[Preview] Australien Values | Honest Government Ad
Dear Patrons
Here's the preview for our next Honest Government Ad!
I usually like to focus on a specific issue or policy, so we can help people get their head around it. But then there's times when I just want to do an HGA that tries to sum up all the shitfuckery - and this definitely feels like one of those times.
As always you're the first ones to hear it, so I value your feedback!
I'm still tweaking the script to tighten it up, so if you have any thoughts, or suggestions for things I may have omitted, or a good idea for the Authorised By message at the end - let me know!
A reminder that the preview is meant to be accompanied by the video, so some things will be clearer once the visuals are there. I do however want to share with you the link to the Dept of Home Affairs website so you know what I'm referring to as Australian Values
I'll catch you soon when the video has been published. Till then, have a great weekend!
Giordano
PS. if you hear a bang around 2:30 that's Luca marching into the room with his boots - we'll fix that :)
Comments (62)
Hi team, I'm late to the suggestions party here but its probably a good idea to pop a content warning in the description of this one. Its been a media bombardment regarding gendered violence and survivors need the ability to opt out when required.
Good idea, I actually did intend to do this - thank you for the remind - I'll get onto that!
Will be interesting to see if Dutton becomes the Defense Minister.
Nailed it in one, again.. The Morrison Government, have the very appropriate Muppets name, and no wonder.
You are incredible putting LNP into nutshells Every day becomes a new topic for you D grade leader promotes D grade ministers to try and stay alive 🌚
So glad to have been so brilliantly educated about the official "Australian Values"! Well done!!! Another awesome work - can't wait to see the video.
Hi, Giordano. Absolutely brilliant! It nails everything I have been despairing about over the last few years. However, the very final reference to shitc**ts might be a bridge too far. I do believe those politicians you've called out are appalling human beings, but I've come around to the view that part of the problem with the treatment of women has to do with language as well as physical acts, and so the use of a slang term for vagina/vulva as an insult can reinforce the demeaning of women. I'm not a prude, so can you replace with something more gender neutral, like fuckturd, or shitgoblin? Just a thought... Thanks again for your wonderful work.
Always makes me happy.Thank you because I am unwell at the moment and extreme anger towards the shitfuckery is at the root.🥲
ooo so good signed Mad Fucking Witch.
Just read the Australian Values on the government website - made me squirm thinking how total bullshit they are when compared to the reality of life under this government. Looking forward to the video version. As always, great job!
I love it.At least someone is holding them to account.Keep it up!
I don’t mind the language - I feel it’s appropriate because “nice” doesn’t appear to get noticed
Thanks folks, nailed it again!
Probably worth adding a few photos of the current floods in NSW to illustrate the climate emergency denial (I juts can’t believe no one is even mentioning it on TV!!!)
Thanks Audrey will check it out and see if we can find a way to reference this
I hope you're planning to mash the morrison government short falls for a prime time tv advert come election time.
Damn return button. I'd add one thing to the recap of shitfuckery these monsters are doing. Water theft, $80 million sent to a tax haven along with the ongoing outright destruction of the Murray Darling Basin.
Thanks Jon, I did have a line about this in the section that mentions Angus (Taylor) but decided to take it out to keep the momentum flowing. But I think I know where we can re-insert this further down the script - thanks for the reminder!
This is good. Your use of language is verging towards the poetic, you got rhyme and timing that helps punch into the message. Can't wait for the visuals.
Haha John thanks for this nice comment - I am honing the art of bullshit rhetoric :)
This was intended to comment on Len Cooke’s bad language comment above.
Sandra, Giordano will no doubt release a PG version as he has done in the past.
A real conundrum here for you Juice Media. These two posts sum up just what my friends and I have been discussing. The version for schools?
Yes as always we'll share a bleeped PG version shortly after the video comes out :)
Great work in progress. Probably want to change it to 'stayed' on holidays in Hawaii rather than 'went' as he was already there when the fires started. Some men just want to be on holiday as the world burns.
Thanks for the tip about "stayed" - I had to take a little poetic licence there so that I could start all the lines with "Leaving" as part of the recurring refrain of this episode! But yes, noted!
Good to revisit and maintain the malfeasance list regularly. I particularly appreciate the (new for me) term “shitfuckery”. It captures perfectly the Libnat mindset. No it’s more than mindset, it’s the core of their whole being.
Thanks Mike :)
Boy am I ready to immigrate!
Evidently their "values" are written in the contract they signed with Mephistopheles.
DONT CHANGE A THING - PERFECT! ♥♥♥
I agree
Definitely feel like ScoMo's specific lack of handling PR around the bushfire crisis is worth revisiting (forcing handshakes, rapidly leaving the town when it was clear he wasn't going to get any media bites)
All praise for the fire fighter who point blank told Scotty from self-promotion to “fuck off”. It was clear that he was so angry with the useless bastard that he didn’t manage to make the message as clear as he might have with “fuck RIGHT off you dopey cunt”
Needs a bit of tweaking but the basis is there! Well done.
Love the topic! But not so much a fan of the swearing.. I like it a lot more subtle ‘put the n back in cuts’ (that was brilliant!)
Agree. Whenever I refer to Scotty from marketing or that complete psychopath from border protection, I call them counts and add a footnote inviting the reader to remove the vowel of their own choosing. Wags usually want to know what a cont is.
I use the word liberally myself, I never use it in certain company as some people are offended by it. For this reason i cannot share the good message in your videos as i have had pushback about the language in some of your videos from family and friends. This has the effect of diluting your message and may put your credibility at a disadvantage when trying to win people over.
That’s true, but the stark contrast between the beautiful sophisticated articulation and the rough as guts swearing, punches home the anger that so many people feel towards these self-serving repulsive deadshits.
while I understand the use of profanities and the power of them when used prudently I feel that lately they are being overused, particularly the word 'cunt'.
Sounds suspiciously like British values! Except over there they are more blatant perhaps? Keep holding their feet to the fire 🔥
Yes lol ps. slowly gearing up for a UK version too :)
The list of lack of values increase by the day. The only way to reestablish values and decency in this land is to remove the entitled, removed from real life, white conservatives from government. Whatever will it take for the electorate to wake up? Giordano and team, if only you weren’t talking to the converted. It’s brilliant stuff and starkly horrifying at the same time. Thank you.
Thank you Sandra! You know, I think there's value in talking to the converted - we need to keep ourselves sane and engaged. That being said, I do think we reach people beyond our immediate political circle because of the comedy angle - although ofc that's just a hunch I don't have any metrics!
excellent content as ever.
Thank you!
......some desirable trait. It implies that no other nationality can lay claim to such values. Doubly despicable when those supposed values are not present.
Yeah agreed... its like when people talk about "Christian Values". They're just GOOD values, no need to claim ownership of them!
I always cringe when I hear some pollie proclaiming Australian Values. As if we are somehow superior in demonstrating (or not)
Looking forward to this one!!
I like it. When I saw the topic I did get excited. I wished It touched a little more on how I feel as a migrant when I see this "Australian values" business. My feelings include thoughts such as "ok, I am welcomed here, but as long as I please you", "I need to assimilate, I need to volunteer and contribute to be accepted, yet Australian born people don't need to", "I need to speak your language and dressed the way you like, to not make you feel uncomfortable" , "I have to respect our freedom of speech, but I can't say anything or disagree with anyone because I will be told that if i don't like it I should go back to where I come from'. And a few other things.... These "Australian Values" are being used to insult migrant's intelligence and belittle us. It's disgraceful.
Hi Natalia, thanks for this great message. As a fellow migrant, I hear you! I did consider venturing into this territory but I decided to use the "Values" frame more to criticise Govt policies than to actually address its treatment of migrants. Sorry to dissappoint you! I agree a video on this topic, focusing on the issues you mention, would also be good.
Great but you can ease up on the c@#t word. Plenty of other profanity available and used
I'm as sick of hearing about how full of shit they are as anyone, but "corruption" isn't actually profane.
Kudos Giordano and team. Corruption is this the issue, so much and so wrong. And thanks for giving Gladys some profile...she gets away with so much in NSW. Inept, Malfeasant and sooooo full shit. Thanks again for all you do.
Thank *you* Alpheus!
Authorised by the Department of Extramarital Affairs
Thanks Richard, good one! It could even be "Department of Home Affairs (wink wink)" I'm considering also "Department of Small Swinging Dicks" https://www.crikey.com.au/2021/03/10/big-swinging-dicks-liberal-party/
Absolutely gorgeous :D
Thanks Peter :) <3
Oh I can't wait to see this vid and share it all over the internet
Thanks Laurence hope you'll like it!
