GetUp!, the Glossary
GetUp! is an independent progressive Australian political activist group.[1]
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87 relations: ABC News (Australia), Activism, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Financial Review, Australian Government Solicitor, Australian Greens, Australian House of Representatives committees, Australian Labor Party, Australian Marriage Equality, Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey, Australian Medical Association, Australian Senate, Australian Workers' Union, Avaaz, Barnaby Joyce, Ben Morton (politician), Bill Shorten, Bundjalung people, Carbon tax, Cate Faehrmann, Coalition (Australia), Community organizing, Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union, Craig Laundy, David Madden (entrepreneur), Director of Public Prosecutions (Australia), Division of New England, Energy in Australia, Environmental movement, Eric Abetz, Evan Thornley, Fossil fuel subsidies, George Soros, Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner, Gillard government, Great Barrier Reef, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, Herald Sun, Howard government, Independent politician, Internet activism, It's Time (GetUp! ad), Jeremy Heimans, John Hewson, Julian Assange, Julian Shaw, Labor Council of New South Wales, Lateline, ... Expand index (37 more) »
- Australian political websites
- Political advocacy groups in Australia
ABC News (Australia)
ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs and overseas as ABC Australia, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Activism
Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.
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Australian Electoral Commission
The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is the independent statutory authority and agency of the Australian Government responsible for the management of federal Australian elections, by-elections and referendums.
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Australian Financial Review
The Australian Financial Review (AFR) is an Australian business-focused, compact daily newspaper covering the current business and economic affairs of Australia and the world.
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Australian Government Solicitor
The Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) is an Australian public servant and a federal government agency of the same name which provides legal advice to the federal government and its agencies.
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Australian Greens
The Australian Greens (AG), commonly referred to simply as the Greens, are a confederation of green state and territory political parties in Australia.
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Australian House of Representatives committees
Parliamentary committees of the Australian House of Representatives are groups of Members of Parliament, appointed by the House of Representatives, to undertake certain specified tasks.
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Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also known simply as Labor or the Labor Party, is the major centre-left political party in Australia and one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia.
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Australian Marriage Equality
Australian Marriage Equality (AME) was an advocacy group driven by volunteers who came together to pursue the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Australia.
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Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
The Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey was a national survey by the Australian Government designed to gauge support for legalising same-sex marriage in Australia.
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Australian Medical Association
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is an Australian public company by guarantee formed as a professional association for Australian doctors and medical students.
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Australian Senate
The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.
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Australian Workers' Union
The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is one of Australia's largest and oldest trade unions.
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Avaaz
Avaaz is an American-based nonprofit organization launched in January 2007 that promotes global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict. GetUp! and Avaaz are internet-based activism.
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Barnaby Joyce
Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who was the leader of the National Party of Australia from 2016 to 2018 and again from 2021 to 2022.
Ben Morton (politician)
Ben Morton (born 29 June 1981) is an Australian former politician.
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Bill Shorten
William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician and former trade unionist serving as the current Minister for Government Services and Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme since 2022.
Bundjalung people
The Bundjalung people, also spelled Bunjalung, Badjalang and Bandjalang, are Aboriginal Australians who are the original custodians of a region from around Grafton in northern coastal New South Wales to Beaudesert in south-east Queensland.
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Carbon tax
A carbon tax is a tax levied on the carbon emissions from producing goods and services.
Cate Faehrmann
Cate Faehrmann (born 17 March 1970) is an Australian politician and environmental activist.
Coalition (Australia)
The Liberal–National Coalition, commonly known simply as the Coalition or the LNP, is an alliance of centre-right to right-wing political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics.
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Community organizing is a process where people who live in proximity to each other or share some common problem come together into an organization that acts in their shared self-interest.
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Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union
The Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) is Australia’s largest union in the construction, forestry, maritime, textile, clothing and footwear production industries.
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Craig Laundy
Craig Arthur Samuel Laundy (born 16 February 1971) is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Reid from 2013 until his retirement in 2019.
David Madden (entrepreneur)
David Madden is an Australian entrepreneur associated with progressive causes.
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Director of Public Prosecutions (Australia)
The Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions or, informally, the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) is an independent prosecuting service and government agency within the portfolio of the Attorney-General of Australia, as a part of the Attorney-General's Department.
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Division of New England
The Division of New England is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
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Energy in Australia
Energy in Australia is the production in Australia of energy and electricity, for consumption or export.
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Environmental movement
The environmental movement (sometimes referred to as the ecology movement) is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living.
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Eric Abetz
Eric Abetz (born 25 January 1958) is an Australian politician.
Evan Thornley
Evan William Thornley (born 1964), is an Australian social entrepreneur, philanthropist and impact investor.
Fossil fuel subsidies
Fossil fuel subsidies are energy subsidies on fossil fuels.
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George Soros
George Soros (born György Schwartz on August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American businessman, investor, and philanthropist.
Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner
Getup Ltd v Electoral Commissioner (2010) was a landmark decision made by the Federal Court of Australia on 13 August 2010 allowing Australians to enrol online in future elections.
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Gillard government
The Gillard government was the Government of Australia led by the 27th prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, of the Australian Labor Party.
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Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over over an area of approximately.
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Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Herald Sun
The Herald Sun is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the Murdoch owned News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia.
Howard government
The Howard government refers to the federal executive government of Australia led by Prime Minister John Howard between 11 March 1996 and 3 December 2007.
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Independent politician
An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.
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Internet activism
Internet activism involves the use of electronic-communication technologies such as social media, e-mail, and podcasts for various forms of activism to enable faster and more effective communication by citizen movements, the delivery of particular information to large and specific audiences, as well as coordination.
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It's Time (GetUp! ad)
It's Time is a 2011 Australian pro-same-sex marriage ad created and written by Australian Creative Director Simon Duncan-Watt and directed by Stephen McCallum that was produced by Peter Slee and the activist group GetUp!.
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Jeremy Heimans
Jeremy Heimans is an Australian entrepreneur and political activist.
John Hewson
John Robert Hewson AM (born 28 October 1946) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994.
Julian Assange
Julian Paul Assange (Hawkins; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006.
Julian Shaw
Julian Shaw (born 16 December 1985 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an author, filmmaker and actor, best known for directing the 2007 film Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story, a British Film Institute award-winning documentary about the life of South African political satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys.
Labor Council of New South Wales
The Labor Council of New South Wales, branded Unions NSW, is the peak body for trade unions in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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Lateline
Lateline was an Australian television news program which ran from 1990 until 2017.
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia.
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Marie Claire
Marie Claire (stylized in all lowercase) is a French international monthly magazine first published in France in 1937, followed by the United Kingdom in 1941.
Melbourne
Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.
MoveOn
MoveOn (formerly known as MoveOn.org) is a progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee. GetUp! and MoveOn are internet-based activism.
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia, also known as The Nationals or The Nats, is a centre-right, agrarian political party in Australia.
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NBC News
NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.
Parliament House, Canberra
Parliament House, also referred to as Capital Hill or New Parliament House, is the meeting place of the Parliament of Australia, the legislative body of Australia's federal level of government.
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Peter Dutton
Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970) is an Australian politician and former police detective serving as the current Leader of the Opposition, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022.
Prime Minister of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Progressivism
Progressivism is a political philosophy and movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform – primarily based on purported advancements in social organization, science, and technology.
Queensland
Queensland (commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, the second-largest and third-most populous of the Australian states.
Safe seat
A safe seat is an electoral district which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combination of both.
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex.
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Same-sex marriage in Australia
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Australia since 9 December 2017.
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Seed Mob
Seed Mob, officially Seed Indigenous Youth Climate Network Ltd and also known simply as Seed, is an independent Indigenous youth climate network in Australia.
Simon Sheikh
Simon Sheikh (born 1986) is an Australian activist who is currently CEO of superannuation fund Future Super.
Sky News
Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.
Sunrise (Australian TV program)
Sunrise is an Australian breakfast show program.
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras or Sydney Mardi Gras is an event in Sydney, New South Wales attended by hundreds of thousands of people from around Australia and overseas.
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The Advocate (magazine)
The Advocate is an American LGBT magazine, printed bi-monthly and available by subscription.
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The Australian
The Australian, with its Saturday edition The Weekend Australian, is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.
The Conversation (website)
The Conversation is a network of nonprofit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert opinion and analysis.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Monthly
The Monthly is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis except the December/January issue. GetUp! and the Monthly are 2005 establishments in Australia.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.
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The Washington Times
The Washington Times is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on national politics.
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Tony Abbott
Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015.
Torres Strait Islanders
Torres Strait Islanders are the Indigenous Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia.
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University of Sydney
The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia.
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Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.
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Victoria (state)
Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.
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WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks is a non-profit media organisation and publisher of leaked documents.
Yahoo! News
Yahoo! News is a news website that originated as an internet-based news aggregator by Yahoo!.
2004 Australian federal election
The 2004 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 9 October 2004.
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2019 Australian federal election
The 2019 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 18 May 2019 to elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia.
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See also
Australian political websites
- Advance (lobby group)
- Climate 200
- Crikey
- GetUp!
- Henry Thornton (magazine)
- On Line Opinion
- OnePath Network
- Open Forum (Australia)
- OpenAustralia Foundation
- Poll Bludger
- Psephos
- The Betoota Advocate
- The Klaxon (website)
- The Punch (Australia)
- Women's Agenda (website)
Political advocacy groups in Australia
- Advance (lobby group)
- Anti-Defamation Commission
- Armenian National Committee of Australia
- Australian Christian Lobby
- Australian Coal Association
- Australian Digital Alliance
- Australian Fabian Society
- Australian Monarchist League
- Australian National Council on Drugs
- Australian Taxpayers' Alliance
- Australian Women's National League
- Centre for Independent Studies
- Cherish Life Queensland
- Climate 200
- Coalition for Marriage (Australia)
- Common Grace (Australia)
- EMILY's List Australia
- Electronic Frontiers Australia
- GetUp!
- Greenhouse Mafia
- H. R. Nicholls Society
- Human Rights Law Alliance
- Infrastructure Partnerships Australia
- Institute of Public Affairs
- Justice Action
- Lavoisier Group
- Marriage Alliance
- Mercy Campaign
- Navy League of Australia
- Pedestrian Council of Australia
- Save Our State (Australia)
- Voices movement (Australia)
- Waubra Foundation
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GetUp!
Also known as GetUp, GetUp.org.au.
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