GetUp!
GetUp!

Australia's top investigative journalist needs your help!

Politicians are acting like they're beyond reproach because right now, they are.

  • Angus Taylor has admitted to publishing faked documents to smear high profile clean energy champions.1
  • Peter Dutton went unpunished for holding stakes in companies that received lucrative government subsidies.2
  • Christian Porter parachuted staffers into six-figure public service jobs, without consequence.3
Our politics is rife with questionable behaviour. Our media can't keep up, voters can't keep track, and the Coalition is refusing to debate legislation that would put an end to it for good.

But if the government won't hold politicians to account – we'll do it for them, in a game-changing collaboration with one of Australia's most respected investigative journalists.
A project of this scale is ambitious – and independent journalists don't have the resources of the major papers

Can you chip in to support the research, legal and development costs of an independent journalist with the experience and skill to hold politicians accountable?.

References:
[1] Angus Taylor promises apology letter to Clover Moore 'this week', The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October 2019.
[2] Peter Dutton's business interests could disqualify him from parliament, experts suggest, The Guardian, 20 August 2018.
[3] Christian Porter gave ex-adviser $250,000 job on public tribunal, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 February 2019.
Your support will help Michael West with:

  • Funding researchers to deep dive on the last 5 years of misconduct: We want the most comprehensive record of politicians misconduct possible, leaving no stone unturned, and no story forgotten.
  • Engaging legal experts: To analyse the government's toothless legislation, identify inadequacies and help demonstrate how it would not address the real life examples of misconduct in the database.
  • Digital creatives and developers: To build an accessible, beautiful online database that anyone can access – bringing an unprecedented level of transparency to our federal politics and giving voters the information they need.
  • Media and publicity: To shine a light on the most egregious examples turned up by the research, to build the case for genuine reform.
We have an urgent need to restore faith in our democratic processes – and there's no one better than an independent journalist with a record of operating without fear or favour. But if we want the website to be up and running in the new year, we need to get started right away.