<div>Hi All,</div>
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<div>You may be interested in the following.<br>(Forgive cross postings)</div>
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<div>Rupert.</div>
<div><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">GetUp</b> <<a href="mailto:info@getup.org.au">info@getup.org.au</a>><br>Date: May 3, 2007 10:57 PM
<br>Subject: Political ads... authorised by you<br>To: <a href="mailto:rupert.russell1@gmail.com">rupert.russell1@gmail.com</a><br><br> </span></div>
<p align="left"><img src="http://www.getup.org.au/content/upload/images/OzIn30/header_small.jpg"><br>Dear friends, </p>
<p>We're starting something brand new for Australia. It's GetUp's ground-breaking competition: "Oz in 30 Seconds" - a chance to <strong>show us your Australia by making a 30 second political ad</strong>
, which we will air on national prime time television during the lead up to the federal election.</p>
<p><strong>The competition begins today. Check it out now at </strong><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=4126515&l=240&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ozin30seconds.org" target="_blank">
<strong>www.ozin30seconds.org</strong></a><strong> and get filming!</strong></p>
<p>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?
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<p><strong>Well, now we will. "Oz in 30 Seconds" is Australia through your eyes, your voice, your lens.</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Here's the basic brief:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Make an Ad:</strong> 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.
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<p><strong>Submit your ad online: </strong>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. </p>
<p><strong>View and vote:</strong> 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 <strong>Sydney Opera House</strong> on August 1. There, they'll go before our celebrity judging panel (including ABC-TV movie reviewer
<strong>Margaret Pomeranz</strong>, and the advertising industry's "Director of the Year" <strong>Bruce Hunt</strong> who was second-unit director of The Matrix). </p>
<p><strong>Watch the ad on air:</strong> Come election time, the top ad will be broadcast on national, prime time TV - the first political ad authorised by you. </p>
<p><strong>This year we're not waiting for them to sell us their agenda. We're showing them ours.</strong> 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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<p><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=4126515&l=240&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ozin30seconds.org" target="_blank"><strong>www.ozin30seconds.org
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<p>The GetUp team<br>--<br><br>If you have trouble with any links in this email, please go directly to <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.getup.org.au/" target="_blank">www.getup.org.au
</a>.<br><br>GetUp is an independent, not-for-profit community campaigning group. We use new technology to empower Australians to have their say on important national issues.<br><br>To unsubscribe from GetUp, please <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/redirect.aspx?es=4126515&l=242&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.getup.org.au%2flibrary%2fsubscriber%2funsubscribe.asp" target="_blank">
click here</a>.<br></p> <img height="0" src="http://campaign.getup.org.au/Sitecast2/Opened.aspx?es=4126515" width="0" border="0"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-----------------------------------------------------------<br>Rupert Russell
<br><br>Project Officer ACUonline<br>Australian Catholic University<br>Ballarat Campus (Aquinas)<br>PO Box 650<br>Ballarat Victoria 3350<br>AUSTRALIA<br>Victoria 3353<br>AUSTRALIA<br><br>Phone: +61 3 5336 5330<br>Fax: +61 3 5336 5432
<br><br>Web: <a href="http://www.rupert.id.au">http://www.rupert.id.au</a><br>personal email: <a href="mailto:rupert.russell1@gmail.com">rupert.russell1@gmail.com</a><br>work email: <a href="mailto:rupert.russell@acu.edu.au">
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