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Reconciliation GetTogethers
On Tuesday April 29 more than 350 groups held Reconciliation GetTogethers across the country.
Meeting in homes, cafes, community halls (and beaches) across the country, we started a national conversation to build reconciliation from the grassroots up. Check out the amazing GetTogether stories on our blog.
Reconciliation will take a nation. It will take not only a change of policy, but a change of culture - the kind of change that can only come from the grassroots.
It will also take time. That's why we're continuing the process of conversation and friendship. Hundreds of groups are planning to meet again for Reconciliation Week (May 26-30). To get involved in a group near you, email national@getup.org.au or stay tuned to this page.
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Volunteering with GetUp on Election Day?
Volunteering for GetUp on Election Day is great fun & very rewarding. Standing up for issues, not personalities, is not only powerful, but very appreciated by voters.
Here's what you need to know:
We're not telling people how to vote. We want them to be thinking about our key issues and how the parties compare. That's why we've got our issue scorecard (see below).
You must read and print the following two documents before volunteering on Election Day:
* GetUp Volunteer Guide for Election Day
* GetUp Legal Advice for Election Day
You can also read more about how vote voting works this federal election, and some of the key preference deals.
NB: See the FAQ on the left for information on how to access the high quality files of the scorecard to send to the printers.
- It was tough to put a scorecard together this election. The parties' policies on many issues are still unclear, or differ only in nuance. But that's also why these scorecards are important - because voters need to know where the parties stand on important progressive issues.
- These scorecards represent the policies of Labor, the Coalition and the Greens as of 15 August 2010 on fourteen important issues. It's not a comprehensive policy list, but rather a selection of issues that are important to GetUp members and show some key points of difference between the three parties. Some of the issues have been the subject of GetUp campaigns in the past, some haven't. All of them are issues that GetUp members have told us are important in the monthly surveys we conduct of random samples of GetUp members.
- All of us have different priorities - and there will undoubtably be an issue you think should be on the scorecard that is not - or vice versa. Ultimately, there's only so much information we could fit on a flyer, so we've had to make some tough calls. We think the flyer represents a broad selection of policies that will give voters a useful guide to where the parties stand on important issues.
- The parties' positions on this scorecard reflect party policy as we could determine it from official party websites and news announcements. Some are clearly black and white - for example you either oppose mandatory internet filtering or you don't. Others are more nuanced: for example how much is a 'significant' increase in mental health funding? In that example, the Labor party has pledged increased funding for mental health services, but only about 1/4 as much as the Coalition and the Greens, so we've given the Labor party a cross in that row. Another example: on paid parental leave, we've given all three parties a tick, because although the parties' approaches to this are different (eg. the Coalition and Greens support 6 months while Labor supports 18 weeks), all three parties support paid parental leave and deserve credit for offering paid parental leave for the first time in Australian history.
- Unfortunately, we are not able to show the positions of independent candidates and some minor parties on these scorecards. There are hundreds of independents and minor parties, and we didn't have the resources to properly research their positions. It's also far more expensive to print and distribute scorecards in small local runs, so these scorecards represent the party policies of the Coalition, the Greens and Labor: three parties that are contesting almost every electorate and senate race.
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