GetUp in the media
Sixty per cent of voters support medevac bill, GetUp poll finds
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
Activists GetUp ruled independent of parties by Electoral Commission
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
GetUp survey identifies Peter Dutton as Australia’s most unwanted hard-right politician
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's 'hard right' hitlist for federal election revealed
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
Should every Australian be offered a government-funded job?
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
Victoria votes: community groups demand an end to race-baiting in politics
Victorian Aboriginal community organisations have joined a coalition of advocacy groups demanding an end to racism in politics.
Nov 16th 2018
The person with the most to fear from the Liberal Party's Wentworth debacle is Tony Abbott
Sydney's harbourside residents have taken to the Liberal Party with baseball bats – and they may not be finished.
Oct 21st 2018
Wentworth becomes test bed for how federal election will treat climate change
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
Victoria's renewable energy boom set to create thousands of jobs
The renewable energy construction boom in Victoria is on track to create more than 6,000 annual jobs, according to a new analysis.
Oct 2nd 2018
ACCI solicits campaign tips from GetUp chair
The chairman of GetUp, whose organisation lobbied against company tax cuts, has been hosted by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry to teach it how the left-wing activist group achieves “campaign cut-through”.
Sep 20th 2018
Why Morrison should swap his lump of coal for a solar panel
Australia’s wholesale electricity prices are forecast to almost halve in the next four years – not because lower energy costs are on top of the new Morrison government’s agenda, and not because of the promise of coal, but thanks to the growing supply from cheap, renewable energy in the national mix.
Aug 30th 2018
Renewables jobs at risk unless emissions reduction target ramped up
Activist groups are intensifying efforts to persuade Australia’s states and territories to demand the 26% emissions reduction target in the national energy guarantee be ramped up, with new analysis suggesting jobs in renewable energy will be lost.
Jul 25th 2018