Honest Government Ad | The Recession
Dear Patrons
Here's the latest Honest Government Ad produced thanks to your awesome support.
We've been focusing a lot on the USA lately, but I wanted to take a moment to shine some light on what's happening back home in Australia.
There's been so much shitfuckery happening here it's hard to keep track of it all, which is why I thought we should make an HGA that sums up some of the key policies our Government is pushing through under the guise of dealing with the recession, namely: cuts to Jobseeker/Jobkeeper (ie. support for workers and unemployed during the pandemic); tax cuts for the rich; cuts to our Environmental Protection Act, the so-called "Gas-Led Recovery", and while we're at it, I thought this would be a good opportunity to rip into the Libs' "We're good at managing the economy" bullshit meme.
Coz not only are these policies not evidence-based or supported by the majority of economists and scientists, they are also a tragic waste of this opportunity to tackle the climate emergency. And the final kick in the nuts: They won't even help the economy. It’s a massive fuck-you to everyone other than the LNP's donors (gas companies) and the dodgy prick on whose land Scott wants to build a gas plant. Hence why I thought we should call this episode “The Biggest Cuts”.
(As you can probably tell, I'm actually really angry about all this.)
Thank god for comedy and satire which at least provided a way to express this and maintain some sort of sanity. (I hope you get the same out of it, too)
I'll be back next week with the podcast companion for this episide - I have the perfect guest lined up for it! And the PG version will up by the weekend - please check our Teachers page.
Oh, and a quick announcement to mark a little milestone: this is our 50th Honest Government Ad! We've come a long way since our first HGA, and every single step has been thanks to people like you who believed in us. Our deepest thanks to each one of you.
<3 Giordano & team
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Comments (31)
I can't give this enough Hearts - well done
Thanks Janus!
Love it
Absolutely marvelous! Loved every second of it!!!
Awesome thank you Petri :)
How our once glorious tax office become the Australia taxation dodgy Office
I do have significant amount of evidences....all dodgy things that this government has done
Hi Guys would you like to make an Ad on R&D how the government destroyed the R&D sector of Australia and new we need to beg supper powers for help ....getting a vaccine that may not work...?? please write to me njgregorio@yahoo.com.au
What even will be the point of the PG version if you can't run the "n back in cuts" gag throughout. Everything will be meaningless!
Yes, it will be a very compromised PG version!
Hey Giordano and TheJuiceMedia, this is spot on. At least you are using the anger constructively - it's so easy to feel helpless and overwhelmed in these times. Thank you for speaking out in your uniquely informative, creative and funny way - as always. Love your work.
I agree :) Thank you Sally! <3
Absolutely love it, have shared it widely - Gaslit Recovery could have been an alternative title, or subtitle.
Satire at its best, 2020 style team. Bravo! The totally infuriating element of all this is the brazen arrogance and cynicism of the government pushing their small sector profiteering agenda in the full knowledge of the resulting havoc and injustice. Cu.ts indeed.
Thanks, Sandra. Yes, it is absolutely infuriating.
Took me the longest time to figure out the “n” in cuts! Steve Mnuchin is the head of our treachery. Who’s yours?
Josh Frydenberg is our Head of Treachery/Treasurer (though he has many colleagues that deserve the title just as much) - he has recently (and openly) expressed admiration for Reagan and Thatcher!!!
ABSOLUTELY SUPERB. !!! Thank you team!
Cheers!
LOVE!
Huge Congrats on HGA#50 - You guys are legends. Will you please consider giving the crowd what they want (a t-shirt/ and or mug) ... Australien Govt ... Putting the n back in cuts! Xo can't wait for the podcast companion. So much shitfuckery - I don't know how you do it :) Thanks for it all :)
Oh yes please!! And one for the national party in NZ
Brilliant... putting the 'Cuts', where they are truly needed! We should be doing more of these projects, not propping up the bloody Gas & Oil industries... where the money goes overseas anyway & Australia still doesn't get cheap gas or power - like we so easily could?! https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/australia-backs-plan-worlds-biggest-solar-farm-pow/#:~:text=The%20Australian%20government%20has%20assigned,of%20Singapore's%20demand%20for%20power.
Bingo! As anticipated, I loved seeing Zoë snort to her own P.R. shitfuckery! It's painfully obvious that, like here, Oz is also a nation of sheep, ruled by wolves, owned by pigs. They so deserve that "n". Gonna spread this one around, for sure!
Putting the n back into cuts - classic - Great work.
Brilliant and tragic all at the same time.
Thank you Richard
This was a great video, it filled me with rage XD
thanks Dave, welcome to the club!
Luv it. Hit the nail on the head.
Cheers Alan, i've got a few more nails to use...