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50 Metre flying banner above Parliament house today

GetUp members set a 50 metres banner above Parliament House today: "JULIA AIM HIGHER ON CLIMATE"
Date: June 24th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team

Essential Research poll commissioned by GetUp!

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

Attitudes of Progressive Australians

A full analysis of a recent poll conducted by GetUp!
Date: May 28th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team

Ad war escalates: GetUp launch aggressive Minerals Council parody ads

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

Strong Climate Concern will Reward Action

Trust in Prime Minister Rudd on climate change has dipped but he has much to gain from refocusing on climate action with 35% more likely to vote Labor on stronger action, according to an independent survey commissioned by The Climate Institute, GetUp and other partners*.
Date: April 27th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team

Poll in Tasmania shows preference for negotiated Government - Not minority

In a poll released today by GetUp and Our Common Ground, 72% of Tasmanians polled called for a negotiated solution to the divided parliament. Only 24% said they would prefer either the Labor or Liberal party attempting to govern alone in minority.
Date: March 30th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team

Budgie-Smuggling Abbott Billboard Stops Traffic

“Australians take climate change very seriously, but Tony Abbott’s policy is a joke” said GetUp National Director, Simon Sheikh. “Australia can’t afford to abstain from action to tackle climate change.”
Date: March 4th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team

Wong’s RET fix: More needed to save renewable industry, says GetUp

Minister Wong’s move to fix the Renewable Energy Target scheme by separating large-scale commercial projects from home contributions isn’t enough to save Australia’s renewable energy industry, says GetUp.
Date: February 26th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team

Parental Leave Fact Sheet

A paid parental leave scheme of six to twelve months will provide babies with the best possible start in life, ensure that every adult is given the opportunity to lead a fulfilling work and family life, and safeguard Australia’s future prosperity.
Date: February 11th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team

GetUp Turns Up the Heat on Abbott's Weak Climate Policy

Today, GetUp members responded in force to the Coalition’s woeful climate policy, turning up the heat on Tony Abbott in his own backyard. Thanks to the donations of GetUp members mobile billboards will circle Parliament House and criss-cross Tony Abbott’s electorate today with a...
Date: February 4th 2010

GetUp supports Raverty advertising campaign

Today Tasmanian and media legend, Peter Cundall, is launching a TV ad campaign from non-partisan group, Our Common Ground. GetUp National Director, Simon Sheikh, said that GetUp is proud to lend its support to this campaign, helping to ensure that it reaches every Tasmanian.
Date: January 27th 2010
Author: The GetUp Team

Moves by Forestry Tasmania and Gunns to seek FSC certification represent a victory for GetUp members

News that Gunns and Forestry Tasmania are working towards Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for the Tasmanian forestry industry, as well as statements by Premier Bartlett supporting the change, represent a victory for GetUp members campaigning against the proposed mill.
Date: January 27th 2010
Author: The GetUp Team

GetUp! Urges Conroy to Heed Clinton's Call for Open and Free Internet

Today US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a world free of internet censorship.
Date: January 22nd 2010
Author: The GetUp Team

GetUp members seize on Abbott's creative accounting

Tony Abbott’s wild claims about the cost of draft Copenhagen agreement text to the Australian economy will be rebuffed by GetUp members today...
Date: December 10th 2009
Author: The GetUp Team

New Poll: Australians on Abbott

Federal Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, is out of step with community attitudes on some of the biggest issues concerning ordinary Australians, a new national poll commissioned by independent political group GetUp has found.
Date: December 7th 2009
Author: The GetUp Team

Voluntary Action to be Counted in Carbon Scheme

GetUp!’s campaign to ensure consumers’ efforts to reduce carbon emissions do not end up enabling industry to pollute more has today secured a significant change to Government climate policy...
Date: November 24th 2009
Author: The GetUp Team

Opposition border policy risks lives in return to dark days of Howard's Pacific Solution

GetUp! National Director Simon Sheikh also said the Opposition’s policy would further damage the country’s international reputation for humane treatment of refugees...
Date: November 18th 2009
Author: The GetUp Team

Poll: Public Want to Clean Up Democracy

The vast majority of Australians – 86% - want a limit on the amount of money that political parties can spend on federal election campaigns, according to new poll results released by GetUp...
Date: November 12th 2009
Author: The GetUp Team

Largest climate polluters dirty campaign targeted in TV ad

Australian’s largest independent organisation has taken aim at one of the country’s largest polluting industries and its attempt to secure greater compensation under an emissions trading scheme, with a new TV advertisement targeting the Australian Coal Association (ACA).
Date: October 12th 2009
Author: The GetUp team

Anti-Pulp Mill Ad To Run In European Financial Times

Australian advocacy group, GetUp is today launching a new campaign targeting potential international financiers of Gunns Ltd’s controversial pulp mill in Tasmania. GetUp members are donating to fund a print ad in the European Financial Times, naming the major banks that have not ruled out...
Date: April 27th 2009
Author: The GetUp team
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