Cockroaches are an ancient group, having remained relatively unchanged for hundreds of millions of years. Ancient they may be, but the mere mention of them is enough to turn my stomach. And it’s not just me. The residents of the Collingwood Flats have had it up to here with these nasty little brutes. The fast [...]
Big polluters won’t pay, taxpayers will foot the bill, and Australian emissions will actually rise by 13% — that’s Tony Abbott’s proposal to tackle the climate crisis. Abbott can’t see the ‘big picture’ on climate change, but we can show him (and the nation) a picture too big to miss, and a message impossible to [...]
Geelong council workers have a beef with their boss for sacking two workers who were given free steak sandwiches by a sports club after fixing two potholes on their lunch break. Peter Anderson and Mick Van Beek, who worked out of the Drysdale depot about an hour west of Melbourne, agreed to fill two pot [...]
View the short Message from David Hicks to GetUp Members and sign the petition calling for a full review of our anti-terror laws, including the unnecessary control orders. Petition Text : Dear Prime Minister, We expect a trusted counter-terrorism system that responds to legitimate threats, not imagined or political ones. That means not sacrificing our [...]
Register Your Concern & Volunteer Register your concern about the proposed road tunnels and volunteer with the community campaign: If you have any local news, upcoming events, suggestions or information, please contact Chris: 0407 825 467 Issues directly related to the proposed Road Tunnel Recommendation 4 of the East-West Links Needs Assessment. Fact sheet – [...]
Action needed to free Meryem Özsögüt, trade union leader and management board member of PSI‘s affiliate SES in Turkey (the trade union of public employees in health and social services). Özsögüt was arrested on the morning of 8 January following her participation in a press conference on 14 December 2007 to denounce the killing by [...]
