What You Can Do

• Print a copy of the CEPU's petition (MS Word version here) for a plebiscite on the sale of Telstra, sign it, collect signatures from friends, and send it off to :
  

  The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union
  139-155 Queensberry St
  Carlton Vic 3053

• Support the class action in the High Court of Australia to prevent the sale of Telstra. Download form here, print it off, sign it yourself, get others to sign it and return it to:

  Elder John Dalungdalee Jones
  Care of 37 York Parade
  Spring Hill
  Brisbane 4000
  
  

• Ask your organisation to publicly endorse Citizens Against Selling Telstra, or do so as an individual.
• Add a link, on your web page, to this site: http://www.citizensagainstsellingtelstra.com
• Talk to your friends, family and work associates.
• Write letters to your local newspapers. If they don't print your letter, send us a copy, and if they do, still send us a copy.
• Phone radio talkback shows, in particular, phone Alan Jones and John Laws. If they don't give you a fair hearing, please let us know about it.
• Raise this issue in on-line forums and mailing lists. Include, in your contributions, links back to articles on this web site.
• If you are active in a political party, a union, a professional association, a church or other group, raise this issue at meetings. Political parties, which currently stand opposed to the privatisation of Telstra include: The Australian Democrats, The Australian Labor Party, The Greens, Family First, Green Left and One Nation.
• Contact other community groups who are opposed to privatisation, for example, the Stop Telstra Privatisation Group. The Stop Privatisation Group has an active online forum. Log on and share your ideas and news with others.
• Contact those parliamentarians who are currently raising their voices against the sale of Telstra and let them know of your support. These include Peter Andren, Tony Windsor, Bob Katter, Stephen Conroy, Claire Moore, Alby Schultz, Kay Hull, John Cherry, Lyn Allison, Bob Brown and Kerry Nettle.
• Contact your Federal Member of Parliament and Senate representatives and let them know how a vote for privatisation will affect your voting intentions at the next election.
• If you have grievances against Telstra, log onto Telstory and let them know of your experiences.
• Contribute to our website.
• Join CAST mailing lists and contribute your ideas and knowledge.
• Become a member of CAST or form a local CAST group.

Joining CAST

As spelt out in the CAST constitution, anyone, who supports the aims of CAST, can join. At the moment, being subscribed to the mailing list, cast-discuss is regarded as the same as being a member of CAST, although special provision will be made for those who wish to join who do not have access to the Internet.

In order to join, you need to simply, send to the Convenor of CAST, james@spitfire.com.au, a brief e-mail including:

1. Your name.
2. The major city in which you live, or else, the state in which you live, if you don't live in a major city.
3. A brief statement, indicating your support for the aims of CAST¹.

We guarantee to treat this information as confidential as required by the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Web Sites issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner, and as stated in our constitution and in our privacy statement.

There are no financial obligations, and we only ask that you maintain contact with us to indicate your continuing concern about this issue. Where a member does not maintain contact, his/her membership will be automatically lapsed and his/her e-mail address unsubscribed from the cast-discuss mailing list.

Forming a local CAST group

Where there is sufficient interest, CAST members in a region may decide to form a local group. If a local group is formed, the guidelines, spelt out in the constitution must be adhered to.