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April

uComms, run by James Stewart, has counted the ACTU as a shareholder and Allegra Spender as a client.

uComms (kind of) collapses, owing hundreds of thousands of dollars tax

The controversial polling firm, which has worked for Climate 200 and others, sold its brand and assets to a company that was half-owned by its founder.

Member for Warringah Zali Steggall

Steggall shows climate guilt is for others

The Warringah MP gives a climate checklist to her Sydney voters. How is she doing?

July 2024

Greens leader Adam Bandt.

The deep, deep cynicism of the new anti-Greens pitch

Campaign material from right-wing group Advance tries to reframe the Greens in the mind of the mainstream voter.

July 2023

Consumers are realising they have  a huge amount of power in their super, says Simon Sheikh, of FutureSuper.

Future Super parades $225m valuation in latest raising round

A term sheet says Future Super would use the proceeds primarily for acquisitions. However, the company has since parked its immediate M&A ambitions.

March 2023

Monique Ryan and Sally Rugg.

Monique Ryan, Sally Rugg and the star employee syndrome

One of any leader’s toughest jobs is managing an employee who believes, often with justification, that they are more skilled than their boss.

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November 2021

Opponents of new voter ID laws

Repealing voter ID law will be first act of Albanese government

A Senate inquiry is likely to examine the proposed voter identification legislation before it is made law.

October 2021

GetUp! spam tactics besiege Origin EA

Even executive assistants aren’t safe from the activist group’s campaigns.

September 2020

Simon Fenwick is donating $1 million to Advance Australia because he thinks politics has leaned to far to the left.

Daniel Andrews inspires $1m conservative gift

Former fund manager Simon Fenwick just donated a record $1 million to Advance Australia – the conservative opposition to left-wing group GetUp.

July 2020

The ABC is making the best case for its own privatisation.

ABC adept at playing cuts victim

The national broadcaster's revenue has been barely touched by the pandemic – and it's out of touch on most other things too, writes John Roskam.

February 2020

Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court.

Holmes à Court a spectator at Frydenberg challenge

Having failed to unseat the Treasurer in the election, the Climate 200 founder has taken an interest in legal proceedings seeking to do the same.

October 2019

Paul Oosting

GetUp decides to go easy on pro-coal Labor MPs

The left-wing activist group risks claims of hypocrisy because it won't protest against Labor MPs over climate change.

May 2019

GetUp national director Paul Oosting says the majority of Australians supported action on climate change and income inequality.

GetUp's aggressive, progressive tactics may have backfired

Labor candidates say the thousands of GetUp activists deployed in the election turned voters off with their aggressive campaign around global warming.

April 2019

Advance Australia national director Gerard Benedet said his group spoke for mainstream Australians.

GetUp and Advance Australia go head-to-head

The two grass roots campaigns working to influence the federal elections differ in ideology, approach, and inspiration.

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