[PREVIEW] Visit Australia 2019 - Honest Government Ad
Dear Patrons
Here's the preview of our new Honest Government Ad - the first new HGA of season 2!
Sorry for the wait. We've all been sick here - winter came on like a freight train this year. And I've been getting the computer fixed (thanks Amel!) and the website revamped (thanks Dirk!); and the podcast set up and launched (thanks Drew and Mikael)
But we're back on deck now!
And I thought it would be cool to kick off season 2 by revisiting and revamping our very first Honest Government Ad - Visit Australia, which we made all the way back in May 2016.
Much has changed since then (and much hasn't... namely, the Government), so I thought this would be a nice way to mark this occasion and set the tone for the Honest Government Ads to come.
As always I welcome your feedback - so if you have any thoughts you want to share while I edit the video, let me know in the comments. I'm also taking suggestions for the "Authorised By" message at the end!
Catch you in a few days when the video is ready to publish!
Giordano
PS. Normally, previews will only be viewable to Patrons in the $3/month tier and above. But seeing as this is the first video of a new season, I'm sending it out to everyone. Season's greetings! xo
Comments (38)
Damn that was good! Well done all!! Loved it! Dutton and the infinity stones line was gold! Lmao
Cheers Steven!
Brought to you by the Department of... oh, who are we kidding? Brought to you by Coal. Because we clearly needn't bother to lie anymore.
Sprinkling the real life examples seems to add weight. For example the spending $x on Capt Cook Statue when in ‘ ‘budget emergency’ from a previous clip. When you note Qld and corporates shooting through leaving the public with the mess how about adding “like linc energy”:
Wikipedia: “In April 2018, Linc Energy was found guilty of causing serious environmental harm and the following month was fined $4.5 million. The court was told that groundwater underneath its plant in Hopeland, will take 20 years to recover from the leakage of toxic chemicals, such as BTEX. [29][30] It was also alleged by a whistle blower, that the government ignored warnings and put the company's profits above the environment.[31]“
Authorised by Tourism, New Zealand
Ooooh I love the unexpected ones. As in, this is a tourism ad for New Zealand? lol that's cheeky, I like it!
Another great one :) So much information. Haha. Love the comment about Tasmania. I live here
Awesome Trisha, haha :) got a spare shed for us for when the shit hits the fan?
Awesome, yet again.
Cheers Bob!
Well done - we need to remind ourselves of all these things everyday - but as you have found, the list is getting longer every month. I like your PG version of the ads idea.
Cheers Chris!
Great narrative, looking forward to the video
Thanks, Ian - Should be ready in a couple of day s :)
Really great news......many thanks!! I know it is a bit like asking Tom Gleeson not to swear during his Logie appearance but have so many places we can share these around as PG versions. Just a thought which may/may not be planned is to write a clean adaption of future scripts so you can shoot/edit a PG version?
It's happening - slowly! Here's our new page on our website for PG versions of our videos: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads-teachers
I agree, really need clean version of the videos (done cleverly to maintain impact) so they can be shared much more widely. This is the best political/social/eco commentary in the country and very limited to where I can share!
We've heard the call :) That's why we recently set up a new page on our website for PG versions of our videos: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads-teachers The plan is to include all new HGAs here. It will take time to bleep past episodes, but we'll get there.
Well it made me depressed, so it guess that’s the point? Perhaps you should start doing a cleaner version so one of the tv stations could start to air it? Ha ha, like that would eva happen😖😬🤪
I am quite proud of our videos not being on TV :) But I am keen to see them in classrooms. That's why we recently set up a new Teachers page on our website for PG versions of our videos: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads-teachers/
Love it 😂😂
Perhaps the tagline could be brought to you by the lobby of freedom of speech when it suits us. A.k.a. ACL.
Thanks Tony I like it :)
Well done team, another amazingly insightful reflection of the state applied in our totally fucked up country. I know that this is something that you have repeatedly agent in honest government ads, but don't forget the fuck over of the refugees that is still occurring up in Manaus and Nehru and the fact that the PNG government will soon be taking over control of those centres. That indicates to me that they're not going to be closing in the short-term.
You're absolutely right - we mentioned this in the original Visit Australia... let me see if I can find a way to thread it in somewhere...
I'm a kiwi kunt and I support this message!
hahaha churs bru
Wow. Packed with truth as usual ... unfortunately. Sounding great! I can't think of any improvement - this is great as is. Giordano, I hope you and your family are well now?
Thank you Radha - we're all doing good again! <3
Lovely warm up for the new season guys! ..Bought to you by the Department of All your miracle are belong to us because he's "always believed in miracles" - they win over reasoning and good science any day, apparently.
I like that angle!
Woke Kiwi cunts! Haha :) Sounds good to me. Love it as always. Glad for the opportunity to review this one thank you. I sadly had to drop my pledge to $1 due to the UK governments shitfuckery. No worries though, I’ll never abandon you, where else will I get my dose of super acerbic, intelligent satire? ;) Peace
Thanks Sallita, you've been here since I can remember so all good! Thanks for the support xo
Welcome Back Gang..... You know its going to be aired. Let me know when you have the Tag Line
I like it except that the bit about the ACT is actually not the ACT Government's doings but the Federal Government shitfuckery!
Yes! Don't worry this will be clear from the visuals which will show Parliament House (aka Bullshit HQ) when talking about the shitfuckery :)
This is amazing.