We said YES

A month ago, as news-desks readied their stories of a protest against climate action, we joined with our friends in the climate movement to hold our first rally in support of a price on pollution. That night, the news told the story of 250 angry voices against a price on pollution being dwarfed by 8,000 peaceful Australians who gathered down the street in favour of real climate action.

This action spurred rallies across the country in the weeks that followed. Check out what happened here: http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionFund?dc=1633,191656,1

Every time the climate deniers have tried to rewrite the story about what the community actually thinks about climate change, we have been there, with thousands of others, to prove them wrong.

Since that first rally, together we've:

• Held massive rallies which have mobilised over 20,000 people to say 'YES' to a price on pollution, outnumbering the other side every time, often with less than a week's notice;
• Put the shock jocks on notice with formal complaints about their misinformation;
• Mobilised people on the ground in key electorates like those of independent MPs - including a rally in Port Macquarie that outnumbered a rally held by climate deniers by a factor of twenty to one;
• Started developing some great ad campaigns to ensure we'll be ready when the big polluters try to take over the airwaves; and
• Commissioned investigative research to expose how big polluters are underhandedly trying to cripple climate action.

Check out the impact GetUp members and climate campaigners are already making here:

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionFund?dc=1633,191656,1

Some of the nation's most well-resourced and well-connected are throwing everything they have at attempts to prevent action on climate change. But our strategy - to build power in numbers - is already working: at each turn, we're winning the on-the-ground battle of who can mobilise more people.

The fight for our future is far from over. That's why we're working to bring you new tools to help fight myths on talkback and in the papers, great ad campaigns to break through the misinformation of climate change deniers, and more family friendly rallies planned over the coming months.

Watch our video of what we've achieved through our community-funded climate fighting fund so far:

http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionFund?dc=1633,191656,1

Thank you for all that you are doing as a part of this movement.

Simon Sheikh
for the GetUp team

PS - We're under no illusions - the climate denier movement know the one thing they have over our grassroots movement is an endless bucket of money. They will outspend in the hope that our well of support runs dry. If you would like to help, you can still be a part of our climate fighting fund here: http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/ClimateActionFund?dc=1633,191656,1