Campaigning by GetUp members has been widely recognised in the media. Here's a collection of press clippings.
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Recent polls have seen Kevin Rudd's approval rating plummet - and the latest survey from left-leaning lobby group GetUp! adds weight to this view..
Date: May 15th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: AAP
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Environmental advocates have blasted the budget for dropping the ball on sustainability.
Date: May 13th 2010
Publication: The New Matilda
Author: James Arvanitakis
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Current GetUp national director, Simon Sheikh, told Computerworld Australia that the Electronic Frontiers Foundation in the US and even Chinese newspapers ...
Date: May 10th 2010
Publication: PC World Magazine
Author: James Hutchinson
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GetUp, a progressive political movement claiming 350,000 members, was also vocal in its criticism. "Time and again, Kevin Rudd has betrayed the support Australians gave him last election. And yesterday, he broke faith with us," said the organisation in an emailed newsletter on Apr. 28.
Date: May 10th 2010
Publication: IPS news
Author: Stephen de Tarczynski
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Representatives from refugee communities, GetUp!, the Refugee Council and church bodies also took part. You're the only person reading this now. ...
Date: May 8th 2010
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Danielle Teutsch
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Simon Sheikh, chief executive of the online activist group GetUp, supported Bleich's comments, calling on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to "step in and end this ...
Date: May 3rd 2010
Publication: Crikey
Author: Tobias Ziegler
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Is GetUp! just an unpricipled Labor front, or will it attack Kevin Rudd as it attacked Tony Abbott for the very same policy? ...
Date: May 2nd 2010
Publication: Crikey
Author: Tobias Ziegler
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The national director of the progressive grassroots campaigning outfit GetUp!, Simon Sheikh, said ''progressive voters won't take this lying down''...
Date: May 1st 2010
Publication: The Age
Author: Peter Hartcher
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The national director of the progressive grassroots campaigning outfit GetUp!, Simon Sheikh, said ''progressive voters won't take this lying down''. ...
Date: April 30th 2010
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Rocco Fazzari
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The Federal Government has seemingly backed down on plans to introduce mandatory internet filtering legislation, instead saying the scheme will be pushed back until later this year...
Date: April 30th 2010
Publication: Smart Company
Author: Patrick Stafford
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Trust in Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to manage climate change has dropped to 36 percent, a new poll showed on Tuesday...
Date: April 28th 2010
Publication: Malaysian National News Agency
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Trust in Prime Minister Rudd on climate change has dipped but he has much to gain from refocusing on climate action with 35% more likely to vote Labor on stronger action, according to an independent survey commissioned by The Climate Institute, GetUp and other partners*.
Date: April 27th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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Advocacy group GetUp!, which commissioned the poll in conjunction with the Climate Institute and four other non-profit groups, says the result reflects voter frustration with stalling climate change action...
Date: April 27th 2010
Publication: SBS World News Australia
Author: AAP
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The parking of the trading scheme comes as a survey conducted by Auspoll for the Climate Institute and GetUp!, to be released today...
Date: April 27th 2010
Publication: The Age
Author: Tom Arup
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Advocacy group GetUp!, which commissioned the poll in conjunction with the Climate Institute and four other non-profit groups...
Date: April 27th 2010
Publication: Nine MSN
Author: AAP
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Advocacy group GetUp!, which commissioned the poll in conjunction with the Climate Institute and four other non-profit groups, puts the result down to voter ...
Date: April 26th 2010
Publication: Sydney Morning Herald
Author: AAP
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Polling commissioned by GetUp! in the wake last month's election, which led to a hung parliament, shows 52 per cent of Greens voters would have preferred a ...
Date: April 23rd 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: Matthew Denholm
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Online advocacy group GetUp!, which has more than 350,000 members, says the government is more focused on internal disputes than the views of the public...
Date: April 21st 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Susanna Dunkerley
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On Thursday and Friday, GetUp, a big grass roots activist organisation, asked 18,000 of its members...
Date: April 20th 2010
Publication: The Herald Sun
Author: Simon Kearney
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Professor McGorry -- who provocatively described immigration detention centres as "factories for producing mental illness" -- features prominently in advertisements for the GetUp action...
Date: April 15th 2010
Publication: The Australian
Author: Sean Parnell
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GetUp! national director Simon Sheikh said a poll conducted by the group showed 86 per cent of Australians were also opposed to mandatory filtering...
Date: April 14th 2010
Publication: SBS World News Australia
Author: AAP
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GetUp's chief executive Simon Sheikh argues that Senator Conroy's statements are not supported by the community...
Date: April 13th 2010
Publication: International Business Times
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Meanwhile, polling commissioned by grassroots political group GetUp! shows 44 per cent of respondents support an immediate levy on polluters while an international agreement is finalised...
Date: April 13th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: AAP
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Simon Sheikh, chief executive of the online activist group GetUp, quickly seized on Bleich's comments...
Date: April 13th 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Asher Moses
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In a poll released today by GetUp and Our Common Ground, 72% of Tasmanians polled called for a negotiated solution to the divided parliament. Only 24% said they would prefer either the Labor or Liberal party attempting to govern alone in minority.
Date: March 30th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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IF HE didn't have politicians' ears already, Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry plans to get them this weekend with an advertisement due to run between political programs on national TV.
Date: March 27th 2010
Publication: The Age
Author: Julia Medew
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AUSTRALIAN of the Year Patrick McGorry will appeal for mental health to be part of the Federal Government's health reforms in national television commercials to be aired this weekend.
Date: March 26th 2010
Publication: The Daily Telegraph
Author: AAP
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Just in case Punch readers believe what people tell them, here are some of the things that have been said about internet filtering…and exactly why they shouldn’t be believed.
Date: March 24th 2010
Publication: The Punch
Author: Eliza Cussen
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“Australians take climate change very seriously, but Tony Abbott’s policy is a joke” said GetUp National Director, Simon Sheikh. “Australia can’t afford to abstain from action to tackle climate change.”
Date: March 4th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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Minister Wong’s move to fix the Renewable Energy Target scheme by separating large-scale commercial projects from home contributions isn’t enough to save Australia’s renewable energy industry, says GetUp.
Date: February 26th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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A paid parental leave scheme of six to twelve months will provide babies with the best possible start in life, ensure that every adult is given the opportunity to lead a fulfilling work and family life, and safeguard Australia’s future prosperity.
Date: February 11th 2010
Author: The GetUp! Team
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Today, GetUp members responded in force to the Coalition’s woeful climate policy,
turning up the heat on Tony Abbott in his own backyard. Thanks to the donations of
GetUp members mobile billboards will circle Parliament House and criss-cross Tony
Abbott’s electorate today with a...
Date: February 4th 2010
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Today Tasmanian and media legend, Peter Cundall, is launching a TV ad campaign from non-partisan group, Our Common Ground. GetUp National Director, Simon Sheikh, said that GetUp is proud to lend its support to this campaign, helping to ensure that it reaches every Tasmanian.
Date: January 27th 2010
Author: The GetUp Team
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News that Gunns and Forestry Tasmania are working towards Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for the Tasmanian forestry industry, as well as statements by Premier Bartlett supporting the change, represent a victory for GetUp members campaigning against the proposed mill.
Date: January 27th 2010
Author: The GetUp Team
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Today US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a world free of internet censorship.
Date: January 22nd 2010
Author: The GetUp Team
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It has attracted more than 20,000 signatures, so the Herald's campaign for a change to allow recall elections in NSW has captured attention - and that's a good thing.
Date: January 21st 2010
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Simon Sheikh
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Lobby group GetUp! has also run ongoing campaigns against the internet filter, including its Censordyne commercial, which drew media attention. The group's website encourages people to protest the filter by contacting Stephen Conroy directly...
Date: January 20th 2010
Publication: The Courier Mail
Author: Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
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Get Up's national director Simon Sheikh said rich countries like Australia had to take strong action on climate change at home to get the Copenhagen process back on track.
Date: December 19th 2009
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Cathy Alexander
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A recent national phone poll that was commissioned by GetUP! found only 4 per cent of Australians want the Government to be responsible for protecting children online.
Date: December 18th 2009
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Nina Funnell
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Former High Court judge Michael Kirby has criticised the Federal Government's internet censorship agenda, saying it could stop the "Berlin Walls of the future" from being knocked down...
Date: December 17th 2009
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Asher Moses
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Oliver MacColl, acting national director of GetUp!, an internet users' lobby group, said the planned legislation "hands control of the internet to the moral minority".
Date: December 16th 2009
Publication: Telegraph.co.uk
Author: Paul Chapman
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Activist group GetUp argues the filter will hand control of the internet "to the moral minority".
Date: December 16th 2009
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Julian Drape
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Advocacy organisation GetUp's petition against the proposal has garnered more than 120,000 signatures...
Date: December 16th 2009
Publication: The Australian
Author: Mitchell Bingemann
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Oliver MacColl, the acting national director of lobby group GetUp!, says Senator Conroy's firewall plan hands control of the internet to "the moral minority".
Date: December 15th 2009
Publication: ABC Online
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A young woman from the Solomon Islands says Australians should know if climate change goes on unchecked and her homeland goes under her people will be knocking at our doors and demanding to be let in...
Date: December 13th 2009
Publication: Sky News
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The national director of the political lobby group GetUp!, Simon Sheikh, said he supported the idea behind the campaign...
Date: December 12th 2009
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: Sean Nicholls and Brian Robins
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Tony Abbott’s wild claims about the cost of draft Copenhagen agreement text to the Australian economy will be rebuffed by GetUp members today...
Date: December 10th 2009
Author: The GetUp Team
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The cost of greening up Australia would cost less than 1 per cent of the economy, lobby group Get Up says.
Date: December 10th 2009
Publication: The Sydney Morning Herald
Author: AAP
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Just hours ago printers started running wild in Copenhagen with the leaking of tightly held negotiating text that rich countries have been writing. In summary: it’s bad news for the climate – but the good news is it’s far from locked in.
Date: December 9th 2009
Publication: The Punch
Author: Simon Sheikh
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It’s a big year for the Liberal Party of Australia. One hundred years ago, the Protectionist and Free Trade parties combined to offer voters an alternative to the Labor party...
Date: December 8th 2009
Publication: The Punch
Author: Simon Sheikh
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