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The GetUp team
Dear friends,
We’re starting something brand new for Australia. It’s GetUp’s ground-breaking competition: “Oz in 30 Seconds” - a chance to show us your Australia by making a 30 second political ad, which we will air on national prime time television during the lead up to the federal election.
The competition begins today. Check it out now at www.ozin30seconds.org and get filming!
As the election draws close, Australians will be bombarded with over 100 million dollars in advertising from political parties - much of it mudslinging rather than inspiring us to better understand our country. But what if we could reclaim our airwaves, and broadcast political ads of the people, by the people and for the people? What if instead of just being told what politicians want from us, we could show what we want from them?
Well, now we will. “Oz in 30 Seconds” is Australia through your eyes, your voice, your lens.
Here’s the basic brief:
Make an Ad: In 30 seconds, show us a slice of your vision: maybe it’s a call to action on an issue close to your heart, maybe it’s an idea that brings us closer to the Australia you want to live in; or your take on a major policy or event, rather than the spin you’ve been fed.
Submit your ad online: Then, whether you make an ad or not, from July you’ll be able to view and vote online to help us determine the best. Entries open today, and close on June 30.
View and vote: The top 10 ads - as voted on by you - will make it to our shortlist and be shown at a gala awards reception at the Sydney Opera House on August 1. There, they’ll go before our celebrity judging panel (including ABC-TV movie reviewer Margaret Pomeranz, and the advertising industry’s “Director of the Year” Bruce Hunt who was second-unit director of The Matrix).
Watch the ad on air: Come election time, the top ad will be broadcast on national, prime time TV - the first political ad authorised by you.
This year we’re not waiting for them to sell us their agenda. We’re showing them ours. We can’t wait to see your ads - so spread the word with your creative friends and family, and get filming!
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It's here: http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/BigDecisions
and to join Get Up go here http://www.getup.org.au/index.asp
As part of the lead up to the federal election GetUp, https://www.getup.org.au/secure/donateelection2.asp?action=process have asked "If you have a question you'd like us to address in our presentation, send them to "electionquestions@getup.org.au "
So I sent this.. Please include a question as to whether the Feds will stop the dam on the Mary River in order to protect the habitat of the Lungfish. This is not a local issue, nor is it an Australian issue. Scientists world wide are appalled that Australians are proposing to destroy the habitat of the world's oldest living fossil.
I have attached some information about lungfish and cut and pasted some quotes from http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1620397.htm -
"it’s a living fossil, these guys lived alongside the dinosaurs and members of this group have been around for 300 million years"
"it’s feared that like the dinosaurs, the Queensland lungfish will become extinct. If that happened the chance of fully understanding our own ancestral history might disappear with it - because this amphibious creature is considered a crucial link in the evolutionary chain that saw fish crawl out of the water to become land dwelling, back boned animals, like you and I."
"The Mary and Burnett Rivers of South East Queensland are the only natural habitats in the world for this fish"
"Our lungfish is the only fish that is alive today that can give us a window into the past of how fish evolved from being in the water to getting onto the land as land vertebrates and the answers are with this fish and we’re only just scratching the surface at the moment"
Please give this request serious thought.