Free Tickets for Non Syd Residents (for 24 Hours Only) to Getup! Power up Conference in Sydney. Regular Price $110

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  2ndeffort on 09/08/2017 - 11:24

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  WOW, whan ISIS sets up a training camp they call it terrorism, when the radical left sets one up they call it an event! I should setup a stall out front selling Doc Marten boots and blue hair dye, would make a killing!

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    mskeggs on 09/08/2017 - 11:31

    "radical", yep. Have you seen the grannies wearing GetUp shirts at the polling booths? They are hardly ISIS. I reckon Andrew Bolt could take most of them.

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    damoo on 09/08/2017 - 11:32

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    Yeah because learning how best to write a letter to your local politician is the same as learning how to behead someone.

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  Crazyjoedevola on 09/08/2017 - 11:33

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  Dole bludging wasters wanting more free stuff funded by those that work and pay taxes

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    damoo on 09/08/2017 - 11:35

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    He says at 11.34am on a weekday…

    Get off ozbargain and get back to work like the rest of us lifters.

    Bloody leaner :)

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      I know nothing on 09/08/2017 - 12:07

      The pot calling the kettle black.

      At least it is lunch time now for me.

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    mskeggs on 09/08/2017 - 11:39

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    Do you get special training to be a caricature of a rabid lunatic?
    GetUp aren't funded by the government, their conference is on a weekend and I think you will find their typical demographic is a middle age suburban mother. You remember, the demographic the Liberal party used to appeal to.

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      2ndeffort on 09/08/2017 - 13:33

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      Getup have been linked to any number of radical left factions including shadowy figures such as george soros etc. They are prominent in almost all left wing militancy episodes. To break it down and use a generalisation, they are typically the 'rent a crowd' that turns up to left wing demonstrations, regardless of the issue. I doubt there would be many conservatives that align themselves with getup, I would imagine their demographic is more likely Arts students majoring in Gender Studies, currently 6 years into a 3 year degree. Some examples of their duplicity and funding sources from the open press:

      http://www.heraldsun.com.au/blogs/andrew-bolt/getup-the-fore…

      http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-14/abetz_unmasks_get_up21…

      http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/dumped-files-show-in…

      http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/getup-donat…

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        mskeggs on 09/08/2017 - 21:47

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        Sorry, but I'll take this on as being baseless.
        'Shadowy' George Soros, the famous investor? The same guy who regularly speaks at functions and does regular interviews and Wikipedia lists 14 books he's authored or co-authored? He is a public figure who is wealthy and pretty transparent in his agenda. Not sure what makes him 'shadowy' and who knows who "etc" is. I understand he made a sizeable (for them, not him) donation to GetUp when they were starting up. I don't know if he has even contacted them since.

        "They are prominent in almost all left wing militancy episodes." What do you mean by this? I have not heard of any GetUp support in any way for violence. I have never heard them argue for violence or even suggest it is an option. If anything, I see GetUp as the polar opposite of campus militant left groups who want to 'smash the state'. GetUp exclusively operate within the system to advocate for change, using petitions, advertising, media events to advocate for their causes. I'm similarly unaware of any violent protests of any size on the left or right of politics any time recently. What militant episodes do you have in mind?

        "To break it down and use a generalisation, they are typically the 'rent a crowd' that turns up to left wing demonstrations, regardless of the issue. " I don't think it is the case that any of the people who attend GetUp events are paid 'rent a crowd' or anything other than grass roots supporters. If you mean they are people who have also joined protests organised by other groups for similar issues, then why is that criticism? If I was anti-gay marriage would it be invalid for me to attend a protest organised by my church and another organised by Tony Abbott?

        "I doubt there would be many conservatives that align themselves with getup" I know several people who have handed out GetUp cards who are conservative about some issues (e.g. they are hesitant to see CSG mining in farm land) and progressive in others. If you mean there would be few coalition supporters aligning with them, I expect that is true. GetUp are critical of many more coalition policies than those proposed by Labor, the Greens, the Democrats, Nick Xenophon or even One Nation. If coalition voters support coalition policies, it would be hard to see why they would support GetUp who oppose many of them.

        "I would imagine their demographic is more likely Arts students majoring in Gender Studies, currently 6 years into a 3 year degree." You may imagine this, but I understand their supporter demographic is most commonly 55+ (reference The Monthly article from 2010, but I support this anecdotally). I think this is because young people are more likely to favour dramatic, genuine systemic change rather than the small changes GetUp advocates. Despite what Andrew Bolt might say with a shiver, GetUp are pretty weak sauce in terms of radical action. I think that is why they are popular, they don't scare the horses across three quarters of the population because they are working within established systems for pretty minor outcomes. The only people who think they are radical are on the opposite extreme of political thought.

        "Some examples of their duplicity and funding sources from the open press:" You seem to misunderstand GetUp's claim to be non-partisan and unbiased. This does not mean that they must like every policy equally. It means they do not take direction from any political party.
        For example, QLD Labor is a lukewarm supporter of the Adani mine, GetUp is in staunch opposition. When Abbott changed food labelling laws they were supporters, when Gillard refused to change the law on gay marriage they opposed it.

        That the coalition has a long laundry list of policies they oppose, doesn't mean they will take instruction from the Labor or Green parties. I personally have no political affiliation, but I very strongly support a bunch of Green and Labor policies, and a smaller number of coalition policies. If Labor supports a dumb policy, then I will oppose that without having to consider what the Green or Liberal/National party platforms are. One Nation, for example, has a long list of sensible policies that broadly aim to put Australians first. I tend to be in favour of a lot of them, but they lose me because they hold views on immigration and climate change that are core policies of that party that are intolerable to me.

        This ability to look at individual ideas is what non-partisan means. It happens that the values of the people leading GetUp, and presumably the bulk of their supporters, tend to accord more often with policies of the Greens and Labor than the coalition. Big deal. This isn't duplicity, it is politics. Labor and the Greens have benefitted in some ways from GetUp's opposition to the coalition, but I am sure when Labor is in power they will want GetUp to ShutUp, and if they do, I will concede that you are correct and they are partisan, but based on their continual campaigning during the Rudd/Gillard government, and their opposition to state based Labor governments that oppose their views, I think it unlikely.

        A general comment on the 'evidence' presented in several of the stories you linked that suggests GetUp will be compromised because they take donations from supporters with clear political agendas. I agree that the unions or George Soros won't be supporting GetUp unless they found plenty of elements in their campaigns that accord with their views. But the same is true of traditional political parties too. Do you think the Liberal Party accepts $1.8m donations from 'shadowy' ex-merchant bankers because that banker disagreed with the Party's platform? Donors want to see the ideas the group promote succeed. It is a long bow to say because somebody funds both the Labor Party and GetUp that it means the Labor party now control GetUp.
        If Chinese property developers donated to both Liberal and Labor you wouldn't assume they were now in control…(OK, bad example ;-)

        In any case, my disclosure is I have signed 4 or 5 GetUp petitions, and kicked in $5 when they fund raised for Michael West to investigate some global tax rorting. My personal opinion is that GetUp has a lot of supporters not because they got money from the unions or Soros, but because they take an uncompromising stance on a number of issues where our community have been badly let down by the established political parties. Individuals want to support that, hence their numbers.

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  Dr Prepper on 09/08/2017 - 11:45

  How is this a bargain?is the answer philosophical?

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  flangeflange on 09/08/2017 - 11:49

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  lol who would pay $110 to go to a Get Up anything? This is not a bargain, this is a BS

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  bongom on 09/08/2017 - 12:01

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  Do you have to pay to attend major party political conferences?

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    mskeggs on 09/08/2017 - 12:50

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    Lol.
    http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/dem…
    "Liberal Party members in New South Wales will be charged $199 to attend a two-day talk-fest discussing the democratic future of the party, in what critics claim is a further attempt to stymie Tony Abbott's one-person, one-vote reform."

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  punkindrublic on 09/08/2017 - 12:11

  Registered and it seems to have gone through despite weird "no free tickets for Sydney" messages popping up.

  Now to actually show up to the training…

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  [Deactivated] on 09/08/2017 - 12:17

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  It's saying that free tickets are not for the sydney conference so no deal here.

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    damoo on 09/08/2017 - 13:07

    You select the full price ticket, add the code and it goes from $110 to free.

    Edit: yep it's been updated to say the free tickets are only available to non sydney residents

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  Xizor on 09/08/2017 - 12:25

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  Used to follow getup closely but give a wide berth now. Dodgy anarchist linked group getting more fanatical by the year.

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    mskeggs on 09/08/2017 - 12:58

    Anarchist linked?

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  elliebargain on 09/08/2017 - 14:57

  Whoa. I bet the people that bought tickets to this will be so annoyed.