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Howard facing multi-pronged attack in Bennelong
The Prime Minister, John Howard, is facing attacks from multiple directions in Bennelong. Not only is the ALP's Maxine McKew an incredibly strong candidate who relates very well to Bennelong residents, but GetUp has started its campaign of voter education with doorknocking in Bennelong. On top of that John Valder has been making noises about running another "anybody but Howard" campaign, and a political activist youth group called 3000 votes has been formed which seeks to change that number of votes from Howard to McKew.
The GetUp campaign is not directly opposing John Howard. Instead they are educating voters about the issues and the positions of the various candidates on those issues, encouraging eligible voters to enrol if they are not already enrolled, and undertaking some basic electoral education to ensure voters know how the system works and how to make their votes count. GetUp have established a small working group for this led by Silas Taylor and are currently seeking more volunteers, who will be given some training in grassroots campaigning and then work with other volunteers in the field.
The 3000 votes campaign is directly opposing John Howard, and is also seeking volunteers.