the online activist group GetUp!, said the delay on the mandatory filters was proof that the government had heard the voices of the hundreds of thousands of Australians prepared to vote on this issue.
Date: July 9th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Asher Moses
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Now an independent Australian political group have taken that idea and run with it, producing a spoof of a Hollywood-style movie trailer to bring attention to the upcoming Federal election campaign.
Date: July 8th 2010
Publication: The Daily Telegraph
Author: Wendy Fitzgibbon
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GetUp!'s new ad encouraging people to enrol to vote and demand action on the major issues this election.
Date: July 5th 2010
Publication: YouTube
Author: GetUp!
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GetUp! has been campaigning hard on the need for a boost for mental health services for weeks, and its polls have confirmed more than 80 per cent of its 350,000 members see the sector as a high priority.
Date: July 1st 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: Adam Cresswell
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard starts her new job faced with many challenges but also with many opportunities. One of those opportunities is a unique set of circumstances that can enable profound change in mental health.
Date: June 30th 2010
Publication: Medical Observer
Author: Professor Patrick McGorry
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Our campaigns have been featured in the media a lot over the last few weeks and it's all thanks to your generous support and donations. Check out our YouTube channel for all the latest coverage.
Date: June 29th 2010
Publication: YouTube
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A new Auspoll survey commissioned by GetUp!, climate groups and the ACTU shows that two-thirds of voters can't see a difference between the two major parties climate change policies.
Date: June 28th 2010
Publication: WA Today
Author: Adam Morton
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GetUp members set a 50 metres banner above Parliament House today: "JULIA AIM HIGHER ON CLIMATE"
Date: June 24th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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An 84,000 strong petition asking the Government to commit to mental health funding was one of the first things to hit the desk of new Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.
Date: June 24th 2010
Publication: Pro Bono News Australia
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Riz Wakil recalls what life was like on the inside.
Date: June 22nd 2010
Publication: ABC Kimberley
Author: Ben Collins
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A poll released by GetUp! last weekend found that 83 per cent of Australians would be in favour of investing $500m in mental health immediately.
Date: June 22nd 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: John Mendoza
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A survey commissioned by activist group GetUp! shows that 96 per cent of Australians think the current law which gives people just one day to enroll once an election is called is not good enough.
Date: June 20th 2010
Publication: SBS World News
Author: SBS/AAP
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Simon Sheikh comes bounding up the stairs of a Sydney CBD restaurant looking completely unbowed by the burden of responsibility resting on his young shoulders
Date: June 19th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Deborah Snow
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THE online advocacy group GetUp! plans to target the key Sydney marginal seats held by Maxine McKew and Malcolm Turnbull to wrench the attention of both major parties back to climate change before the federal election.
Date: June 19th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Deborah Snow
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GetUp pooled members' resources and donations to successfully bid for the surfing lesson and breakfast with the opposition leader on eBay, which cost $16,100.
Date: June 18th 2010
Publication: SBS World News
Author: SBS/AAP
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My name is Riz Wakil. I’m a proud Australian citizen, a husband, a father and a small business owner. I’m also a former refugee.
Date: June 18th 2010
Publication: ABC - the Drum
Author: Riz Wakil
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A former Afghan refugee hopes to use a surfing lesson with Tony Abbott, to teach the Opposition Leader about the plight of asylum seekers.
Date: June 17th 2010
Publication: Prime Gold Coast
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according to new polling released yesterday by the progressive grassroots outfit GetUp!
Date: June 6th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Peter Hartcher
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Sam McLean of GetUp! ... often harnesses new media for its campaigns, said the tweets were just "not funny enough".
Date: June 1st 2010
Publication: WA Today
Author: Glenda Kwek
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Labor voters were more likely to support a bipartisan agreement (55%) or the Government’s emissions trading scheme which puts a
price on carbon emissions (47%).
Green voters were likely to support all policies listed, however Green voters were most likely to support a bipartisan...
Date: May 28th 2010
Publication: GetUp! Australia
Author: Essential Research
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A full analysis of a recent poll conducted by GetUp!
Date: May 28th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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An improved mental health funding as one of the major crusades in the months leading to the federal election, is the main aim of the activist group GetUp! ...
Date: May 21st 2010
Publication: TopNews United Kingdom
Author: Rasik Sharma
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GetUp campaign director Sam McLean said the group decided to respond to the Minerals Council "scare campaign" and to hold the mine companies to account.
Date: May 21st 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: Geoff Elliott and Sarah-Jane Tasker
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...grassroots political movement GetUp! countered, accusing mining chiefs of mounting a "scare campaign" to protect their own earnings, which they said were "100 times the average Australian salary.
Date: May 21st 2010
Publication: Yahoo News
Author: AFP
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The advertising war over the Resources Super Profits Tax escalates today, as campaigning group GetUp launches ads in The Australian and The Australian Financial Review parodying the Mineral Council’s print advertising scare campaign against a tax on the industry’s super profits.
Date: May 20th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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Recent polls have seen Kevin Rudd's approval rating plummet - and the latest survey from left-leaning lobby group GetUp! adds weight to this view.
Date: May 18th 2010
Publication: The Herald Sun
Author: Sarah O'Malley
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ACTIVIST group GetUp! is targeting the need for better mental health funding as one of its key campaigns in the months leading to the federal election, citing a "disappointing" lack of action from the Rudd government on the issue.
Date: May 17th 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: Adam Cresswell
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Long-term tracking of the 350,000 members of the influential activist group GetUp! reveal that Mr Rudd's most vocal supporters at the last election have turned off him.
Date: May 17th 2010
Publication: The Sunday Telegraph
Author: Simon Kearney
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...the youth vote is deserting Labor according to the GetUp research - it's because you deferred the ETS?
Date: May 17th 2010
Publication: ABC
Author: Barry Cassidy
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New research from GetUp, a progressive campaigning group with over 350000 members across Australia, confirms that a record number of voters ...
Date: May 16th 2010
Publication: Wire Update
Author: Joe Brooks
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Recent polls have seen Kevin Rudd's approval rating plummet - and the latest survey from left-leaning lobby group GetUp! adds weight to this view..
Date: May 15th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: AAP
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