by Jim Ball | Sep 1, 2018 | Blog, GetUp, Press Council |
GetUp activist Carla McGrath’s time at the Australian Press Council has come to an end and not before time. The question is how her appointment ever passed the pub test in the first place? It was quite apparent to the average Joe Schmo that the appointment of the...
by Jim Ball | Aug 3, 2018 | Blog, GetUp, Labor Party, Labor Party |
It should be quite apparent by now that both Labor and GetUp are joined at the hip with their stated intention to run a joint enterprise to oust Peter Dutton at the next election, even to the point that they have workshopped the slogan, “Ditch Dutton.” Labor and GetUp...
by Jim Ball | Aug 1, 2018 | Blog, GetUp, Random Notes |
Like an atrociously bad call by an NRL ref, if the electoral commission, ever wanted, real time, slow mo, proof positive, from every angle, that GetUp is not just an associated entity of Labor but part of the run on side and integral to its ground game, it was there...
by Jim Ball | Apr 6, 2018 | AGL, Blog, GetUp |
A former Labor operative and partner of Labor front bencher Tony Burke. A former Getup operative. Now a senior manager in public advocacy at AGL. That is shorthand for spin doctor. Shaping and delivering the message. To complete the circle it was Bill Shorten who,...
by Jim Ball | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, GetUp |
Interesting to see that the AEC is in the hunt and on the prowl to drag the left-wing ginger group GetUp into the net to have it listed as, what they call an “associated entity” Most people would say, not before time. It’s been quite apparent that GetUp bats for one...
by Jim Ball | Aug 13, 2017 | Blog, GetUp, Labor Party |
This is a much longer feature than the one I posted earlier on the links (that the AEC says don’t exist) but obviously do exist, between Labor, the unions and GetUp. It’s all laid out below. A matrix of interconnected people, organisations and outfits and...
