[PREVIEW] Preferential Voting - Honest Government Ad
Dear Patrons,
When I posted the last video on Monday I said I would try my very best to get one more Honest Government Ad done before the election. And look at me here on Saturday, with another Preview to share with you all. (Don't worry about me, I'll get some sleep after we've gotten rid of this Government this time next week.)
I'll be editing madly over the weekend to get this HGA out asap, so I'll keep this brief - other than to say this might be the most important and valuable election video we've made.
Coz unlike the US and UK, which have a first-past-the-post electoral system (where your vote is thrown in the bin if your first choice is eliminated), here in Australia we have a Preferential system - which allows you to vote for whoever you want. Imagine that!
There's a catch though. You have to know about the system in order to use it! And unfortunately most people don't know about Preferential Voting. Which is why I decided I had to make a video about it.
This is also one of the top-requested topics via the Advisory Board, so I'm stoked that many of your wanted us to raise awareness about this issue.
I hope you enjoy this bonus, post-season-finale Honest Government Ad.
Thank you for making this work possible with your patronage - and I'll catch you again early in the final election week with the video!
Giordano
PS. if you have good ideas for the Authorised By message, lmk in the comments (try to avoid using the word "shit" tho given it's abundance in the script!)
Comments (46)
ah!! there's a way ;)
great Alpheus. Downloads are blocked, though. Wonder why that is?
Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDtKFbXoQ6Q&feature=youtu.be
I like it, and like many I'm astonished at how poorly the average stayn understands their voting syste, But you're still competing with Sean Mcaliffe for humour and explanatory power :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc5A5tW6DqM
HAHAHA thanks for that Moz, that cracked me up
Must check out the idea of hot 30/ juice media branded shirts, for the 100th episode coming up
Awesome. Please get this out ASAP.
Hoping for later today!
bought to you by the career party of battle royal politics.
You've moved really far left, or at least now you're proudly advertising the fact. The worst thing you could do right now is to turn anyone off voting Labor as a Labor majority is the only chance we have of any type of stable government. We can all agree the LNP and other right wing parties need to be burned in a fire but on the other end of the spectrum the Greens are not balanced enough to be able to govern effectively. I agree with a lot of things you post about but any risk of turning voters from Labor to LNP is too much at this point.
I don't follow, Alex - what part of wanting to have livable planet for our kids is "really far left"? I like a stable government, sure; but I prefer a stable habitat for humanity to live in. Did you know that if elected the ALP has pledged $1.5 billion to unlock the massive fracked gas reserves of the NT? A strong crossbench of independents would block that funding. Does that mean the Government is unstable when it comes to such decisions? Good. That's not "really far left" - in my book, that's stopping the political parties owned by big gas and coal from selling our kids future.
Authorised by the Department of Coke vs Pepsi.
I like the idea, however I've tried to avoid suggesting that Liberal and Labor are the same - hence the Shit and Shit-Lite names :P
Oh this is good, sadly i cant air it, as the embargo commences as most stations broadcast over the weekend. Huge thumbs up, thisone is fantastic, when released it will be shared to the hot 30 with Matty facebook page only.
All good Matty, sounds like a plan!
Oh...and as a postscript...I can hardly wait for you to take on Murdoch Media...
Authorised by the Department of preference number 2
I see what you did there :)
Interesting stuff. Believe me, as an expat American with Australian Citizenship I'm impressed with the freedom of choice and the potential in preferential voting. And the more people understand how it works the better it can work. It's a big task trying to break through the narrow fuckwittery pummelled at us from mainstream media and the whole Morrison vs Shorten bullshit that attempts to direct us into the personality politics like they do in the USA. The Greens and Independents are not only underfunded but have to push the shit rolled down on them from the corporate media back uphill. It ain't easy. Still, "shit lite" has at least presented us with policies and have presented themselves as a team...while the government has showered us in bullshit and locked their team in the closet with the skeletons we haven't found out about yet.
Go the non-shit candidates! Excellent work TJM team!! 😊
Thanks guys - Democracy, the best of the worst. I will continue to fund the attack on windmills, why be unhappy as well?
A lot of publicity is given to the preference deals of the parties. IMO while the preference deals can reveal the actual morals/ integrity of various parties the actual outcomes from the deals is very hard to quantify.
How parties choose to preference is another issue, albeit an important one. It applies mainly to the Senate, as in the Lower House ballot (which is used as the example in this video) voters must number all the boxes
I really don’t understand what you’re trying to achieve.
Trying to help people understand how to vote in a 46th Parliament that will take stronger action on climate emergency we face
Excellent as usual
Love it as always 🙂.
Authorised by the ministry of fossil fuelled denial
Authorised by the Ministry for Rubbing Salt in the Wound.
Oh my God, you guys are certainly earning a break for all the effort you've put in over the last weeks. Hmmm, Authorised by the Ministry of Consensual Defecation? I so wanted to pay homage to the gloriously manic TISM, 'Defecate on my face' but couldn't work it :(
God yes we're looking forward to a little break after the election!
I like that a whole lot :)
Authorized by Monty Brewster, Department of None of the Above
Omg one more before the election! You’re on fire. Thank you 😊
Cheers Dirk :)
another good reason to vote informal :)
"The Department for ignoring what voters want"?
Wow, I am so going to bookmark this video and use it as a standard reply.
Am hoping this one will remain relevant for some time to come
Authorised by Gina Rinehart's department of foreign affairs
Definitely know about preferential voting, but as you guys have clearly made note, not many of us do...So it seems so pointless and fucking frustrating to even vote for independents. Gaaaaaaahhhh the sheeple are in a lifelong coma!
Department of Forced Confessions ? Good on yer anyway, just in time! ;-)
Important to get this out asap because more and more people are pre poll voting. Great work
I agree!
"unfortunately most people don't know about Preferential Voting" i can't understand how anyone can not know this, but it does seem to be the case, so yes, a very important topic.
Authorized By The Department of keeping you in the dark (ages)