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WW11 pill box overlooking Coral Sea to protect Australia from invasion; now Barrier Reef under attack from enemy within .
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Sam Mclean, national director of GetUp !, had this to say in the latest post :
Even in the days since the election result was announced, GetUp! members have been taking matters into their own hands. Without any prompting, but knowing the writing on the wall, more than 10,000 people have signed and shared a petition in support of saving the Great Barrier Reef in the last 48 hours alone. When the Environment Minister takes office next week, one of the first things they will see will be a hand delivered petition signed by 165,000 GetUp! members.
That's proof of the importance of our movement during this new era of politics. Now more than ever we need to rally together to stand up for what we believe in. And when we do, we won't be alone. This election, voters were torn between a squabbling government and a relentlessly negative opposition. But on many issues we care about, Australians broadly agree.
On election day, GetUp! commissioned a unique "issue exit poll" to see what voters had in mind when they put this new government in power. The results? Yes, people voted for a change -- but the polling clearly shows the majority of Australians are still in favour of stronger action on climate change, still opposed to coal facilities in the Great Barrier Reef and would not support funding cuts to the ABC and SBS.
