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    0:00 The Jevons Paradox
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    1:30 Workplace Injuries
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  • @AussieBob999
    @AussieBob999 23 дня назад +445

    The sad thing is that ALL the Tony's are dead, resigned or retired - since 1990s. Now most of the bosses in the public service are Rhondas, and the rest are Jims.

    • @jefferyadc
      @jefferyadc 20 дней назад +7

      Sad how true this comment is

    • @riccardobater-james5396
      @riccardobater-james5396 16 дней назад +5

      They had this same thing before the 90s people are forever the same

    • @theredking3070
      @theredking3070 14 дней назад +2

      As a Rhonda I can confirm 😂

    • @lachlanrussell8283
      @lachlanrussell8283 13 дней назад +1

      my dad is in the top end of local gov and he's a total Tony. it's actually uncanny. even has the same hair

    • @Emperorvalse
      @Emperorvalse 12 дней назад

      I was pushed into a new infrastructure monitoring team so Jim and Rhonda could be unleashed. The upshot, delays, budget increases and increased bureaucracy not delivering anything other than uninformative pretty reports that hide the truth.

  • @venkatameesala
    @venkatameesala 26 дней назад +350

    The IT department really upped their game after the smartGov debacle

    • @philhahn
      @philhahn 14 дней назад +1

      Was that before or after the Census crash?

  • @captainpoppleton
    @captainpoppleton 26 дней назад +430

    Tony: Tasmania does not want a stadium
    AFL: QUICK, ANNOUNCE A TEAM

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce 26 дней назад

      money money... ahhh

    • @willow6228
      @willow6228 21 день назад

      @@wobblysauce we haven't got any - the state is in debt upto the eyeballs

  • @RaeneYT
    @RaeneYT 23 дня назад +105

    The part where theyre talking about how every team is outsourced or a separate organisation has me shaking in anger and frustration I had to close the video

  • @matthewlay9221
    @matthewlay9221 26 дней назад +278

    I work for a nsw government agency and this show is so accurate that it's scary

    • @zandaroos553
      @zandaroos553 24 дня назад +23

      I do utilities & infrastructure economic consulting for the U.S. government and I don’t like that they outed us here.

    • @phunk8607
      @phunk8607 22 дня назад +8

      Try Canberra… you would be shocked

    • @janemacintyre9801
      @janemacintyre9801 21 день назад +2

      same in Qld ...

    • @dimsoneill
      @dimsoneill 14 дней назад +1

      Consultants, today's bottom feeders. Please tell us what you would like to hear so we can charge like the light brigade to tell you would you would like to hear.
      PwC official uniform should be clown wigs and oversized novelty shoes. Oh and an mini bike and a toot horn.

    • @zandaroos553
      @zandaroos553 14 дней назад

      @@dimsoneill i mean how else will I afford my Beacon Hill apartment and Equinox membership

  • @AJ-kf4fc
    @AJ-kf4fc 26 дней назад +236

    the 50-50 in the independent consultation bit brought back corporate memories!! excellent piece

  • @bellarose5296
    @bellarose5296 26 дней назад +136

    Can’t help thinking about how hard it must have been to narrow the video down to just 10 minutes!

  • @aussieintexas61
    @aussieintexas61 26 дней назад +160

    i love the last clip with tony and the bigwigs. reminds me of jim hacker foiling sir humphrey on yes prime minister.

    • @hoilst265
      @hoilst265 24 дня назад +16

      Reminded me of the bit where Jim and Humphrey teamed up as "Transport Supremo" to start the trial in the PM's own electorate and tear down a bunch of parks and pools...

    • @g-forcemapping8454
      @g-forcemapping8454 24 дня назад +6

      @@hoilst265 Love that episode.

    • @650atash
      @650atash 21 день назад

      😊​@@hoilst265

    • @davespanksalot8413
      @davespanksalot8413 20 дней назад +7

      I just love that “who’s on board?” with an innocently inquiring look can be such a good burn 😂

  • @Ailieorz
    @Ailieorz 21 день назад +127

    4:35 I love how her assumption that Ash would have 'lived experience' of her question is also racist lol

    • @bodybalanceU2
      @bodybalanceU2 21 день назад +14

      Yes!!! that is why this show is so brilliant - this is reality

    • @midnight-matches
      @midnight-matches 18 дней назад +10

      Let’s dig deeper, respectfully.
      😂😂

  • @v66catta84
    @v66catta84 26 дней назад +61

    This show is beyond brilliant, and that last scene was so well done! Just watching everyone’s reaction as Tony laid out his plan! 😂

    • @kazwilson425
      @kazwilson425 23 дня назад +6

      And the look!👀 on Rhonda's face when he does is beyond gold. Like, she knows what he's done.

  • @snowyalice
    @snowyalice 20 дней назад +27

    My uncle who worked for the Australian Government at the time, said of The Hollowmen (basically the precursor of this series) that it was a documentary. This is absolutely true of this series!

    • @shykorustotora
      @shykorustotora День назад

      My mum worked in Parliament House back when I was little. She agrees, it's basically a documentary. That's exactly what it's like there

  • @townsvillian12
    @townsvillian12 19 дней назад +39

    Australia's gift to the world of satire - as a former public servant, I can vouch for its accuracy and its brilliance

  • @anthonypetniunas354
    @anthonypetniunas354 14 дней назад +10

    The High Speed Train is my favourite election "promise".
    It appears in almost every federal election, only for the feasibility study to come by 19-36 months later to say it isn't cost effective.

  • @KeepItSimpleSailor
    @KeepItSimpleSailor 22 дня назад +23

    I retired from the Australian Public Service some years ago - largely because of this sort of nonsense. This is so close to reality, it’s unsettling.

  • @laci272
    @laci272 26 дней назад +88

    This was the best show ever! Rob is killing it. Lots of love from Romania.

  • @G1Arduo
    @G1Arduo 20 дней назад +11

    "i'm getting an icecream headache", I can recall hundreds of times I could've used that line 🤣

  • @spirosmanisalis3463
    @spirosmanisalis3463 21 день назад +29

    This is truly amazing. Well done "Working Dog". Holding a mirror up to current Australian Affairs....government, bureaucracy, private companies, beholden interests....and it doesn't paint a pretty picture!! Australia is "all froth and no cappuccino".

    • @marcbiff2192
      @marcbiff2192 19 дней назад +3

      All of the Anglosphere is the same,anyone would think it was co-ordinated.

  • @cjwayn
    @cjwayn 26 дней назад +41

    You left the best bit to the last!

  • @davidc9441
    @davidc9441 13 дней назад +3

    I’ve literally been in a meeting when the door swung open and in came the admin girl with a facilities management person to measure space for a new desk. We all just sat there staring as they measured then walked out - all I could think of was Tony.

  • @JackdotC
    @JackdotC 19 дней назад +13

    If you're looking for something similar to this, there's a british show called "The Thick of it" with a similar vibe

    • @melsy7720
      @melsy7720 6 дней назад

      Loved that show too! 😂😂

  • @marisfenix
    @marisfenix 26 дней назад +69

    I would suggest this as part of mandatory school curriculum! At least we would be all less naive and benefit from the amazing healing properties of laughter 🤭

  • @danidu85
    @danidu85 23 дня назад +34

    People that fall into the Rhonda category, should never be allowed into the building

    • @dimsoneill
      @dimsoneill 14 дней назад

      They are running the building mate. And surrounding themselves hiring like-minded sycophants so no-one is left to logically question their BS and make them look silly.

    • @shykorustotora
      @shykorustotora День назад

      "I thought I banned her from the building.." - A line in one of the episodes

  • @simonchoi973
    @simonchoi973 26 дней назад +23

    I MUST save this documentary, it keeps me sane!

  • @reversefulfillment9189
    @reversefulfillment9189 18 дней назад +11

    The world wide professional managerial class desperately needs psilocybin mushroom therapy.

    • @dimsoneill
      @dimsoneill 14 дней назад +2

      This is true. I feel sorry for all the senior managers in my multinational. Workaholics with no lives and the most skewed perspective imaginable.

  • @noplacelikestorybrooke6968
    @noplacelikestorybrooke6968 24 дня назад +17

    Love this show. Always quoting episodes whenever anything it predicted comes to life 😅 LOVE the last scene - Tony is so clever for that 😆

  • @Kx0195
    @Kx0195 22 дня назад +7

    This is fucking iconic 😂😂😂 production quality and acting off the charts. Reminds me of an angry The Office

  • @janemacintyre9801
    @janemacintyre9801 24 дня назад +18

    I only realised recently that Tony is the SAME TONY from the Hollowmen !!!

    • @bodybalanceU2
      @bodybalanceU2 21 день назад +5

      he wrote both the shows

    • @janemacintyre9801
      @janemacintyre9801 21 день назад +3

      @@bodybalanceU2 I didn't realise he was the same character though :)

  • @tonygroves5526
    @tonygroves5526 22 дня назад +12

    "I'm hoping they're a death metal band." 😂

  • @timewarpblackhole
    @timewarpblackhole 26 дней назад +20

    The WHS one fills me with rage

    • @willow6228
      @willow6228 21 день назад +2

      agree - so accurate

  • @rustycherkas8229
    @rustycherkas8229 23 дня назад +8

    Excellent series, Working Dog!
    "UIN" card ending deserving of a Loggie!
    The episode with "Bert", the "second pass" retiree showing the 7 billion dollar light rail could be done for 2 billion, then let go "to reduce gov't expenditure".
    Or, the student writing Ministerial Briefings on "Blockchain" and Jim's reflection on the news about the student's schoolwork. "Attention to detail. Very important in life."
    Where did you find that woman from HR???
    To write "Excellent series, Working Dog!" is a massive undersell of this production. All involved justified feeling extremely(!) proud of their work.

  • @sachinjr
    @sachinjr 22 дня назад +25

    "A failure to plan is a plan for failure"
    "Give me the book"
    "Nah..."
    😄

  • @steveryan4410
    @steveryan4410 24 дня назад +24

    Can i check if they are Breathing...?
    Not Yet..

  • @joesr31
    @joesr31 14 дней назад +2

    Any office worker can relate to this, its ridiculous how almost anywhere its the same

  • @midgetwars1
    @midgetwars1 24 дня назад +12

    5:50 beautiful yes minister homage

    • @stultuses
      @stultuses 24 дня назад +2

      Ha ha ha, yes, this show is really a short skit version of Yes Minister, probably because people's attention spans these days are so short, they couldn't do a full Yes Minister version

    • @newremote
      @newremote 24 дня назад +8

      @@stultuses These aren't stand alone short skits. They are brief excerpts from the half-hour episodes of Utopia that go to make up a series, like Yes Minister. There have been 5 series of Utopia, of 8 episodes each, since 2014.

  • @VickiSclarr-sk1de
    @VickiSclarr-sk1de 16 дней назад +3

    I laughed and laughed then cried and cried-we experience this every day 🤦‍♀️

  • @archimedesscrew3710
    @archimedesscrew3710 26 дней назад +44

    Too close to the truth!😂
    From the UK.

  • @jamiejones8508
    @jamiejones8508 22 дня назад +4

    I just want to say that I saw the shorts…and had to watch the series. I was not disappointed; “Yes Minister” for the 21st Century!

  • @briangasser973
    @briangasser973 26 дней назад +26

    It looks like a great show, not sure why it is not streamed outside Australia. Seems ABC could make money on international broadcast rights. Unless I get a VPN, I cant watch it in the US.

    • @Steve-jx3mh
      @Steve-jx3mh 26 дней назад +4

      I think its called dreamland in the US

    • @christopheryoung3850
      @christopheryoung3850 22 дня назад +2

      It is streamed on Netflix.

    • @briangasser973
      @briangasser973 22 дня назад +3

      @christopheryoung3850 Thank You! Not sure why it was renamed. Made searching for it a problem.

    • @briangasser973
      @briangasser973 22 дня назад +1

      @@Steve-jx3mh thank you!

    • @michaelbootes4822
      @michaelbootes4822 21 день назад +1

      @@briangasser973I think there’s an American sci-fi series of the same name. It may have been rebranded to avoid confusion

  • @conorchristmas6844
    @conorchristmas6844 13 дней назад +1

    Those watching the politics around Brisbane 2032 Olympic preparations only need to see this show or that awesome show from the 90’s about the Sydney Olympic preparations called “The Games” it had Gina Riley in it and was hilarious.

  • @PanduAsli
    @PanduAsli 23 дня назад +9

    Dear God this whole video feels like a leaked footage

  • @gregbower245
    @gregbower245 15 дней назад

    I have been that guy shown some forsaken dirt patch by a developer touting urban sprawl drivel. This is too accurate for me to laugh, well done Working Dog.

  • @0ddSavant
    @0ddSavant 15 дней назад

    How have I never heard of this?
    Ohmygod. Right in the feels.
    Good looking out, OP.

  • @hmson4378
    @hmson4378 18 дней назад +1

    Just brilliant!

  • @richardm7181
    @richardm7181 24 дня назад +2

    This show is even more realistic than the Yes Minister series... this last though is gold... tracking Canberra

  • @JJausJ
    @JJausJ 22 дня назад +2

    It’s so funny because it’s so true to form for our inept pollies!

  • @SuperHowie001
    @SuperHowie001 24 дня назад +4

    They keep flagging up building a Nuclear Power Station in Australia. Canberra is the ideal place to build it.

  • @taritoon
    @taritoon День назад

    The very fast train is too relatable to Newcastle Sydney train situation.

  • @lunalangton5776
    @lunalangton5776 26 дней назад +22

    The one you've currently titled "Australia's Defence Policy In 2023 Explained" is still the most real tbh 😹

  • @Georgiesworkshop
    @Georgiesworkshop 21 день назад +1

    Rob you are a master.

  • @danieldenholm3899
    @danieldenholm3899 14 дней назад

    Lemo should get an Emmy.

  • @harleydavo1099
    @harleydavo1099 13 дней назад +1

    Pure gold.

  • @ScootsFromNewCastle
    @ScootsFromNewCastle 15 дней назад +1

    I’m an American and this is absolutely hilarious 😂

  • @alanhill769
    @alanhill769 16 дней назад +2

    I find this show depressingly true.

  • @aswukman
    @aswukman 23 дня назад +2

    I plan on using the Jevons Paradox in an argument to lower my property taxes.

  • @AricSchmidt
    @AricSchmidt 23 дня назад +1

    Where can I find this streaming in America? Great show

    • @christopheryoung3850
      @christopheryoung3850 22 дня назад +2

      Netflix...They renamed it 'Dreamland' for the US...in Australia it is called 'Utopia'.

  • @Meadowstone_Kentucky
    @Meadowstone_Kentucky 16 дней назад +1

    Where can I stream this show in the USA?

  • @ivanb52
    @ivanb52 25 дней назад +4

    cringe laughed the whole way through those snippets.
    now just weeping

  • @zhanruide84
    @zhanruide84 7 часов назад

    When is this show coming to the UK?!

  • @savascolakoglu7835
    @savascolakoglu7835 26 дней назад +2

    ...magnificent .. 🙂🙃

  • @rionjames
    @rionjames 24 дня назад +1

    What is this show I need to see it? 🤗🤗

  • @adetutuolaifa
    @adetutuolaifa 26 дней назад +3

    Where can I watch the show😢

    • @Steve-jx3mh
      @Steve-jx3mh 26 дней назад

      Abc iview and netflix as well has some seasons

  • @donaldhobson8873
    @donaldhobson8873 21 день назад +1

    If 2x as many people are using the road, then that's a benefit. Those people are going somewhere they want to go.

    • @SimonBuchanNz
      @SimonBuchanNz 21 день назад

      In the actual rule, there's exactly as many people going to just as any places, just in a smaller space.

  • @philippos5547
    @philippos5547 22 дня назад +4

    Twelve plus eight and two after that.

  • @xphunterlee8948
    @xphunterlee8948 14 дней назад +1

    how do I watch outside of Australia!?😭

  • @nituldeshptha99
    @nituldeshptha99 23 дня назад +2

    Just 10 minutes? I thought you would upload all the seasons?

  • @zfjames
    @zfjames 22 дня назад +1

    How do I watch these from America?

  • @nevyn_karres
    @nevyn_karres 22 дня назад +1

    ... I really want the super steam train.

  • @BB-et8pl
    @BB-et8pl 26 дней назад +12

    It just hurts to watch

    • @andypandy8569
      @andypandy8569 25 дней назад +1

      Those Working Dog bastards. Too clever by half!

  • @ex.perdition
    @ex.perdition 14 дней назад +1

    I thought this whole show was a documentary

  • @peteyoung3124
    @peteyoung3124 23 дня назад +2

    I enjoy every clip I ever see from this show but is this show only like 5 episodes? I only see the same clips again and again. I wanna see more of it. 😂

  • @Omertahun
    @Omertahun День назад

    the scary part is how you'd think and you'd hope that idiots will collapse and ruin everything and they go down the shitter with their idiot solutions and ideas, and then you see in real life that they are doing just fine, in most cases a lot better than someone with common sense, experience, knowledge, understanding, capability.

  • @darien6341
    @darien6341 21 день назад +2

    Wait, what is this show and why have i never heard of it before?

  • @Bushmansmeg
    @Bushmansmeg 10 дней назад

    I love John Legend :'D

  • @corneliusschmidt3549
    @corneliusschmidt3549 12 дней назад +1

    Its called Bread and games

  • @presntnow
    @presntnow 22 дня назад +2

    .....Hoping they're a Death Metal Band! 😂😂😂

  • @johncongerton7046
    @johncongerton7046 14 дней назад +1

    Marvellous

  • @rangah30
    @rangah30 22 дня назад +1

    This is to accurate...

  • @philipstevenson5166
    @philipstevenson5166 14 дней назад +1

    i'm going to live in the desert with a dog

  • @VinylCP
    @VinylCP 26 дней назад +2

    Here, hear.

  • @_Vicarious
    @_Vicarious 26 дней назад +6

    Utopia should do a show, or even a season on DELWP in Victoria. Absolute basket case.

  • @rolfschmidt3296
    @rolfschmidt3296 21 день назад +1

    This show is so amazing, it’s so close to reality.
    But also: I cannot watch this show, it’s too close to reality.

  • @Drazja
    @Drazja 24 дня назад +1

    I knew I should have moved to Australia

  • @CroneLife1
    @CroneLife1 23 дня назад +2

    I would *love* to watch this series; but, sadly, it's only available in Australia. Yet its presentation of how government works at the municipal offices level shows how universal is human behavior. How can I watch this series in Canada?

  • @sakr-el-bahr272
    @sakr-el-bahr272 День назад

    The age of word salads.
    Welcome to America.

  • @DB-ez9ud
    @DB-ez9ud 12 дней назад +2

    So glad I left Victoria

  • @teresawilkinson6231
    @teresawilkinson6231 13 дней назад +1

    I can't watch without being triggered & having a panic attack 😳

  • @nevyn_karres
    @nevyn_karres 22 дня назад +1

    Was the coffee drugged?

  • @PhotosmithAustralia
    @PhotosmithAustralia 24 дня назад +1

    Love the show . Cant watch this .🤪

  • @Steve-jx3mh
    @Steve-jx3mh 26 дней назад +7

    We would value your independent assessment... in the form of.
    I wouldnt want to presuppose... suppose you did.
    Any questions... not now

  • @shezario
    @shezario 23 дня назад +1

    It looks great, yet very frustrating at the same time. Way too close to reality...

  • @husbandryenvy433
    @husbandryenvy433 22 дня назад +3

    Totally unique to see something so witty and clever coming from Australia of all places.

  • @phunk8607
    @phunk8607 22 дня назад +3

    Canberran can’t watch this documentary. Too close to work 😂 everything is too personal

  • @nic6754
    @nic6754 22 дня назад

    😂😂😂😂

  • @grug_g
    @grug_g 5 дней назад +1

    Thought this was the already existing, much better UK show named Utopia or the other already existing reboot, much much worse US show also called Utopia

  • @robriste
    @robriste 22 дня назад

    dig id ,, bahahaha

  • @mikemondano3624
    @mikemondano3624 21 день назад

    The length in the title? Those word-count papers in high school made you get diarrhea of the mouth.

  • @jamestaylor8577
    @jamestaylor8577 22 дня назад +1

    I can't watch it. It's far too real and depressing lol.

  • @stultuses
    @stultuses 24 дня назад +2

    "Yes Minister", all over again
    Except Yes Minister was in the 80s when people's attention span was longer and show character development was important

  • @starcarbonracer
    @starcarbonracer 21 день назад

    Clicked on it to dislike that dumb ass title. Great show though.

  • @biscuit4259
    @biscuit4259 16 дней назад

    Is this on Netflix?