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GetUp! is a left-leaning Australian activist group. It was launched in August 2005, the same week that the centre-right Coalition, which already controlled the House of Representatives, took control of the Australian Senate. It relies on donations from individuals, organisations, unions and community groups for funding.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who funds GetUp? )〕 ==History== Founded by Jeremy Heimans and David Madden,〔(Larissa Dubecki: ''The mouse-click that roared'' in The Age 24 February 2007 ). Retrieved 13 July 2010〕 the GetUp.org.au website was launched on 1 August 2005 along with a television advertising campaign. GetUp's initial campaign aimed to help voters to "keep the Howard Government accountable" after it won a majority of seats in the Australian Senate on 9 August 2005, following the Australian federal election, 2004. GetUp! encouraged visitors to send an email to Coalition senators that read "I'm sending you this message because I want you to know that I'm watching. Now that you have absolute power in the Senate, it is only people like me who can hold you accountable. And we will."〔(Andrew Crook: ''GetUp and its strange but well-heeled bedfellows'' in Crikey, 4 February 2009 ). Retrieved 13 July 2010〕 In March 2011, Getup! endorsed the controversial decision of the Gillard Labor Government to reverse its 2010 Election promise not to introduce a carbon tax as a means of addressing Australia's contribution to carbon emissions. Simon Sheikh was the National Director of GetUp! from September 2008 (at the age of 22) to July 2012. Sam McLean was the National Director of GetUp! from July 2012 (at the age of 24) to July 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GetUp!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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