The rest of the demise of the slimy GetUo! continues...Mr Benedet said the organisation would consider seat-by-seat campaigns.
However, he said there was no one involved in the organisation who was a member of a political party.
Mr Benedet resigned his LNP membership when he left Mr Nicholls’s office. He said had the group been established earlier, it would have campaigned against the Coalition’s changes to superannuation.
GetUp, which has had significant funding from construction union CFMEU, is fighting attempts by Coalition senator Eric Abetz to have its independent status revoked and force its registration as an affiliated entity of Labor. It has been forced to amend its constitution and remove references to charitable status. In 2007, it was taken to task by the AEC for printing misleading how-to-vote cards recommending voting against Coalition candidates.
Mr Benedet said Advance Australia would be based on a similar structural arrangement as GetUp but would not be a charitable organisation. The name was chosen after focus group testing found Advance Australia popular.
He said more than 1000 members signed up to the organisation in six days after the launch of its campaign website.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/getup-faces-conservative-chall...And of course what the Lefties lust for - COMMENTS - so unlike theirsMara 38 MINUTES AGOAt last!
Pat 24 MINUTES AGOThese people should be within the Coalition. I like their style but the last thing we need is another political party.
Jeffery 29 MINUTES AGOForget the name Advance Australia. How about Get Real (political solutions for real people who live in the real world)for a name that will resonate across the spectrum of voters that may well work. If the Group is in fact centre right, then Advance Australia suggests a movement that is a little to the right of that.
Advance Australia will need an army of young volunteers - Get Real could get them involved.
William 37 MINUTES AGOThis is good news. I was hoping to set up something similar myself but missed out on the big lotto prize.
If they concentrate on what concerns the masses, they can be real agents of change. They are starting with Labors dividend grab, not a bad start. I suggest they also look at....
Bill Shorten secretly selling workers out for $30,000 when he was a union official, and not declaring the money until the day before he fronts the Royal Commission. Compare his behaviour to Peter Slipper's and Craig Thompson's, and how they were punished and Shorten was not.
The crazy prices for electricity and gas in SA and Vic, and how it is related to the rise in solar and wind power. What is the total cost to the nation in increased power bills, subsidies and foregone business?
The crazy pc ridden, left wing boot camp that is our university system. Have academics and students talk of their experiences and demand a Royal Commision.
The high levels of immigration that concerns so many Australians.
The board seem "eminent", I just hope they have the people who will really take the fight to the left, no holds barred. I would ask them to recruit some less eminent, but experienced people who have worked at the coal face.
Good luck, we need you.
Andrew 1 HOUR AGOGreat idea. Hopefully we can all dress up in super-brightly coloured t-shirts and hang around acting self-righteous.
Stuart 1 HOUR AGOGreat idea but I see nothing with regard to climate at all on their web site,. This is a shame as the position that they take is a possible deal-breaker for me, notwithstanding my support on some of the other issues.
Woddles 1 HOUR AGOGetUp has lots about climate change on theirs. Or are you after something that will back up your position. I'm guessing the latter.
David 1 HOUR AGOSeems fair that if one team has a cheer squad, the other team should have one too. Ra ra ra!
jeff 2 HOURS AGOAbout time. Conservatives need to stop being viewed as those that clean up after labor and the greens. Let’s see positive vision and policy discussion and not knee jerking to the left propoganda machine . Lead with ideas not react to drama and people assassination .
Gail 2 HOURS AGOVery welcoming of a political group with a different political perspective that will compete against GetUp. Based on what Maurice says here (and what he's said before) this is not going to be it.
Rick 3 HOURS AGOYes, that is what the right really needs, more strident, uncompromising, sectarians and anti-science nutters and mining sock puppets. That will help win over the sensible centre.
It used to be the joke that if you had 3 socialists in a room you would have 4 political parties. Now, as well, if we have 3 hard-rightists in the room you will have 4 thinktanks/influence organizations.
But this is really just about extracting funding from concerned pensioners isn't it? The funding for the Libs collapsed under Mr Abbott, as small then medium business realized their agenda was nothing to do with the needs of anything other than giant business (banks, mining companies) and pandering to crypto-alt-rightist who only join the party in order to threaten to leave.Now that Mr Turnbull has gone, the few remaining moderates know they are not welcome.
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