GetUp in the media
Offshore detention costs taxpayers up to $573,000 each person a year, report finds
Offshore detention costs Australian taxpayers as much as $573,000 a person each year, according to a report from advocacy groups released as the independent senator Jacqui Lambie weighed up whether to support the repeal of medevac laws.
Dec 3rd 2019
GetUp chief says press freedom a top priority after successful campaign
GetUp will prioritise press freedom to prevent the Morrison government from "eroding civil liberties" after the progressive outfit ran its most successful post-election campaign on the subject.
Oct 17th 2019
GetUp gets stuck in to 'populist' Morrison government
Activist group GetUp will escalate its fight with Prime Minister Scott Morrison by accusing him of being an "authoritarian populist" who tries to shut down his critics, naming three campaign priorities to take on his government.
Oct 16th 2019
Traditional owners ramp up fight against Origin Energy to end fracking in the NT
Large crowds of Aboriginal landowners and community groups have stormed Origin Energy’s annual general meeting protesting the company’s continued fracking of the territory.
Oct 16th 2019
28,000 sign petition to shut down Melbourne neo Nazi concert
The Victorian Government says it has limited power to stop a neo-Nazi concert from happening at a secret location in Melbourne this weekend.
Oct 8th 2019
Power of Country tour in Sydney
Last week Traditional Owners from the Northern Territory travelled over 3000km to Sydney to speak up against Origin Energy's dirty and dangerous plans for fracking on their country. fracking of the territory.
Sep 5th 2019
Yes, GetUp fights for progressive causes, but it is not a political party – and is not beholden to one
Over the weekend, Prime Minister Scott Morrison launched a new assault on the campaigning group GetUp. At the Liberal Party’s state conference in Adelaide, he said GetUp needed to be “accountable for what they say and do”.
Aug 20th 2019
Ousting of Abbott 'a big achievement', GetUp says
Both sides of politics have criticised lobby group GetUp over its multi-million dollar campaign to unseat what it called "hard right" politicians in electorates like Dickson, Kooyong and Boothby.
May 21st 2019
Independent MP Zali Steggall admits GetUp! did good job of raising climate change awareness
Independent MP Zali Steggall has acknowledged the role of lobby group GetUp! in raising climate change awareness amid her election battle with ex-prime minister Tony Abbott
May 20th 2019
GetUp!‘s brand of in-your-face activism is winning elections – and making enemies
It can be hard for a political cause to get noticed in a jaded world awash with information, but conspiracy theories can go a long way.
May 17th 2019
The Puppeteers Heading to the Polls
Politicians hate them. The media loves them. And come Saturday, they’ll be meeting voters at polling booths all over the country. Here’s how the gargoyle-like papier-mâché caricatures of Australia’s politicians come to life.
May 16th 2019
Warringah voters have made up their minds
Two things stood out after trailing a GetUp! volunteer doorknock in the calm, leafy streets of Mosman this week.
May 16th 2019