[Pil-pc-oceania] GetUp Poll - Put GM-free on the agenda

[Nick Ritar]

I have a friend who works for get-up. As far as I understand it they are a
generally left wing organisation who leverage the power of the internet to
amplify the voice of the general populace. Although they are politically
motivated they are very careful not to manipulate the results of their
surveys/petitions etc. They make every conceivable effort to ensure the
accuracy and accountability of all their data because they know if they were
caught fiddling the books they would be eaten alive by the press.

In the recent election getup's "How should I vote" website distributed over
100,000 how to vote cards, equating approximately 1% of eligible voters. Due
to the liberal/nationals boycotting the site and the fact that it is illegal
to distribute a How to Vote card that endorses a candidate without that
candidates permission NONE of the how to vote cards that getup provided
recommended the coalition. Therefore an "optimistic" interpretation is that
getup was responsible for a significant part of the swing away from the
coalition - which has to be a good thing.

I suspect that the reason GM was not offered up as an option in their poll
was that it was just not mentioned by enough respondents to their survey. I
highly doubt a conspiracy. Their logic for choosing the issues can be found
here http://www.getup.org.au/blogs/view.php?id=754

Cheers
Nick

PS: I'm new here :)






On Jan 24, 2008 8:32 PM, Deb Guildner < bocor at bigbutton.com.au> wrote:

> Yes, I did that, and I have to say I am pretty disappointed that the email
>
> about the poll results did not state a single word about any OTHER issues
> that people may have elected to have placed on the Getup agenda. The
> campaign directors seem to WANT to have a greener world..they just don't
> know how, I suspect. Graduates of politics etc......maybe we should send
> them a complimentary ticket to a PERMACULTURE course!!!!!
>
> They just seem to be hell bent on NOT recognising GM as an issue.
>
> They have not responded to personal emails.
>
> Anyone close to anyone who has influence in Getop.org?????
>
> Is getup another case of more red than green??????????????
>
> Sigh........
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wit's ender
>
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> Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] GetUp Poll - Put GM-free on the agenda
>
>
> > GetUp - Action for Australia: put GM-free on the agenda
> >
> > GetUp's 2008 People's Agenda for Parliamentary action deserves your
> > support.
> > By midnight Monday January 21 2008, please visit:
> >
> > <> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lqtpeJIHyklYKx74FFwnCA_3d_3d
> >
> > To help develop a "People's Agenda" for the new Parliament, please vote
> > for:
> >
> > Becoming environmentally sustainable ( e.g. climate change, water)
> >
> > Then in optional Question 2, please ask GetUp to include:
> >
> > "Support sustainable food production and security. Stay GM-free".
> >
> > You may also join GetUp at: http://www.getup.org.au/ It's free to join.
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