GetUp!
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GetUp!
@GetUp
An independent movement working to build a progressive Australia and put people back into politics.
All content authorised by P. Ferris, GetUp, Sydney.
- 7000 doctors, Australian medical colleges, Sam Neill, Mia Wasikowska & Jimmy Barnes have called on pollies to end the medical crisis in offshore detention. It could all come down to a single vote in a matter of days. Can you call on @billshortenmp to stay strong & #BacktheBill?
00:00 - Shame on everyone who voted for making the Cashless Debit Card permanent.
- Everyone who's lying about the situation on Manus according to Peter Dutton: World Vision UN Amnesty Oxfam Human Rights Watch Asylum Seeker Resource Centre The Australian The Daily Tele Every major news outlet in Australia Nearly half of parliament Refugees on Manus...
- BREAKING: International bus and coach company Greyhound has CUT TIES with the Adani Carmichael mine project after MASSIVE outcry from people around the country! A huge win for people power ❤️
- Melburnians – if you head out to a restaurant tonight, why not send @PeterDutton_MP a pic of your dinner? Let's show him we're not affected by his brand of fear-mongering.
- HUGE: leaked documents reveal Melissa Price pressured CSIRO to rubber stamp Adani approval despite knowing it was “seriously flawed”, then lied about what the scientist had seen. Price must resign. The approval must be revoked.
- Thanks to GetUp members, today we crashed Barnaby Joyce’s hard-right rally against renewables, exposing their lies with a mobile billboard roaming around Parliament House at the exact same time. #AusPol #YesToRenewables
- Dr Kerryn Phelps' riveting maiden speech lays down a pathway for all parliamentarians of conscience: stop playing politics with people's lives. 👏👏👏👏👏
00:00 - “Stop playing politics with people’s lives” say our biggest stars for #BlueForManusAndNauru. As calls to #BackTheBill grow this week in Parliament - let’s hope pollies listen! 🙏 @TwoPaddocks, Warwick Thornton, @JimmyBarnes, Rebecca Gibney, Bryan Brown, Mia Wasikowska
00:00 - You can’t sack 600 nurses one day, and turn around and beg for free money the next. If you’re a private hospital that can’t deliver public health outcomes or pay your staff - you shouldn’t get public handouts, you should get taken over.
- BREAKING: The Senate has just agreed to set up an inquiry into media diversity after a record-breaking petition on the influence of the Murdoch Press.
