Environment and Other News

The Adani Files - a short history of corruption, destruction and criminal activity Dangerous. Corrupt. Criminal. Sound like the kind of company you'd want in charge of one of the most destructive projects in Australian history? Well that's exactly what Adani is. Today GetUp is releasing an explosive new report — The Adani Files — that exposes Adani's sordid history of corruption, destruction and criminal activity. The Adani Files show a rogue billionaire company with no regard for people, the environment, or the law. This shonky company has engaged in corruption, bribery, underpayment and abuse of workers, sunk coal ships and dodged tax by hiding assets in secretive tax hideaways. The Adani Files are already making a big splash across the front pages. Now we need to make sure it's seen by everyone. There are still MPs who support Adani. They need to know the kind of dangerous, deceitful company they're getting into bed ...

The gag on medical workers has been lifted! Have you heard the amazing news?! 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 ... you get the picture – this is big. Doctors4Refugees and Fitzroy Legal Service have announced a major win in their High Court case against the Border Force Act. In a huge backdown, the Turnbull Government has dropped the gag rule that stopped doctors and health professionals speaking out against the child abuse, sexual abuse and medical negligence they witness on Nauru and Manus Island. This is incredible news for medical staff – and it happened thanks to the donations of GetUp members like you, and with the support of the Grata Fund, a new legal fund initiated by GetUp to hold power to account in our courts. It's a massive win. But it's also a cowardly legal manoeuvre. The government left the gag rule in place for all other potential whistleblowers, like teachers and social workers, just because they weren't part of the case. By removing the Border Force Act g...

Yesterday morning, I stood with dozens of GetUp members and fronted the media with a message: it's time to get Big Money out of politics. We were speaking outside the Four Seasons luxury hotel in Sydney. Inside, behind closed doors, Prime Minister Turnbull and NSW Liberal Party elites were rubbing shoulders with corporate bigwigs and fossil fuel magnates. It was a rare glimpse into the mechanics of our rigged political system, where political and business elites make decisions out of the public eye – where people like you and me are denied a voice. For too long, corporate cash has flooded our political system, drowning out the voices of everyday people. That's why, as the Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Matters conducts a far-reaching inquiry into the last election, we'll work to expose the corrupting influence of big dollar pay-offs on our politics. But in order to make our voices heard over powerful vested interests, we need to join together – tens of ...