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Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/21/getup-campaigning-2025-federal-election-glen-berman/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/21/getup-campaigning-2025-federal-election-glen-berman/</a>QuoteGetUp!’s chair has admitted that the once-feared progressive activist group is at a “crossroads” and needs rebuilding, as a slump in donations, staff departures, and a struggle to reach voters have sapped the group’s capacity to influence Australian politics.In an interview on Monday, chair Glen Berman said that GetUp! faces the challenge of reconnecting with its followers’ priorities amid a changed political and technological environment, while downplaying the loss of its CEO, a board member and other staff as “normal turnover”. Berman told Crikey he is optimistic about the future of GetUp!, which has just launched its “national search” for a new CEO to “reenvision and rebuild the organisation”. Last month, Crikey reported that GetUp! CEO Larissa Baldwin-Roberts had quietly left in the weeks leading up to the federal election. This, combined with a non-existent federal election campaign just weeks before polling day, and a significant slump in donations, surprised those who had closely studied the group.Since then, at least one board member, Alexander Dirksen, has also left. Dirksen did not respond to requests for comment. GetUp!’s presence in 2025 was muted. Berman said the group spent about $42,000 in digital campaigns targeting eight electorates, and had billboards in Melbourne and Brisbane. “It’s true that our presence wasn’t as large as in past elections, and it’s largely because we didn’t have the financial base to run a nationwide campaign,” he said.Berman said that GetUp!’s campaign in the Voice to Parliament referendum, which closely followed the previous federal election, left the group without the opportunity to build up its coffers for the 2025 election. Despite this, he said, it was a success “within the boundaries of the resources we had”.“Our cash reserves today, as you can see from the financial reports, are much, much smaller than they have been, and our staff team size is smaller as well, as a consequence of that,” he said. On Wednesday, deepcut news published a report about turmoil at GetUp! that claims the organisation has gone from 70 paid staff to 10 in just three years. It included a copy of a vote of no confidence in Berman and deputy chair Stephen Monk, citing “poor financial management, lack of accountability to GetUp!’s values, and an unsafe work environment for staff”. It also called to reinstate Baldwin-Roberts. In response, Berman said deepcut news’ report contains “numerous factual inaccuracies”, including a claim that there are no campaign teams. According to him, the board was only shown a short motion of no confidence and not the full document included in the report.When asked about GetUp!’s plans for campaigning on Palestine, Berman said the organisation will “mobilise our members wherever we see opportunities for them to take impactful action”.“GetUp has engaged in pro-Palestine campaigning, which the board has supported,” he said. He also referred Crikey to a survey of GetUp! members’ top issues, which doesn’t mention the Israel-Gaza conflict.Berman also cited a number of other challenges facing the organisation, namely political polarisation, the rise of the organised far right, and the deterioration of the effectiveness of GetUp!’s digital organising tools due to changes to social media platforms and their widespread adoption by other civic society groups. He also mentioned that GetUp! has traditionally gone through periods of “consolidation” during Labor governments.“We’re very effective, and we’ve been in our most powerful opposing really regressive changes, led by, for instance, the previous Scott Morrison government. Our challenge right now is, how do we hold potentially progressive, potentially transformative ALP governments accountable in the same way?” Berman shared some data from GetUp!’s post-election survey, which found that nearly half of the 12,000 respondents wanted the group to focus on opposing cuts to public services like healthcare and the ABC, as well as taxing billionaires and big companies. A quarter wanted the group to push for a First Nations Treaty and truth-telling process. Overall, nearly three-quarters said they wanted GetUp! to push Labor to do more on climate change.Berman said the group had missed chances in the previous parliament to pressure Labor on topics like the failed gambling reforms, suggesting that the group had let its organising “muscle” atrophy by failing to push the ALP.“The opportunity we have been looking forward to is to use that muscle more, to rely on it more,” he said.After GetUp! finds its new leader, Berman says the group’s mission is to rediscover members’ priorities and find new ways to mobilise them. He believes that the group has failed to adapt to new platforms like Instagram, TikTok and WhatsApp, but also takes fewer risks. While making clear he doesn’t agree with their cause or methods, Berman said there were things that GetUp! could learn from right-wing advocacy group Advance.“I’m not trying to suggest that I like Advance’s campaigning, but I do think Advance is taking risks. And I think that’s something we can really learn from.”“We know we need to rediscover that kind of ability to be humorous, be fun, to take risks,” he said.Unquote<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GetUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetUp</a>

rustyHelp <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GetUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetUp</a> in one last push against Trumpian acolyte Peter Dutton <a href="https://getup.to/4dCyC1ydtE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://getup.to/4dCyC1ydtE</a>

Droppie [infosec] 🐨:archlinux: :kde: :firefox_nightly: :thunderbird: :vegan:<a href="https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/14/getup-ceo-departs-group-missing-2025-election-campaign/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/14/getup-ceo-departs-group-missing-2025-election-campaign/</a>QUOTE BEGINSThe once-mighty progressive group is barely running digital advertisements, hasn’t put out a media release this year, and has reported a significant drop in donations since 2022. GetUp!’s CEO has quietly left the organisation just weeks before the federal election, as the once-mighty progressive advocacy group reports a drastic fall in donations and has so far been missing in action during the campaign.This apparent turn in fortune comes amid the ascend of the group’s right-wing counterpart ADVANCE and the emergence of other progressive grass-root campaigning groups like Climate 200.GetUp! chair Glen Berman confirmed that Larissa Baldwin-Roberts resigned as CEO last month. “We want to thank Larissa for her hard work and dedication to GetUp! and its members. We wish her all the best in her future work,” he said in an email.GetUp!’s chief operating officer Dr Lachlan McKimmie has stepped in as the group’s acting chief and “myself and the rest of the board are taking a more active role in supporting our team,” Berman said.Baldwin-Roberts was appointed CEO in late 2022 after stints as the group’s 2022 election campaign director and First Nations justice campaign director, according to her LinkedIn. She remains involved with Common Threads, a First Nations summit that is “delivered in partnership” with GetUp!.Her departure from GetUp! and McKimmie’s appointment in the crucial weeks before this year’s federal election was publicly announced. Baldwin-Roberts updated her LinkedIn to show that she had finished at GetUp!, but without it alerting her network that she had done so. Her X profile still lists her in the role. She did not respond to LinkedIn or Instagram messages from Crikey seeking comment.GetUp! has been notably absent during the 2025 election campaign. The once formidable digital campaign juggernaut has spent as much as $768,000 on Facebook and Instagram political advertisements since 2019 (Meta’s Ad Library gives a range of spending when data is pulled from its service, which is why this isn’t a precise number). But in the past 90 days, GetUp! has spent a grand total of $3,615 on 15 total ads. For context, political parties, candidates and groups spent more than $11.38 million during that same period.Similarly, the group hasn’t spent a cent on Google ads in that same period (although the group has never been a big spender on Google, only running $10,000 worth in 2021). GetUp! remains active across social media platforms, doing organic posts on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn.However, the group has not put out a media release since November last year, nor has it released any new reports. It’s also closing its petition platform, Campaigns by Me, at the end of the month. Berman said GetUp! is set to unleash an online advertising blitz across eight electorates before the election. “We’ve delayed this compared to previous years to ensure it’s as impactful as possible.” The group is also doing billboards and street advertising in Melbourne and Brisbane electorates, he said.Nevertheless, GetUp!’s finances look increasingly grim. According to the group’s real-time tracker, it has received $4,269,574 in donations in the past 365 days. This is a significant drop off from its last reported receipts of $6,703,280 in donations for the 2022-23 financial year, and far less than the last election year of 2021-22 where it reported $10.05 million. Berman alluded to this reduced war chest: “Our plans this election are focused on centring our members’ priorities and maximising the impact of our member donations. Over 7,200 members have already donated to our election campaign.”He pointed towards GetUp!’s involvement with the Yes campaign during the 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum as disrupting the organisation’s preparations for this election. “This election cycle is unique for us because of the impact of the Voice referendum — effectively we ran a national election-scale campaign in 2022 and 2023, which means that we’ve not had as much time as usual to renew the organisation and rebuild our financial resources before embarking on this year’s election campaign,” he said. In 2023, The Sydney Morning Herald reported “mass redundancies” at GetUp! following the organisation’s decline in influence.The University of Glasgow’s head of division for political and international studies, Professor Ariadne Vromen, who has published research on GetUp!, said the group had changed approach after being criticised for a “failed” campaign in the 2019 election. She said that it had pivoted to doing more local electorate work in 2022 — which could explain some of the difference — and that Climate 200 had somewhat “outgunned” the group that election. Still, Vromen is surprised by GetUp!’s lack of digital campaigning and profile in 2025.“They have always had leaders with a public profile so it seems very strange to be mid-election without a spokesperson,” she said.Berman said that the progressive group remains a political threat.“GetUp! remains member-driven, focusing on empowering members and mobilising for change. We know that progressive advocacy is more critical than ever, especially in light of shifting political landscapes, and support from our members and donors will be key to securing a future where GetUp! continues to be an impactful force in Australian democracy.”QUOTE ENDS<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomensRights</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitParty1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShitParty1</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ShitParty2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShitParty2</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FsckOffDutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FsckOffDutton</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhyIsLabor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhyIsLabor</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoNukes</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoteGreens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VoteGreens</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProgIndies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProgIndies</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OzElection2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OzElection2025</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GetUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetUp</a>!

RaymondPierreL3I don’t always agree with <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GetUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetUp</a> campaigns, but in this instance there is a lot of evidence ( <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Murdochmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Murdochmedia</a> ) to support their assertions. In any case, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NegativeGearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NegativeGearing</a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CapitalGains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CapitalGains</a> are two inflationary policies which need to go. My fervent hope is for Labor to be reelected in 2025 to give them the confidence to drop the sheepish attitude and get on with truly progressive policies, include this one. “As the year comes to a close, let’s not forget how the Murdoch empire is keeping housing unaffordable for everyday people. By protecting corporate greed and blocking bold housing reforms, they’re driving up prices and leaving families behind. But 2025 is our chance to fight back. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HousingJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HousingJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PeopleOverProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleOverProfit</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FairHousingForAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairHousingForAll</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EndNegativeGearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndNegativeGearing</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StopCorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopCorporateGreed</a>Join the fight for fairness and call out profiteering at the expense of everyday people: <a href="https://www.getup.org.au/peopleoverprofit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.getup.org.au/peopleoverprofit</a> Ref: Competition minister ‘concerned’ Australians pay most in world to sell their homes online, The Guardian, 24 Sept 2024.” <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#auspol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housingcrisis</a>

Katika KühnreichI'd like to introduce the terms <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/novembergrumpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novembergrumpy</a> & <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/novembergrumpiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novembergrumpiness</a>This feels like the perfect <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/November" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#November</a> to be <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/novembergrumpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novembergrumpy</a>But, looking at the state of a lot of things - I bet you can find some <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/novembergrumpiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novembergrumpiness</a> in bright sunshine, if you try it.Please enjoy being <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/novembergrumpy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novembergrumpy</a> till its time to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/getup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getup</a> & <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#change</a> this <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#world</a> into a cosier place.Its just too <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/beautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beautiful</a> to leave it to growing <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a> of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfD</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Altright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Altright</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> or <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>

Tatjana SchefflerPreparing for the grand tour this summer, visiting our <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/GetUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GetUP</a> grad student union friends and showing the teens all our old haunts in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Philly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philly</a> 💪 Theme song: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/12FQ6z8M9oIkZzYnzQkdr0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/12FQ6z8M9oIkZzYnzQkdr0</a>

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