75-706: GetUp! is an independent progressive Australian political activist group. It was launched in August 2005 to encourage Internet activism in Australia, though it has increasingly engaged in offline community organising . GetUp! is an independent, issue-based organisation. It advocates for progressive public policy change in Australia in the areas of the environment, economy, human rights, and democracy. GetUp does not make financial donations to, or receive donations from, registered Australian political parties, and does not run or fund candidates at Australian elections. GetUp!
150-555: A carbon tax as a means of addressing Australia's contribution to carbon emissions. In 2012 GetUp! campaigned with Australian Marriage Equality for same-sex marriage by sending 3,000 roses to federal politicians on Valentines Day and by hosting a dinner for three same-sex couples with the Prime Minister . GetUp! also had a Marriage Matters float in the Sydney Mardi Gras . In Queensland , GetUp! commissioned
225-626: A ban on foreign donations to Australian political parties. In August 2017, a campaign was started on GetUp!'s community campaign platform - CommunityRun - calling on the Australian Medical Association to deregister Dr Pansy Lai, following her appearance in the TV ad for the "No" case for the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey . GetUp! received dozens of complaints and the petition, and it
300-506: A barrister specialising in class actions, human rights and immigration; Stephen Monk, an IT entrepreneur, consultant and software developer; Karen Iles, a human rights lawyer; Sara Saleh, a racial justice and Palestine campaigner; Alex Rafalowicz, a communications manager at 350.org; and Lyn Goldsworthy, executive officer at the Frank Fenner Foundation and environmental activist . As of August 2023, Larissa Baldwin-Roberts
375-672: A combined membership of 34,000. The AWU later absorbed a number of other unions in the pastoral, mining and timber industries notably the Amalgamated Workers Association of Queensland in 1913, and the Federated Mining Employees Association of Australia in 1917. Since these industries were the principal sources of Australia's wealth in the 19th century, the AWU soon became Australia's largest and most powerful union. The defeat of
450-521: A conservative MP; following referrals by Senator Abetz in 2005 and 2010, and a referral from Ben Morton in 2016. On all three occasions, the AEC found that GetUp did "not appear to be controlled by one or more registered political parties, nor... to operate wholly or to a significant extent to the benefit of one or more registered political parties." In 2010 the AEC acknowledged that many of GetUp's activities "could be reasonably regarded as of some 'benefit' to
525-585: A degree of government assistance particularly for primary industries, and White Australia, was to continue for many years before gradually dissolving in the second half of the 20th century. The growth of the sugar industry in Queensland in the 1870s led to searching for labourers prepared to work in a tropical environment. During this time, thousands of " Kanakas " (Pacific Islanders) were brought into Australia as indentured workers . This and related practices of bringing in non-white labour to be cheaply employed
600-549: A fair distribution of the costs, risks, and rewards of these new capabilities. Many techno-progressive critics and supporters believe that while improved democracy, increased justice, decreased violence, and a broader culture of rights are all desirable, they are insufficient on their own to address the problems of modern technological societies unless and until they are accompanied by scientific and technological advancements that uphold and apply these ideals. Australian Workers%27 Union The Australian Workers' Union ( AWU )
675-521: A majority of seats in the Australian Senate on 9 August 2005, following the 2004 Australian federal election . GetUp encouraged visitors to send an email to Coalition senators that read "I'm sending you this message because I want you to know that I'm watching. Now that you have absolute power in the Senate, it is only people like me who can hold you accountable. And we will." Brett Solomon
750-456: A movement away from barbarism toward civilization . 18th-century philosopher and political scientist Marquis de Condorcet predicted that political progress would involve the disappearance of slavery , the rise of literacy , the lessening of sex inequality , reform of prisons , which at the time were harsh, and the decline of poverty. Modernity or modernisation was a key form of the idea of progress as promoted by classical liberals in
825-467: A need for measures to address these problems. Progressivism has influenced various political movements. Social liberalism was influenced by British liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill 's conception of people being "progressive beings." British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli developed progressive conservatism under one-nation Toryism . In France, the space between social revolution and
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#1732801098802900-513: A permanent Climate Natural Disaster Fund funded by reduction of fossil fuel subsidies and released a video supporting same-sex marriage in Australia , starring Julian Shaw entitled It's Time that was described by The Advocate as "possibly the most beautiful ad for marriage equality we've seen". In March 2011, Getup! endorsed the controversial decision of the Gillard Labor government to break its 2010 Election promise not to introduce
975-578: A powerful influence in the party, particularly in Queensland and Western Australia , and to a lesser extent in the other states. Labor state governments were heavily influenced by AWU leaders such as Edward Grayndler , Tom Dougherty and NSW AWU Secretary Charlie Oliver . Labor was in government in Queensland from 1915 to 1929 and from 1932 to 1957, and the AWU was able to exert considerable political influence through long-serving premiers such as William Forgan Smith and Ned Hanlon . The federation of
1050-627: A prosperous skilled working class, whose unions demanded and got an eight-hour day and other benefits unheard of in Europe. Australia gained a reputation as "the working man's paradise." Some employers tried to undercut the unions by importing Chinese labour. This produced a reaction which led to all the colonies restricting Chinese and other Asian immigration. This was the foundation of the White Australia Policy . The "Australian compact", based around centralised industrial arbitration,
1125-402: A range of diverse political pressure groups , not always united, progressives rejected social Darwinism , believing that the problems society faced, such as class warfare , greed , poverty , racism and violence , could best be addressed by providing good education, a safe environment, and an efficient workplace. Progressives lived mainly in the cities, were college educated, and believed in
1200-712: A response to a controversial anti-gay marriage advertisement. In response to Catholic bishops in Victoria asking their parishioners to campaign against same sex marriages, Simon Sheikh of GetUp! said, "every time they act, they only entice our members to do even more". In May 2012, "GetUp slams PM Gillard" for not following the lead of President Obama on marriage equity. In June 2012, at events in Sydney and Melbourne, GetUp! joined with Marie Claire and Sunrise to show support for marriage equality and "everybody's right to say 'I Do'". In August 2015, emergency services were called to
1275-687: A strong central government. President Theodore Roosevelt of the Republican Party and later the Progressive Party declared that he "always believed that wise progressivism and wise conservatism go hand in hand." President Woodrow Wilson was also a member of the American progressive movement within the Democratic Party . Progressive stances have evolved. Imperialism was a controversial issue within progressivism in
1350-536: A very safe seat for the party. In his victory speech, Joyce called GetUp "completely and utterly dopey". Progressivism Progressivism is a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform – primarily based on purported advancements in social organization , science , and technology . Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human societies everywhere. Progressivism arose during
1425-549: Is CEO of GetUp. She is Widjabul Wia-bul woman of the Bundjalung people , and was previously campaign manager. She had also worked internationally, is an expert on the gas industry in Australia , and co-founded Seed Mob , the first Indigenous youth climate network. Getup's initial funding of $ 50,000 was donated by the Labor Council of New South Wales at the suggestion of Amanda Tattersall. The second major donation
1500-814: Is a national union made up of state branches. Each AWU member belongs to one of six geographic branches. Every four years AWU members elect branch and national officials: National President, the National Secretary, and the National Assistant Secretary. They also elect the National Executive and the Branch Executives which act as the Board of Directors for the union. The AWU's rules are registered with Fair Work Australia and its internal elections are conducted by
1575-464: Is an active participant in Australian election campaigns, it is not formally aligned with any Australian political party. It runs its own campaigns and does not contribute to or coordinate with candidate campaigns. It has sometimes rated candidates based on their position on issues, and then provided voters with how-to-vote cards, often recommending votes for more than one option. GetUp states that it
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#17328010988021650-487: Is classified as a (cultural or social) progressive party, but it calls itself "economically centrist and socially liberal". Economic progressivism —also New Progressive Economics —is a term used to distinguish it from progressivism in cultural fields. Economic progressives may draw from a variety of economic traditions, including democratic capitalism , democratic socialism , social democracy , and social liberalism . Overall, economic progressives' views are rooted in
1725-405: Is driven by the values and issues of its supporters, fully independent of party loyalties. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has found that GetUp is "issue-based rather than supporting or advocating support for a particular registered party political." Its independent status has been confirmed by the AEC on three occasions. On each occasion, the AEC's review was initiated at the request of
1800-615: Is funded predominantly by thousands of small donations from Australian individuals, in the vein of similar counterparts in other countries, such as MoveOn.org . In 2019, around 97 per cent of donations received by GetUp were for amounts under $ 100. All of its donations are listed on its website within 30 days. In the 2022-23 financial year GetUp! announced a gross revenue of A$ 7.3 million (down from A$ 10.467 million inb 2021-22). Getup also announced an annual deficit of A$ 1.3 million (a A$ 2.1M loss in 2021-22). Under Australia's taxation regime, donations to GetUp are not considered tax-deductible as
1875-626: Is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions . It traces its origins to unions founded in the pastoral and mining industries in the late 1880s and it currently has approximately 80,000 members. According to the moderately conservative publication, the Australian Financial Review, the AWU is one of the most powerful unions in the Labor Right faction of the Australian Labor Party . The AWU
1950-662: The Age of Enlightenment out of the belief that civility in Europe was improving due to the application of new empirical knowledge . In modern political discourse, progressivism is often associated with social liberalism , a left-leaning type of liberalism, and social democracy . Within economic progressivism , there is some ideological variety on the social liberal to social democrat continuum, as well as occasionally some variance on cultural issues; examples of this include some Christian democrat and conservative-leaning communitarian movements. While many ideologies can fall under
2025-839: The Amalgamated Shearers Union of Australasia in 1887. In 1894 this union amalgamated with the General Labourers Union , which had formed in 1891, to form the Australian Workers' Union. The Queensland Shearers Union , formed in 1887, and the Queensland Workers Union merged in 1891 to form the Amalgamated Workers Union of Queensland . In 1904 the AWUQ amalgamated with the AWU, to form a union with
2100-508: The Australian Council of Trade Unions for many years, preferring to maintain its independent relationship with the arbitration system. With the shift in employment from the pastoral industries to the urban manufacturing and service sectors, the AWU's political influence and power declined as the pastoral areas became less significant in terms of employee numbers. This shift led to many rural electorate areas that were influenced by
2175-760: The Australian Electoral Commission . The AWU is affiliated with the Australian Labor Party , Australian Council of Trade Unions , the International Metalworkers' Federation , the International Union of Foodworkers and the International Transport Workers Federation . The current AWU National President is Marina Williams, and the National Secretary is Paul Farrow. The AWU has broad coverage over, amongst others,
2250-516: The Registered Organisations Commission (ROC). Melbourne Trades Hall was opened in 1859 with Trades and Labour Councils and Trades Halls opening in all cities and most regional towns in the following forty years. During the 1880s Trade unions developed among shearers , miners , and stevedores (wharf workers), but soon spread to cover almost all blue-collar jobs. Shortages of labour led to high wages for
2325-867: The Social Gospel emerged in North America that focused on challenging economic exploitation and poverty and, by the mid-1890s, was common in many Protestant theological seminaries in the United States. Early 20th-century progressivism included support for American engagement in World War I and the creation of and participation in the League of Nations , compulsory sterilisation in Scandinavia, and eugenics in Great Britain, and
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2400-543: The founders of the American Republic , whereby the authority of government depends on observing limitations on its just powers. What began as a social movement in the 1890s grew into a popular political movement referred to as the Progressive era ; in the 1912 United States presidential election , all three U.S. presidential candidates claimed to be progressives. While the term progressivism represents
2475-610: The socialist movement of the time and as humane ways to assist in maintaining the Industrial Revolution . In 1891, the Roman Catholic Church encyclical Rerum novarum issued by Pope Leo XIII condemned the exploitation of labor and urged support for labor unions and government regulation of businesses in the interests of social justice while upholding the property right and criticising socialism. A progressive Protestant outlook called
2550-535: The socially conservative laissez-faire centre-right was filled with the emergence of radicalism which thought that social progress required anti-clericalism , humanism , and republicanism . Especially anti-clericalism was the dominant influence on the centre-left in many French- and Romance-speaking countries until the mid-20th century. In Imperial Germany , Chancellor Otto von Bismarck enacted various progressive social welfare measures out of paternalistic conservative motivations to distance workers from
2625-408: The temperance movement . Progressives believed that progress was stifled by economic inequality , inadequately regulated monopolistic corporations, and conflict between workers and elites, arguing that corrective measures were needed. In the United States, progressivism began as an intellectual rebellion against the political philosophy of Constitutionalism as expressed by John Locke and
2700-755: The 'left' parties", but also noted that many of the activities of GetUp! were solely issue-based. In 2019, the AEC's determination was supported by the Australian Government Solicitor and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions . Due to the party's focus on progressive issues, getup has been criticised by many members of conservative parties, particularly the Coalition parties. Liberal Party of Australia politicians Eric Abetz , Ben Morton , and Peter Dutton have regularly attacked GetUp's independence since
2775-543: The 1930s the Communist Party launched a rival Pastoral Workers Industrial Union, but this failed to break the AWU's grip on its membership. The Northern Territory branch of the AWU was a central faction in the most recent worker's rebellion in Australia, the Darwin Rebellion in 1912–1918. When the trade unions formed the Australian Labor Party following the defeat of the 1890s strikes, the AWU became
2850-590: The 19th and 20th centuries, who called for the rapid modernisation of the economy and society to remove the traditional hindrances to free markets and the free movements of people. In the late 19th century, a political view rose in popularity in the Western world that progress was being stifled by vast economic inequality between the rich and the poor, minimally regulated laissez-faire capitalism with out-of-control monopolistic corporations , intense and often violent conflict between capitalists and workers, with
2925-526: The 2019 federal election. Critics allege that the organisation misrepresents results of their membership surveys. Liberal Party MP Ben Morton has claimed that raw data from the organisation's 2016 election survey, disclosed to the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters , showed that respondents had nominated different priorities to those that the organisation eventually campaigned on. The group listed "stopping
3000-579: The AWU and workers falling to the conservative side of politics and in particular the National Party . The split in the Queensland ALP in 1957, which resulted in Labor being in opposition for 32 years, deprived the AWU of its greatest area of influence, although it remained influential in the long-serving (1941–65 and 1976–88) New South Wales Labor governments. In 1993 the AWU amalgamated with
3075-722: The Australian Electoral Commission warned GetUp! that it felt its how-to-vote website was "misleading and deceptive", because it always recommended against voting for Coalition candidates, since the Coalition did not provide information to GetUp for inclusion in the online tool. In 2010, GetUp! placed full-page ads in The New York Times and The Washington Times in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and condemning calls for violence against him. In 2011, GetUp! campaigned to create
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3150-637: The Australian colonies in 1901 led to the establishment of the Australian Arbitration system . The AWU strongly supported arbitration as a mechanism of resolving industrial disputes without resorting to strike action. The Pastoral Industry Award, negotiated by the AWU, was the first federal award granted by the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration . The AWU maintained its registration under state industrial systems and continues to participate in many state awards. During
3225-740: The Federation of Industrial Manufacturing and Engineering Employees (itself an amalgamation of the Federated Ironworkers' Association of Australia and the Australasian Society of Engineers ) to form the AWU-FIMEE Amalgamated Union. In 1995 the union reverted to using the name Australian Workers' Union. In recent years the AWU has sought to modernise and to broaden its membership beyond its declining traditional base. Today it represents workers in
3300-624: The Greens. Paul Oosting said GetUp volunteers made 712,039 calls to voters and knocked on 36,315 doors during the campaign. Following the election, GetUp! claimed credit for defeating Tony Abbott. The campaign was widely seen as unsuccessful; Paul Oosting said that GetUp “hadn't achieved what we set out to achieve,” and GetUp's campaign received criticism from both sides of politics. GetUp uses "membership surveys, voter polls [and] phone and online consultations" to help determine campaign priorities. The organisation's 2015 survey showed GetUp members wanted
3375-681: The Natal Act of 1897 was introduced, restricting "undesirable persons" rather than any specific race. The British government in London was not pleased with legislation that discriminated against certain subjects of its Empire, but decided not to disallow the laws that were passed. Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain explained in 1897: We quite sympathise with the determination...of these colonies...that there should not be an influx of people alien in civilisation, alien in religion, alien in customs, whose influx, moreover, would seriously interfere with
3450-664: The Sydney Alliance, and is an associate professor at Sydney University . In 2018, GetUp had 70 staff, and an annual budget of about A$ 10 million. As of 2019 the chair of GetUp was Phil Ireland, managing director of the Online Progressive Engagement Network, while deputy chair was Carla McGrath, a campaigner on Torres Strait Islander issues. Other members of the board were Daniel Stone, director of digital campaign firm Principle Co; Min Guo,
3525-558: The banner of progressivism, both the current and historical movement are characterized by a critique of unregulated capitalism, desiring a more active democratic government to take a role in safeguarding human rights , bringing about cultural development , and being a check-and-balance on corporate monopolies . There are differences in specific approaches between factions, including capitalist-leaning social liberals and social democrats versus some anti-capitalist democratic socialists . Immanuel Kant identified progress as being
3600-524: The campaign involved volunteers calling voters in marginal electorates. 45,000 conversations were had with 18,000 of these being with voters in Bass which was the seat of Andrew Nikolic who was not reelected. Other targeted MPs included Peter Dutton, George Christensen and Louise Markus. In November 2016 in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry, GetUp! lobbied for information on all political donations over $ 500 to be made publicly available and also advocated for
3675-462: The concept of social justice and the common good , and aim to improve the human condition through government regulation , social protections and the maintenance of public goods . Some economic progressives may show centre-right views on cultural issues. These movements are related to communitarian conservative movements such as Christian democracy and one-nation conservatism . An early mention of techno-progressivism appeared in 1999 as
3750-471: The democratic process. The unifying theme is to call attention to the negative impacts of current institutions or ways of doing things and to advocate for social progress , i.e., for positive change as defined by any of several standards such as the expansion of democracy , increased egalitarianism in the form of economic and social equality as well as improved well being of a population. Proponents of social democracy have identified themselves as promoting
3825-491: The editorship of Henry Boote from 1916 to 1943 they were among the most influential union newspapers in Australia. The two papers were merged in 1974 and today The Australian Worker is published in a magazine format in association with Australian Consolidated Press . On 24 October 2017 the unions offices in Sydney and Melbourne were raided by the Australian Federal Police . The raids were on behalf of
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#17328010988023900-721: The following industries: The AWU grew from a number of earlier unions, notably the Australasian Shearers' Union , founded by William Spence , Alexander Poynton (OBE, an inaugural member of the Australian House of Representatives), brother Charles Poynton, and David Temple in Creswick , Victoria in 1886. This union joined with shearers' unions in Bourke and Wagga in New South Wales to form
3975-434: The government handling over billions of dollars every year to big polluters" in its top three issues, yet the survey results did not reflect this. This criticism led The Australian , a conservative newspaper, to allege that "the nine-member board of GetUp! makes all decisions, and that members have no voting rights or say in the direction of the organisation". GetUp! is an independent, "issue-based" organisation. Although it
4050-618: The great 1891 shearers' strike and the 1890 Maritime strike led the AWU to reject direct action, and it has been a force for moderation in the Australian union movement ever since. It was a firm opponent of the Industrial Workers of the World , the Communist Party of Australia , NSW Premier Jack Lang and other radical forces in the Australian labour movement. For many years Communists were banned from AWU membership. In
4125-441: The late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in the United States, where some progressives supported American imperialism while others opposed it. In response to World War I , President Woodrow Wilson 's Fourteen Points established the concept of national self-determination and criticised imperialist competition and colonial injustices. Anti-imperialists supported these views in areas resisting imperial rule. During
4200-709: The legitimate rights of the existing labouring population. The Barton government which came to power following the first elections to the Commonwealth parliament in 1901 was formed by the Protectionist Party with the support of the Australian Labor Party . The support of the Labor Party was contingent upon restricting non-white immigration, reflecting the attitudes of the Australian Workers Union and other labour organisations at
4275-502: The metals, aviation, oil and gas, mining, construction, food processing and retail industries, as well as its traditional base in the pastoral and mining areas. Its expansion into new areas has brought the AWU into conflict with some other unions, particularly the National Union of Workers and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union . For many years the AWU published two newspapers, The Australian Worker in New South Wales and The Worker (founded in 1890) in Brisbane. Under
4350-412: The office of Craig Laundy MP, a federal Liberal party member who blocked a free vote on same-sex marriage. Mr. Laundy was one of a number of MPs who received an envelope containing glitter from the organization, as a protest to the dissents. Laundy later called it a "stupid stunt". During the 2016 federal election GetUp! ran a successful campaign targeting the Coalition's more conservative MPs. Part of
4425-636: The organisation advocates for changes to government policy. GetUp campaigns for progressive public-policy change in Australia in the areas of the environment, economy, human rights and democracy. Historically, GetUp has campaigned primarily using digital Internet activism . In recent years, it has also used offline community organising . The organisation has employed a range of campaign techniques, including: GetUp encourages members to lobby in its campaign areas, and has encouraged its members to pressure Members of Parliament using form letters, automated online emails, and personal, hand-crafted letters. In 2007
4500-457: The organisation to campaign on refugees, fossil fuels and climate change, and coal developments near the Great Barrier Reef . In the survey, members ranked same-sex marriage as 16th priority. In 2019, 92% of respondents to GetUp's annual survey wanted the organisation to "target hard-right MPs who block progress." Almost 30,000 people responded to a subsequent online poll organised by GetUp to identify which "hard-right" MPs they wanted to target at
4575-409: The organisation's effective 2016 election campaign, at various times claiming that the organisation is a "front for the Labor Party ", "run by the Greens movement in inner-city Melbourne and Sydney", and funded by billionaire George Soros . Following the 2019 Australian federal election , Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce criticised GetUp for their unsuccessful campaign in his seat of New England ,
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#17328010988024650-470: The period of acceptance of economic Keynesianism (the 1930s–1970s), there was widespread acceptance in many nations of a large role for state intervention in the economy. With the rise of neoliberalism and challenges to state interventionist policies in the 1970s and 1980s, centre-left progressive movements responded by adopting the Third Way , which emphasised a major role for the market economy . There have been social democrats who have called for
4725-416: The progressive cause. Progressivism, in the general sense, mainly means social and cultural progressivism. The term cultural liberalism is used in a substantially similar context and can be said to be a synonym for cultural progressivism. Unlike progressives in a broader sense, some cultural progressives may be economically centrist , conservative , or politically libertarian . The Czech Pirate Party
4800-451: The removal of "all political, cultural, biological, and psychological limits to self-actualization and self-realization". According to techno-progressivism, scientific and technical aspects of progress are linked to ethical and social developments in society. Therefore, according to the majority of techno-progressive viewpoints, advancements in science and technology will not be considered proper progress until and unless they are accompanied by
4875-459: The same rights as their Anglo and Southern compatriots. Agreements were made to further increase these restrictions in 1895 following an Inter-colonial Premier's Conference where all colonies agreed to extend entry restrictions to all non-white races . However, in attempting to enact this legislation, the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania reserved the bills, due to a treaty with Japan , and they did not become law. Instead,
4950-494: The social-democratic movement to move past Third Way. Prominent progressive conservative elements in the British Conservative Party have criticised neoliberalism. In the 21st century, progressives continue to favour public policy that they theorise will reduce or lessen the harmful effects of economic inequality as well as systemic discrimination such as institutional racism ; to advocate for social safety nets and workers' rights ; and to oppose corporate influence on
5025-598: The year was received from large individual donations that had to be declared to the Australian Electoral Commission (at the time, any donation above A$ 13,000). GetUp noted in its 2015 Annual Report that 11,700 core members donated 45% of the organisation's annual revenue. In 2017, GetUp disclosed $ 217,418 in gifts worth more than $ 13,200 and used on political expenditure over the year. Approximately $ 106,000 of this came from overseas sources, including German sister-organisation Campact and Swiss-based Oak Philanthropy. In 2018, GetUp raised more than $ 11 million in donations. GetUp
5100-402: The years since federation that the Australian industrial relations system has been dominated by the Court and its successors, the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission and the Australian Industrial Relations Commission , the AWU and its members were among that system's principal beneficiaries. The AWU remains a strong advocate of arbitration in the union movement. The AWU was not affiliated with
5175-404: Was argued that without Asiatics to work in the tropical areas of the Northern Territory and Queensland, the area would have to be abandoned. Despite these objections to restricting immigration, between 1875 and 1888 all Australian colonies enacted legislation which excluded all further Chinese immigration. Asian immigrants already residing in the Australian colonies were not expelled and retained
5250-418: Was co-founded by Jeremy Heimans , David Madden , both graduates of Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University , and Amanda Tattersall (who also founded the Sydney Alliance and is an associate professor at Sydney University ). in August 2005. The launch was accompanied by a television advertising campaign. Its initial campaign aimed to help voters to "keep the Howard government accountable" after it won
5325-576: Was commonly termed " blackbirding " and refers to the recruitment of people through trickery and kidnappings to work on plantations, particularly the sugar cane plantations of Queensland (Australia) and Fiji . In the 1870s and 1880s, the growing trade union movement began a series of protests against foreign labour. Their arguments were that Asians and Chinese took jobs away from white men, worked for "substandard" wages, lowered working conditions and refused unionisation. Objections to these arguments came largely from wealthy land owners in rural areas. It
5400-559: Was taken down after being found to breach CommunityRun's terms and conditions. In September 2017, GetUp campaigned for same-sex marriage ahead of the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey , which was successful. During the 2019 Australian federal election , GetUp campaigned against a number of "hard-right" MPs, including Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton . GetUp was reported to have spent up to $ 4 million on election advertising (mostly focused on specific seats) and distributed 800,000 how-to-vote cards in support of key independents , Labor, and
5475-655: Was the Australian Workers' Union with $ 100,000, after which the AWU national secretary Bill Shorten served as a GetUp board member until 2006. GetUp's largest donation in its early years was $ 1.1 million from the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union in 2012. However GetUp has not received donations from unions since 2012. It does not make financial donations to, or receive donations from, registered Australian political parties. GetUp's 2015 accounts indicated that 4% of its total revenue for
5550-734: Was the National Director of GetUp! from July 2012 (at the age of 24) to July 2015. Paul Oosting was the GetUp! National Director from 2019 to 2022. Larissa Baldwin (aka Baldwin-Roberts) was appointed CEO in September 2022. GetUp is a non-profit organisation, registered as GetUp Ltd. Founding members include David Madden and Jeremy Heimans, co-founders of international activist groups Avaaz , Purpose, and Win Back Respect; and Amanda Tattersall, co-founder of Labor for Refugees and
5625-573: Was the first executive director of GetUp! and served until 2008, when he left to join Avaaz . Early members of GetUp's board were drawn from across the political spectrum, and included Cate Faehrmann , Bill Shorten (then National Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union ), former leader of the Liberal Party , John Hewson , and entrepreneur Evan Thornley . Simon Sheikh was the National Director of GetUp! from 2008 to July 2012. Sam McLean
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