High Court upholds GetUp! challenge to electoral laws
A quick link: William Bowe reports that the High Court has upheld GetUp!’s challenge to the 2005 Howard electoral laws which closed election rolls very shortly after writs were issued. So, potentially 100 000 extra Australians might be voting on [...]
GetUp!’s new ad
GetUp! is appealing for donations to show this ad on tv:
GetUp! Coffee with Julia Gillard parody
GetUp! are looking to raise $100 000 to screen this ad on network tv:
Quibbling at the margins of the CPRS
Of all the supposed flaws in the proposed CPRS, the one that seems to have gained the most traction is the concern that, as Jeremy Sear puts it “the more you sacrifice at home – the more some corporate polluter [...]
The vigilance of (il)Liberalism never sleeps
Probably one of the most laudable steps taken by the Rudd government has been the attention given by Senator John Faulkner as Special Minister of State to cleaning up the electoral system. Admittedly, this isn’t one of the funky and [...]
Greens back in the spotlight after the WA election?
With all the attention on the role of Brendon Grylls and the Nationals as the kingmakers in the WA election result, the improvement in the Greens’ vote has slipped under the radar somewhat. Counting subsequent to election night has seen [...]
Guest post by Jason Wilson: GetUp!'s Project Democracy
The new Senate is our focus in this iteration of a new feature on our website – Project Democracy. That’s nice because, on the organisation’s third birthday, this returns GetUp! to our initial emphasis on making the Senate a genuine [...]
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