The GetUp! Blogs

Join us on COPtv

Posted by Francois Chemillier, December 9th, 2009

Join us at our CopTv blog on: http://coptv.getup.org.au/

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From Canberra to Copenhagen

Posted by Mark Connelly, November 18th, 2009

On November 16, 2009, GetUp members took the campaign for climate action from their communities to Parliament House.  With our climate partners the ACF and ACTU, our team held over 50 meetings with Senators, MPs and advisors in one day. They brought with them the full-page clean-energy jobs ad from The Australian, paid for by GetUp members. They also had some help getting their message across with a Kevin Rudd impersonator (Alex Manfrin) giving the speech we have all been longing to hear from Kevin Rudd on climate change. Thanks to everyone who made this day possible.... (read more)

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Update: Murray-Darling Basin

Posted by Jillian Kramer, October 7th, 2009

A new agreement between the New South Wales and Federal government has undermined hopes for a national plan to restore the health of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Announced by Nathan Rees and Julia Gillard late last month, this agreement imposes restrictions that prevent the creation of a unified plan to restore the health of the Murray-Darling.
Over the next five years, only 890 billion litres can be bought from the state to return environmental flows. In 2009 and 2010 this equals 140 billion litres - a massive cut from the 560 billion bought within the last two.
This... (read more)

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Save the Homelands

Posted by Sam Mclean, September 11th, 2009

The delegation met with:

Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin; Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health & Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon; Senator Mark Arbib; and advisors to the Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

They presented over 27,000 of signatures calling for funding to secure the future of these vibrant homelands communities.
Thanks for supporting the homelands. We'll keep you posted as the campaign progresses.

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Benefits of homeland communities

Posted by Brie Rogers Lowery, September 2nd, 2009

Homelands play a key role in the self-determination and preservation of Indigenous culture. These areas are important for Indigenous Australians and the broader Australian community as a whole, as they create valuable benefits for the environment, Indigenous health, culture, and education.
Sign our homelands petition now.
Environment
There are a wide number of environmental benefits arising from Indigenous 'Caring for Country' programs that could not occur without homelands. Indigenous land-owners living on country perform a range of important environmental... (read more)

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