The Abbott Government promised a fair budget where everyone would “share the burden”. But the 2014 Budget has been widely condemned as unfair — disproportionately burdening lower-income families, students, young job-seekers, pensioners, and the sick, and leading us down the path of US-style social insecurity. Australians take pride in being the nation of the fair go. A place where everyone is given the chance to thrive, not just corporations and the wealthy; where life’s misfortunes, whether from illness or job loss, don’t lead to permanent or abject poverty. That’s why over 100,000 GetUp members are speaking up, banding together in the fight to save Medicare, our social safety net, and affordable higher education.
Will you stand up for a fair go for all Australians by joining the fight to bust the Abbott Government’s brutal budget?