The left-leaning advocacy group wants to take down the federal government's most prominent conservatives.
Apr 27th 2019
The progressive group is gearing up to spend its $12.7 million war chest on unseating six key members of the Coalition’s hard right and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. By Mike Seccombe.
Apr 20th 2019
A flood of money has lifted activist group GetUp to a new peak of $12.5 million in annual donations as it puts pressure on election candidates to declare their policy positions in order to gain its support on polling day.
Apr 15th 2019
GetUp — a left-wing lobby group — staged a lively “retirement party” for Tony Abbott outside his constituency office this morning.
Mar 26th 2019
Almost 60% of voters support the recently passed medevac bill to more easily get critically ill people access to medical care, a new poll has revealed.
Feb 24th 2019
An Australian Electoral Commission investigation has cleared GetUp of having ties to any particular political party or parties at the 2016 federal election.
Feb 18th 2019
Australia’s most unpopular hard-right politician has been identified as Peter Dutton by a GetUp survey of almost 30,000 people.
Jan 17th 2019
GetUp is asking the public to nominate which conservative Coalition MPs are “the worst of a bad bunch” to help it prioritise targets for the federal election.
Jan 8th 2019
The radical idea of offering every person a government-funded job is finding new supporters in Australia as proponents claim it could eliminate unemployment overnight.
Nov 21st 2018
Victorian Aboriginal community organisations have joined a coalition of advocacy groups demanding an end to racism in politics.
Nov 16th 2018
Sydney's harbourside residents have taken to the Liberal Party with baseball bats – and they may not be finished.
Oct 21st 2018
Young people in colourful T-shirts bearing slogans of Stop Adani, and members of Renew and other green groups, have been fanning out across Sydney’s eastern suburbs to knock on as many doors as possible – not for any particular candidate, but for a specific cause.
Oct 19th 2018