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Climate Torch Relay

Climate Torch Relay

To solve the climate crisis, we will need a movement unprecedented in Australia's history. To mobilise this movement, GetUp has invented a new device to respond to the climate crisis... and you can hold it it one hand.



Ban The Bombs

Ban The Bombs

The new Australian Government is going out of its way to frustrate the international treaty seeking to rid the world of cluster bombs. Sign the petition today telling Kevin Rudd to ban the bomb: no loopholes, no exceptions.



Australia 2020 Summit

Australia 2020 Summit

GetUp proved itself a force to be reckoned with at the Australia 2020 Summit. In the lead up to the Summit, our Ideas Forums were bursting with your ideas for the future of our nation. Over 120 members attended the Summit, we hosted our very own party for delegates and ACT GetUp members handed a summary of the top ideas to delegates. Check out the forums here.



Make This A Hit

Make This A Hit

GetUp brings you The GetUp Mob's "From Little Things Big Things Grow". Some of the nation's best-known performers have come together to create a song that harnesses the momentum of February's apology.



Australia's Biscuit Budget

Australia's Biscuit Budget

Ever reflected how you'd do things differently if you were in charge? How you'd put your money where your mouth is on things like climate change if you were the one dishing out the taxpayer's dollars? Would you, like the previous Government did, subsidise the polluting fossil fuel industries at 28 times the amount of renewable energies?



Olympic Silence Is Not Golden

Olympic Silence Is Not Golden

The Australian said it best yesterday: "Nothing has sucked the air from the lungs as much as Seven's decision to drop an advertisement by GetUp... In a democracy, where freedom of speech is a given, Seven's craven self-censoring efforts represent a gold-medal act of moral cowardice."



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