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GetUp

catsnknots — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:22:32 GMT

Many of us on the Conservative side of politics often complained that GetUp was an ALP funded initiative to manipulate the young people into voting for the left...

we were laughed at and told that we were making up stories....

Well.. the truth always pops up...

Simon Sheikh was a Labor Party member at the time he was appointed national director of self-described "independent" advocacy group GetUp! in September 2008.

He got huge amounts in funding and often supported ALP or attacked the LNP... it was often said that GetUp was one sided and not independent and when those claims were made it was shot down as a conspiracy theory by those on the right...

He was a Labor Party Member... simple... he was politically aligned and so is GetUp...

Re: GetUp

kengillard — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:01:42 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Sheikh

Re: GetUp

azureline** — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:14:07 GMT

well, that is confusing... he is the Green's candidate for 2013 for Canberra.....

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lakeland27 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:15:46 GMT

simon is not the director of GetUp. he left the position some time ago. the libs of course have support and guidance from the IPA and other right wing think tanks. labor is not allowed to have support from anyone of course. a lot of GetUp initatives are in fact at odds with the ALP. . everything apart from the LNP is evil of course. one thing GetUp hasn't done is set out to destroy an Australian political party in the sneaky illegal manner Mr Abbott and the liberal dirty tricks unit did to the One Nation party. i found one nation repellent, but i dont think an illegal act orchestrated through secret slush funds is becoming of a potential PM. criminal acts from MP's ought not to be tolerated and swept under the carpet. Abbott should stand down until the case is dealt with.

Re: GetUp

lightningdance — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:18:42 GMT

Poisonous little toad. Now he's deleted twits & lied till he's black in the face saying he wasn't a Labor member.

The Greens are welcome to him.

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azureline** — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:29:53 GMT

Do you have anything that actually shows he was a Labor member?

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azureline** — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:31:02 GMT

Poisonous little toad. Now he's deleted twits & lied till he's black in the face saying he wasn't a Labor member.

The Greens are welcome to him.

😮

um.... he is Indian born.......

Re: GetUp

lightningdance — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:36:55 GMT

Do you have anything that actually shows he was a Labor member?

Begging for "Proof" again. Please do some reading instead of spending all your time on here asking others.

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nero_bolt — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:39:05 GMT

Do you have anything that actually shows he was a Labor member?

Google is your friend and it really is very easy to do a search.... BUT it sounds better to ask all the time for proof..

ALP boss: Simon Sheikh in party for four years

NSW Labor secretary Sam Dastyari has declared in writing that party records show ACT Greens Senate candidate Simon Sheikh was a financial member of the Labor Party for four years.

The statement, provided to The Australian yesterday, came as Mr Sheikh contradicted his previous claim to have been a Labor Party member for only one year.

Mr Dastyari said yesterday: "Simon first joined the Labor Party on 2 April, 2004, and terminated his membership, via contacting the ALP office, on 26 November, 2008.

"Simon was a financial member for the duration of that period, with a brief period of being unfinancial, when his credit card details were rejected in late 2005."

It also confirms that Mr Sheikh was a Labor Party member at the time he was appointed national director of self-described "independent" advocacy group GetUp! in September 2008.

Last week, Mr Sheikh claimed on his website that he was "a member of the Labor Party for a year" but "quickly became disillusioned and left" the party.

Yesterday, he told Fairfax Media that "I was a member for two years", based on email correspondence he had received from the party's receptionist, whom he had contacted personally.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/alp-boss-sheikh-in-party-for-four-years/story-fn59niix-1226622014390

Re: GetUp

rabbitearbandicoot — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:46:27 GMT

😮

um.... he is Indian born.......

born in Sydney and went to Fort Street High School.

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lakeland27 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:47:18 GMT

Mr Dastyari said yesterday: "Simon first joined the Labor Party on 2 April, 2004, and terminated his membership, via contacting the ALP office, on 26 November, 2008.

"Simon was a financial member for the duration of that period, with a brief period of being unfinancial, when his credit card details were rejected in late 2005."

thats One year.. 2004, until 2005.

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azureline** — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:55:33 GMT

Proof? I didn't ask for proof......I am interested...

and thanks rabbit, his father was Indian born......

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catsnknots — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:16:29 GMT

Sorry.. had to go out..

the thing is that everyone was saying that he was not connected to the Labor Party in any way..

LL for one told me I was telling lies when I said he was a member of the Labor Party..

Facts are now out that he was a member of the Labor party...

Now he is aligned with the Greens...

he had an agenda and GetUp was NOT independent...

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catsnknots — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:17:43 GMT

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catsnknots — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:18:50 GMT

hm.. too big.. if you open the pic up in a new tab you can read it in full.. on my laptop it seems that part of the picture is missing when you view it in the thread.

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i-need-a-martini — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:30:00 GMT

I am confused. ?:|

Isn't it common knowledge he was a member of the Labor Party? He has never denied that.

Didn't we already have this discussion on the last thread on the man.

And what has that got to do with his appointment at GetUp? There is no conflict of interest as far as I can see.

That's like saying Tony Abbott is a member of the Catholic Church. So he can't be a politician because this will affect his ability to lead.

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freakiness — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:31:10 GMT

Poisonous little toad. Now he's deleted twits & lied till he's black in the face saying he wasn't a Labor member.

The Greens are welcome to him.

Wow, first time I've heard black faces are caused by telling lies. If they didn't lie would they have pink faces and black bodies?

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lakeland27 — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:32:00 GMT

Sorry.. had to go out..

the thing is that everyone was saying that he was not connected to the Labor Party in any way..

LL for one told me I was telling lies when I said he was a member of the Labor Party..

Facts are now out that he was a member of the Labor party...

Now he is aligned with the Greens...

he had an agenda and GetUp was NOT independent...

he hasn't been a membar since 2005, so when you said he was (well after 2005) he was not.

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freakiness — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:39:48 GMT

Sorry.. had to go out..

the thing is that everyone was saying that he was not connected to the Labor Party in any way..

LL for one told me I was telling lies when I said he was a member of the Labor Party..

Facts are now out that he was a member of the Labor party...

Now he is aligned with the Greens...

he had an agenda and GetUp was NOT independent...

Brendan Nelson was a member of the Labor Party, are you going in for the kill on him too?

Who are these everyones you speak of?

That's a mighty strange conclusion you have reached by claiming that Getup is not independent just because one of it's founders was a Labor member in the past.

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izabsmiling — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:01:29 GMT

I've never heard anyone say someone lied til they were black in the face ?

What is the thinking behind that kind of comment ?