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@aussiegod4269

Жыл бұрын

Australian Parliament used to be composed people from all walks of life. Now it’s just lawyers, economists, bankers etc. Welcome to the 21st century.

@anguscampbell3020

Жыл бұрын

The legislation he describes at 7:00 is such a blatantly evil piece of legislation, it's fundamentally anti-democratic. How can anyone possibly look at a political party that wants to do that and think it represents them?

@brynfeneley1291

Жыл бұрын

Please for the love of god do an interview with Mark's son Gerard

@basillah7650

Жыл бұрын

Easy to stop it just take out the money no party donations means no career politicians they doing it for the money not the people a bribe means they let everyone die..

@basillah7650

Жыл бұрын

Democrats have nothing to do with left in Australia they are corrupt as hell Bill clinton even having sex and getting blowjobs in the whitehouse hillary only stayed with him since wanted to use his name to run as president herself and want her daughters to run as well talk about out doing the bush family that do the same thing.

"A career as an electrician gave me a good grounding". 🤣 Nice.

@jharv58

Жыл бұрын

Being grounded is important to him.

@ithinkurf

Жыл бұрын

I found his comments electrifying

@Blackheathenly

Жыл бұрын

Ohm my god, that's a good play on words.

@leonkernan

Жыл бұрын

Watt sort of gag is that?

@3four4door59

Жыл бұрын

I'm in shock 😮

The 80s and 90s we got obsessed of 'Balanced Budgets'. I qualified as an Accountant and found out that when a government sells an asset (such as the SEC in Victoria) it was put as INCOME when 'in the real world' it is like selling your house then renting it from the new owner.

@wabisabi3619

Жыл бұрын

Neoliberalism, championed by Regan and Thatcher. It’s a symptom of corporate control over government. A way to end it is to stop political donations.

@DougieL

Жыл бұрын

Yep, exactly. Like when a consultancy is hired by a corporation, they come in and steal everyone's watches and then charge them to know what time it is... It is all one big scourge... ;)

@delailama736

Жыл бұрын

Depends how cheap rent is.

@midgetwars1

Жыл бұрын

Uhh wasn't that like obvious though? Everytime the government sells it off, it's obviously "income" as in they get cash money but they lose the asset.

@czarkusa2018

Жыл бұрын

Classic junkienomics

He's down to earth. Positive attitude. No crimping his style. I guess he'll be soldering on. Knows watt he's on about, this bloke. Now there's a politician who's actually aplier-ed himself. This interview went full circuit. I hope he's not on his ohm in this quest to get more ordinary Aussies into politics. Conducts himself with respect and understanding of the common man.

@billybunter3753

Жыл бұрын

Burn baby burn! 😂🤪🧨🚒

@TheDaidai05

Жыл бұрын

Comment is a bit overcharged with puns

@comet.x

Жыл бұрын

these were good enough puns that I didn't notice it until 4 puns down lol

@lifeasrini

Жыл бұрын

🤣 nice

@jasonoconnell3557

Жыл бұрын

You forgot really good grounding, but i love it

As an American, I beg of you, DONT KEEP CAREER POLITICANS IN POWER!

@matthewridgeway9250

Жыл бұрын

BINGO!

@Vakentz0r

Жыл бұрын

its okay - we have an uncanny habit of yeeting prime ministers.

@David-lr2vi

Жыл бұрын

@@Vakentz0r 😂

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

to late mate... this boat sailed long ago.. our PM from labour has never had a job in his life

@coasterblocks3420

Жыл бұрын

@@johney3734 firstly it’s Labor, and secondly you are correct - he’s never had a real job in his life.

Here in Sweden we were for a while the only European country with a PM that didn't graduate university, but had his background in the steel union. He got a lot of flack for that and whenever I saw that I wondered why the alternative, a university head-in-the-coulds snob, would be better. Working a real job should be a must for entering a life of politics.

@Harveydentonstoads

Жыл бұрын

There is a very prominent Labour politician in the UK named Angela Rayner. She herself gets a lot of flack because she got pregnant at 15 and so left school. She gets derided as ‘uneducated’ - but not everyone in Britain gets to go to Oxford?! Surely you need a parliament that accurately represents everyone?!

@kingbillycokebottle5484

Жыл бұрын

A union isn't a real job, it's something workers should do,. But it's not a working class job, I'd say his work before the union is more important. Have ya got any brick layer politicians?

@samnicolson1197

Жыл бұрын

Teaching, Nursing, social work - these professions all require university degrees and are definitely real jobs. I take your point, and the Australian parliament has way too many lawyers - but don't fall into the 'everyone who goes to uni is out of touch' trap

@kingbillycokebottle5484

Жыл бұрын

@@samnicolson1197 given mandated diversity training I'd say it takes a few years to readjust to the real world (I get it, don't be a dick but what does diversity and inclusion have to do with engineering? You can do the maths or ya can't) but I see ya point. Personally I think nursing should start as an apprenticeship type deal with university at the end to become an RN, I've known some great nurses, as for teachers, can't stand most of em, I couldn't do my field of preference professionally so let me teach it (re history and science teachers) again I see ya point. I just know too many people who went to uni and lost their grip on reality. Especially union types, straight from uni into union offices, I think they should have a mandated muddying of the trowel period so they can get a feel of what apprentices and tradesmen have to live with before they head into a union office. Again. The cmfeu probably poisoned my mind over unions, but point stands, worlds become too suit and tie focused, and not labour focused. Like I'd vote Labor every time if they'd drop the whole identity politics, like we're all Aussies, that should be the unifying factor not ethnic voting mafias.

@kingbillycokebottle5484

Жыл бұрын

@@samnicolson1197 my big point on acidemia is that is too peer focused, it must be true cos everyone says it is, it just a modern mediaeval church, the science/subject is settled, there's nothing new to ever discover and if a new discovery proves a field incorrect it must be at wrong cos everything that's written says otherwise. Like no one wants to admit they can be wrong I get it, but when credentialism takes priority over new and different avenues of thought I just get shitty. And when I hear uni student or graduate I just think of credentialism

Mark is bang on about when you attend your local branch meetings. My local member is a mum, volunteers at the local footy club, plays at the netball club, there were sparkies there, uni kids, ex nurses, teachers, people from retail, hospitality, most of us went to the local public schools, it was a good mix of the local community.

But Jordies! Spending the entirety of your life around the rich and powerful of the political world is the best way to stay down to earth and truly understand the struggles of the people!

@jenf2857

Жыл бұрын

Sky News is a great way of staying in touch with the real world too .... Hahahahaha

@patg9754

Жыл бұрын

Both sides are puppets. Just look at the mess with covid, both sides trying to control and restrict.

@Jen-eo1fh

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@freezmac

Жыл бұрын

Mislav just projects that aura.

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

i looked it up Anthony Norman Albanese has done nothing but work in politics.. this interview is an interview with a freak... almost all of our political leaders have never worked in there life

"Gave me a really good grounding" says the ex-electrician about being an electrician

Maybe Labor should make their slogan/motto ‘for gamers by gamers’

@zephyrz9544

Жыл бұрын

What a call back

@DoctorProph3t

Жыл бұрын

I think I still have my G4C card lying around lmao

@anotherguttersnipe2

Жыл бұрын

Michael Atkinson was also part of the Labor Party. That guy was definitely not a gamer......

@billybunter3753

Жыл бұрын

Or maybe, BURN BABY BURN! 🤪😂🤣🧨🚒

@_JC_21

Жыл бұрын

Leave the comedy to Jordy, mate.

In the states the pharmaceutical companies and corporations are running the show here in Oz it's property developers

@mykehog6646

Жыл бұрын

And the mining industries

@DaveC1983.

Жыл бұрын

@@mykehog6646 sorry I forgot about those guys

@janemacintyre9801

Жыл бұрын

and miners and pokies ...

Did he just say the electrical trade gave him a good grounding - haha

A friend who works for an international airline told me recently that international corporations don’t pay GST. For example, you pay GST on a ticket booked with them, but at tax time they claim all GST they paid back on their tax bill. Just another loophole to rort the tax system and rip off Australians. Maybe Labor could look at fixing that…

@DoctorProph3t

Жыл бұрын

ATO wants an international business 40% debit tax, ask your local member to support.

@kungfutzu3779

Жыл бұрын

the tax was designed to only apply to the final retail sale. if it were not so, think what it would be like if the airline paid gst on the purchase of the aeroplane, the aeroplane manufacturer paid gst on the materials & parts & energy they use, the parts suppliers did likewise & the materials suppliers paid gst on what they bought from mines etc - & that's to oversimplify matters - some imputs may have a supply chaing going back hundreds of links. so only the end user pays gst, anyone who's on-selling the product for which they paid gst claims that gst back.

@hjf3022

Жыл бұрын

This isn't a rort, it's supposed to happen this way so the same product isn't repeatedly subject to the same tax as it makes its way to the consumer. For example, I do computer repair work. If I need to buy a replacement hard drive to fix someone's computer, I need to charge them GST on that item. When I purchase that HDD from the computer store, if I have to pay GST on that like a normal consumer would, then it will have been subject to GST twice. Now if the computer store had to pay GST on it when they bought it, it will have been subject to GST three times, and so on. This would obviously be a very crappy system, and that's why it doesn't work that way.

@marchofdissonance

Жыл бұрын

The fact multinationals avoid paying any tax is and should be an absolute embarrassment to any government in power. We're probably the only country that's in a position to close that loophole, but no, let's allow these cunts to fuck us and... Import coal just for funsies 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

@Coolsomeone234

Жыл бұрын

That's intentional

As an American I can say this both hurts and is accurate

Did anyone else catch Mark's joke about being a sparky for 30 yrs giving him a good "grounding"

@sharne1577

Жыл бұрын

Yes it was great

@_JC_21

Жыл бұрын

Yes it was greay

As an American, I think this is a fascinating view on politics. The point made talking about how we need more people from the trades to get into politics because it’s so saturated with career politicians makes a lot of sense.

@challennarose270

Жыл бұрын

We desperately need to boost the trades here. I work on the office side and my guys deserve better. So many are conservative because they are treated like horse shit by the liberals and right wing media have pumped so much propaganda down their throats. They aren't stupid they KNOW they are destroying their bodies for pennies...but they have been told from childhood that's just what life is like. Then when a bunch get together to push for idk unpaid sick days like the rail workers did, liberal gov swoops in and sides with the companies. It's heart breaking how union busting destroyed generations.

@peepawfart

7 ай бұрын

@@challennarose270 The idea of liberal gov siding with companies is the most fascinating thing ever because where I live it is the opposite. Every liberal I know is pro-union, and advocates for raising the minimum wage (also very big on bigger maternity leave, more sick days, better employee protection). Every conservative I know sides with companies because "If you dont work 60 hours a week you are lazy. Unions are bad. you dont need to raise minimum wage, you need to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. you should just get another job. you're going to raise my taxes!"

In Queensland, the last time the LNP were in power they ordered trains from India because they were 'cheaper'. They had so many issues with them that it cost millions to retro fit them to be accessible for people with disabilities, the drivers couldn't see where the edge of the stations were to stop, they had communication issues with them. But the worst part of this was that it destroyed the company in Maryborough that made these trains, this has had a flow on impact in this small town where one of the major employers was now gone. This once again is where you need voices from people who work in these industries to be heard before you make a 'textbook economically correct' decision and look at the logistics of what the impact may be to save a million dollars here or there.

Love this. Before my time as a HR consultant (now work in local government) I had done a bit of everything. Worked in sawmills, heavy industry, even environmental services driving a garbage truck 😂 because of this my priority is always building a workplace that people can grow and be comfortable in, because i have seen what it can do to someones wellbeing when they feel stuck in a place where they are not valued.

"Trades, cleaners or ... plumbers" spoken like an sparky

@noragenneirfallas903

Жыл бұрын

yeah I had a laugh because we say the same thing and exclude sparkies from the trades - Plumber

Agree politics and politicians could benefit from having the average person who has lived in the real non entitled world would help them relate and make real policies for going forward 👍 Thanks @friendlyjordies for another great segment ✨️🇦🇺

@basillah7650

Жыл бұрын

Easy to stop it just take out the money no party donations means no career politicians they doing it for the money not the people a bribe means they let everyone die..

I actually had the pleasure of meeting Mark at the HSU conference earlier this year, he seems like a very genuine guy so great to see you showcasing some more of NSW Labor's finest!

@Internetbutthurt

Жыл бұрын

HSU LOL. Dont mention Cathy Jackson or Craig Thompson or Michael Williamson etc

Yes, yes, yes, we had all heard ad infininitum that "Labor it the party of working Australians". is that why it has abandoned the jobless to poverty?

@lunsmann

Жыл бұрын

The unemployed, the disabled AND the old age pensioners - all get absolutely fuck all from the ALP's first budget - but the well off get the fucking stage 3 tax cuts locked in.

I have been saying this for 10 plus years. So glad you guys are discussing this.

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

you will be saying it in 10 years mate.. nothing will change.. the rich get richer the poor get poorer.. labour dose not rep workers!!!! it reps the middle road of right and left wing.. its half mining, half banking, mmmmm middle road

@justinwright6611

Жыл бұрын

@@johney3734 sadly…. I totally agree.

@dougieboxell6505

Жыл бұрын

@@johney3734 the whole point of this video is to do something about that so it doesn't happen in 10 years

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

@@dougieboxell6505 you are stupid and and a waste of life!!!! you mother should be ashamed she birthed you

Big fan of this format of interviewing! I think the intersplicing of interview footage and edited explanations is a really good mix! Great stuff! :D

I'm in a Union, and I work for a Union, best career move I ever made.

@Wagon_Lord

Жыл бұрын

Who works for the union that you're in?

@robertholland7558

Жыл бұрын

I worked for a union too, but it was called a society or association!

@Internetbutthurt

Жыл бұрын

Unions are scum now. They largely cant represent workers because they have no power and are full of wannabe political careerists.

@warlikeplate4407

Жыл бұрын

I was a Union member for 20 years. I asked them for help with unpaid income and got nothing. They changed my contact 3 times in 2 months, never solved anything. I called a Solicitor who sent HR 1 email, got paid the next day. I cancelled my membership, they took 6 months to stop taking fees and wouldn't refund me. FSU btw.

This is one of the best video's Ive watched in a while and I'm not referring to just Freindly Jordie video's either. A great remider and motivator that anyone can stand up for and run for politics. Thanks for the motivation guys!

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

agree.. this is a topic i care for very much and its a big part of why ppl dont trust pollys any more

This is so true, and watch out as someone from the UK, I was surprised how the focus group loving, anti worker section of the Labour party acted to destroy Corbyn when he tried to get the party to represent the working class.

The Labor party is actually the party of consultants. In 1985 Keating wanted to "modernise" the ATO so he brought in McKinseys and Booz Allen and other corporate cockroaches to assist in the modernisation of the federal public service startingn with the ATO. They were pulling $2o million or so in those days for their "insights". This was also done in social security as it was then known along with other departments. At the same time the Labor party introduced new contracts for SES staff. The reason this was done was because of the behaviour of old school permanent heads such as Fred Wheeler, Lennie Hewitt, John Stone and so on during 1975. Labor made the public sector less secure so that people like Hewitt etc al could never wield the power they used to wield. In the nearly 40 years since then we have seen the intellectual decline of the public sector . You can see the effects of consultants in everything (the NDIS is a classic example). Keating financialised the Labor party so much that the Labor party has actually got in bed with slimeball financial planners who want to sue AMP because they don't think it has given them enough money under buyer of last resort agreements. Now Jordan, you need to to realise that one of the reasons the Libs hated Keating so viscerally was that he beat them at their own game. He always wanted to piss upon the Tory cretins who inhabited stockbroking and he achieved that with Industry Funds Management. But Labor is actually no longer a workers' party so just get rid of that delusion. The Tories are execrable for all sorts of other reasons but you actually need to understand that Labor is not Mother Theresa.

@petemcgough8397

Жыл бұрын

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@joevonbornemann4367

Жыл бұрын

That is why people need to join the labor party to help ensure the party have more grass roots input. to move the party forward in the interest of Australians. A defeatist negative attitude by members will not work and will increase the influence of paid lobbyist and so call consultants.

It's interesting fj brings this up. On one hand, I think more people need to get involved in politics, esp local. These days, being informed isn't enough you need to be proactive if you want to see change. On the other hand, people I know who do get involved with the major parties very quickly become disillusioned or get pushed out because there's too many 'party before policy/country' types in these groups. I suppose if people joined these parties in droves it would help tackle the problem and keep things grounded, but idk I'm sceptical.

@DoctorProph3t

Жыл бұрын

An age old rule that doesn’t change; be the change you want to see and you’ll see change.

"gave me a really good grounding" - former electrician, I don't think that was intentional, but I laughed

7 min in and my skin is crawling.... the shit that happens behind closed doors to subvert coordinated grass root efforts BREAKS MY FAITH

Oh man, I can't believe I joined a political party cos Jordo Shanks finally wore me down

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

do you regret it?

@damien4061

Жыл бұрын

I’m now considering joining a party - something I’ve never considered until watching The Friendly Jordies

Can Mark please pay Palaszczuk a visit? Queenslanders are hurting and her last announcement was regarding a reno of the Southbank Parklands (pretty sure privately managed) in preparation for the Olympics no one wants. Homeless families gonna love visiting Southbank I guess, while we stare down the barrel of I'm gonna say a 99.99% likely summer flood which invariably includes Southbank itself going underwater. So, great investment there.

@cirtainrod9492

Жыл бұрын

She is the worst premier we have ever had. Neglects rural and regional areas while wasting money on shit like this

Good points all. Overseas manufacture also keeps us engineering skills poor. It's a big country, we need engineers.

Level headed & rounded bloke, good to have him in there

I don't usually watch the interviews (Spanian being the exception) but this one was pretty interesting. Nice to see a politician with an actual job

@PandaKnight52

Жыл бұрын

Fair amount of Labor pollies have had actual jobs before a stint in politics.

Agree - join but be active in both ALP & union. The disconnect btwn mbrs and union staff/officials is just as bad in unions. Only being engaged stops self serving bosses in both orgs.

It infuriates me when we talk about how we sold things like water and electricity.

Dressed in his ‘golf Friday’s hahahaha’ just like us ‘common’ people. Hahahaha

As A young American who has a soft interest in politics and also who has seen the horror of career politicians who don’t really get why a lot of us just don’t care (aka they don’t really care about things important to us except for hot takes that extremests yell about) this has made me retract some of my views on unions (just not American unions) it never even occurred to me the they could be used to help prop up a true grass roots party member like they do in Australia and that’s amazing to see and also depressing to know it’s abolished here. I have been in a union for 7 years just as job security and basically watch my dues either sit in a bank or pay for expensive trips to Florida for the higher ups to go to “training” for a week. But being able to back a politician I actually am behind? That would be amazing

fascinating and overall great video, as an American i’d like to emphasize the exact problem as not just a Democratic Party problem, but an american govt. problem. absolutely none of our politicians above the local level have any grounding in the common working people. the Bush family is the prime example but it really is just about all of them.

I'm not really into politics, but damn you Jordan, you just convinced me to join NSW Labor. even to fork over $40 in membership fees.

@attilajuhasz2526

Жыл бұрын

And it's tax deductible, to boot!

@MattGuyMP

Жыл бұрын

@@attilajuhasz2526 I’ve been an ALP member for years. Didn’t know it was tax deductible until this year.

@attilajuhasz2526

Жыл бұрын

@@MattGuyMP talk to your accountant. Union membership is tax deductible. I'm not entirely certain if political parties are classed as such.

@billybunter3753

Жыл бұрын

@@MattGuyMP That's because you're a labor voter....Dumb as doggy doo doos....🤣😂

@MattGuyMP

Жыл бұрын

@@billybunter3753 cheers for that champ. I’d feel insulted if that came from someone other than a neck beard with all the personality of a half eaten stale cruskit. But do continue.

I'm glad that someone from Labor has come on and is talking.

Thanks again man your content is not only inspiring, it is the only thing worth my time coming out on any of the many mediums we get advertised to us in excess

Was that your actual aquarium in the clip? If so bangin!! Want to see more of your tanks. As a side note I do enjoy seeing these polly interviews, good stuff

Forming my own party called the force Friendlyjordies to make warhammer videos party

Jordan, can we talk about the Beetaloo Basin? I'm worried.

as a data analyst, id love to work in parliament to use data to make informed policy decisions however politics seems like the most difficult field to get into.

@benjamingraham137

Жыл бұрын

Australian public service!

Yeah as a Labor member, I warn that your branch matters more than the party itself.

@jamdonut4444

Жыл бұрын

Still may be interested in joining can you explain further.

@Ocker3

Жыл бұрын

@@VeganTrove You mean apart from their media release on the 14th of May 2022 titled Labor will strengthen Medicare? First deliverable: "Improved patient access to General Practice, including after-hours".

@robertholland7558

Жыл бұрын

Ah the BRANCH! And the branch constitution! Be afraid, very very afraid!

@markcoroneos7811

Жыл бұрын

@@VeganTrove had a similar experience with a north sydney suburbs branch around 2015 that were mostly staunch communists who referred to eachother as comrade. Only lasted a few meetings before i bailed. All they talked about was neo liberalism and how horrible capitalism was.

@Coolsomeone234

Жыл бұрын

+1

I’m an American and a new subscriber and most normal people in America hate both parties. We definitely need a labor party here. The only place for politicians is on a boat to North Sentinel Island ❤.

@FartCity-WorldDomination

10 ай бұрын

I guess that’s why most working class people resonated with trump a lot, because he was not a career politician. Obviously he’s been goofed on by the media for his decisions but in terms of what he has done, certainly better than the career politician in office now.

As a consultant myself, I love this! Thanks Jordan.

The number one thing Australia could do is maybe ditch the idea that the parties should be able to decide the leader without input from the rank and file membership. Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn were both popular among rank and file membership but were vetoed by the executive of the party. Also, the problem isn’t “money in politics”, we live under capitalism and as long as we do it will be impossible to achieve sustainable outcomes for working people. Case and point: the ALP idea of “accords”, accords are agreements made in-between unions, business and government, the problem is that it’s impossible to have an outcome which benefits every one of those parties. Business and unions have irreconcilable differences which cannot be ignored, and every “accord” the ALP has struck has ended up benefiting business in the long-term at the expense of unions and regular people.

I think all politicians should have at least 5 years real-world job experience (including actual research academia). Barndoor was only an accountant for a short time before becoming a pollly, same for Gillard who was a pretty unsuccessful lawyer prior to politics. But assuming tradies are the lower-end of earners is a bit of a mistake as they earn well above the median on average (starting off at about $10k above the median wage). Also it is a mistake not to treat union interests the same as business interests. Remember the issue with the wharfies vs the farmers where the wharfies were gouging the market and attempted to use their union to stop any form of competition. The other issue is the kind of people who join political parties while young, they tend to be 'true believers' who will always believe whatever the party says, regardless of the actual evidence.

@smithynoir9980

Жыл бұрын

Unions absolutely need to be as, if not much more, influencial than any business advocacy group (aka Unions but for business owners).

@slipoch6635

Жыл бұрын

@@smithynoir9980 The issue with overreach is a problem in every facet of this, a lot of the middle-aged people will remember the fear-mongering and anti-competitive stances of a lot of unions. Some of us even remember unions being busted for running protection rackets. They have also been anti-competitive frequently in the past (see the docks issue above), is a union good to protect worker's rights? yes. Is a union that has no competition or regulation a good thing? no. look at the laws repealed for construction holding the builders and engineers accountable for major defects that were rolled back in the 80''s/90's, these were at the instigation of the construction union. TBH I think we need a balance between business owners and unions, but mostly we need to also remember that the trades and union members are no longer the lowest paid in society and have not been for a very long time and also that a LOT of union members also own businesses as well so the unions are not always about the workers specifically, but also those business interests.

Unfortunately there are many career politicians on both sides and in all countries. Usually regular people that enter politics to do some good get chewed up and spat out by those that entered only to do themselves some good. PS. Have a word with Albo and see how he is getting on with releasing Julian Assange - haven't heard much about that post election.

Great interview. Thanks again.

Another big benefit of building projects such as trains in Australia is that the workers and companies involved pay taxes here - which is a big discount that the "free market" potatoes never seem to consider.

lol, I just got a 2 minute ad for a course to become (I sh@t you not) A CAREER POLITICIAN! I watched the whole thing to help burn their ad spend! Love you jordie!

"Gave me a good grounding" is that an electrician pun????

The liberal party always tries to pass off rubbish privatization, corporate welfare, and deliberately low wage growth as 'econ 101'. However what they leave out is that econ 101 you're taught about economics in theory, in econ 202 you learn about economics as practiced, and econ 303 you learn about application in new and specific scenarios. Starting to think the LNP is full of people who took econ 101 then dropped the rest because they were majoring in either marketing or real estate and only required 101 as a pre-req. BTW yes I know, some LNP members studied corporate finance and they would've had to do the later econ subjects, so they would understand these things. But let's be real if you're a member of the LNP and you study corporate finance you're likely indifferent to the public's best interest anyways as that's often at odds with the interests of daddy's portfolio, so learning about it is more of an intellectual exercise than anything you'd actually care to implement.

Thanks for the work you do.

The first six American Presidents carried out their oath of office on a purely volunteer basis.

I am a graphic designer for a consultancy firm and I am in a Union! And the Labor Party. FYI graphic designer union is the AMWU, you should join !

@mrtheman548

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm looking into that profession currently and was wondering if they had a union

Great video Jordan with a great message!

really need a mix of people in power. Honestly, in addition to people in trade, nurses, teachers.etc should be involved, I'd also love to see more of the STEM community involved as well. Imagine a bunch of scientists and medical professionals working together with people with working class backgrounds and people who own small businesses to best discuss how to tackle covid. That would have been amazing two years ago.

Yeah I used to think that until I actually joined the Labor party (In Qld). The higher ups (chief of staff MPs ect) are good to work with but the current of fuckery runs deep amongst the bottom feeders. Branch stacking is rife at least it was in 2014-2017, people play factions off against each other for power and the unions try to strong arm factions into what they think is best. Labor from what I've seen is a fucking rabble of plebians who barely understand the Westminster system let alone the philosophies and ideas that have allowed it to function reasonably well for several hundred years. I highly doubt the average Labor member is even familiar with the likes of Plato based on my experiences in the party.

@tjsr

Жыл бұрын

This is why we'd be better off with a parliamentary system that only allows a party to *nominate* (not have elected) candidates for

@TOTN17

Жыл бұрын

QLD Labor is fucked but they look amazing in comparison to the LNP

@sammo5786

Жыл бұрын

@@TOTN17 completely agree we're choosing the most competent party in Qld by voting Labor. Fuck it would be nice to have a minority gov with some sensible independents n Robbie Katter holding the balance of power. There's not enough checks and transparency under AP and she isn't leaving much of a legacy even after a decade as premier. She's much better then Newman and the legislation her gov has passed is written very well eg human rights Act of 2019. But Queensland has gone backwards in terms of infrastructure projects and there's not been much reform to things that help Queenslanders.

Strangely haven't heard of this bloke in WA, sounds like a good sort!

Solid interview, good fella. Keep it up mate

To understand what a politician will do you must understand what their backer wants them to do, and then the motivations of the backers backer, then throw those all out the window and find out what the banker behind all of them wants.

Remember people, a union is only as as good as its people. If you join your union then sit on your ass expecting good things to come, then you have the wrong idea about unions.

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

i like unions,, i went to join one as a boss fired me when he stuffed my back.. the union said no boss would fire a worker when they injure them or we would take them to the wall..beep...beep...beep... they just dont believe you, they believe the boss

@carn941

Жыл бұрын

@@johney3734 Yes and I'm the president of the united states and I am worth billions. I also have a pet unicorn that shits gold bricks.

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

@@carn941 i say unions wont believe you when you ask for help... you dont believe me when i say that? are you the head of a union by chance? some how this conversation seems familiar

@carn941

Жыл бұрын

@@johney3734 What you said was anecdotal. What I find strange is that the moment anyone reminds people that a union is only as good as ITS MEMBERS, there's always someone there to vilify and blame a union board or "boss". Or perhaps you really did just try one union (or even the corporate sponsored union recommended by your workpalce), didn't get what you wanted and promptly left. Who knows?

@johney3734

Жыл бұрын

@@carn941 ok i dont know what a sponsored union is but i some ideas. like a fake union the boss sets up? i was working in picking packing boxs.. i looked up who my union was and called and yes..i had one phone call and she called me a liar and i was like..yep. thats what i was expecting so i left.. the world sucks, there is no help for the poor or working class. the union has been bad mouthed for years and lost its teeth (people power) the union of the 70s is not now. .now...its another half thing dismantled by liberal governments .slandered by Murdoch news.. left as a husk of its self.. there is no hope any more just oppression and suffering with more to come

This guy is solid gold. More of this in politics please..

I'd love to know Marks opinion on the trains more. Qld operates a lot of locomotives made in Australia that are still kicking to this day and will for many years. I operate a Chinese built loco and the effort the company went to to get it up to spec was amazing, and they thankfully didn't buy anymore.

This is the best thing youve done for a long time - expose the career politician in ALL parties... its really simple - NO ONE should be allowed to contest any election for public office unless they have WORKED AND PAID TAXES FOR AT LEAST 20 YEARS... !! if you have never worked and employed people or run a business then you have NO IDEA what its like to be in the workforce... and once you have been elected to public office NO ONE should be allowed to run more that two terms.. TERM LIMITS ARE A MUST !

An Australian career politician ? Try a triple chinned bipedal Big Mac , oozing processed cheese , drunkenly careering into inanimate roadside objects at 3.55 am .

I had a small business and wanted to understand and do my own taxes but Tafe said I had to do economics course also and the first class was my last, the economic teacher had no clue what real business is about

@LockoRockoFTW

Жыл бұрын

Maybe because you signed up to an economics course not an accounting course...

As a Canadian it's really interesting to see how other states do things and how maybe these views can be rhymed with our government, maybe it could improve the lives of millions

Great interview!

Was that an iced latté you were sipping on? Or a Mocca frappé... Or was it just a long black and ice with a splash of oat milk... *We need answers*

Hmm don't tell me the Labor Party is trying to become Relevant again? "It's TIME..." To quote Australia's greatest PM...

“Trades, or cleaners, or plumbers” 😂😂😂 killed me. Classic sparky, Plumbers aren’t a real trade.

Thanks for such a constructive and grounded conversation

5:50 this is 1000% the case. I grew up in rural Texas, surrounded by Trump voters. The reason why they chose him isn’t because they necessarily liked him, but it’s because Hilary has always been a career politician. Trump wasn’t. He leveraged that outsider position and it resonated strongly

@DoctorProph3t

Жыл бұрын

The tribalism is strong in Texas. Question, what’s with Texan’s familiarity and buddyship with Australians? Do they see us as some kind of Kin? Especially west Texans, they love us. I know. They don’t stop telling me 🙄

@ItsRainingHippos

Жыл бұрын

@@DoctorProph3t Tribalism is dependent on where you live in Texas. I’d say it’s less tribalism in this moment and just justified distrust of people in government for their entire lives. Texans are very friendly especially to Australians. When I moved there as a kid they absolutely adored the accent. They very much see Australians as kin; each other’s best friends with a close and shared history.

@joelanderson4899

Жыл бұрын

no it was becoz they were right nationalists and trump was a nazi ok

@ItsRainingHippos

Жыл бұрын

@@joelanderson4899 I hope you’re joking.

@DoctorProph3t

Жыл бұрын

@@joelanderson4899 both points are correct.

This guy's an absolute legend!

Getting a really good grounding from being an electrician is probably the greatest bit of word play ever.

The fact you sat Mark in a Razer gaming computer chair

Almost convinced me to renew my membership, but I still can’t abide Labor’s reluctance to fight for a secular society.

FriendlyJordies is one of the few true independent journalists left now. More people should look up to him and expose corruption everywhere they can find it!!!!

@Voigt465

Жыл бұрын

You need your head checked. They are nobody’s wasting their time.

@mattbaines

Жыл бұрын

@@Voigt465 ok buddy

@patg9754

Жыл бұрын

he is not independent, he is strongly aligned to the Labor party, obviously. At least he is open and honest about it, but don't confuse the two.

@smithynoir9980

Жыл бұрын

@@Voigt465 Says you, actual nobody. If he wasn't having am affect why are so many conservatives, both individuals and organizations, launching law suits against him for any and every reason AND deploying police assets against him for nothing close to a crime? You need to get psychological help, you aren't grounded unlike Mark.

@nelsonstewart5999

Жыл бұрын

@@patg9754 He is independent. It's just that, because he has independent thought, he ended up favouring the Labor Party> It's kind of like how if you aren't a pedophile or a corrupt rich rapist, you probably don't vote Liberal.

The ALP can introduce a windfall tax on gas companies today and redirect that money as electricity subsidies to the masses. It will reduce power prices, and lower inflation. But they haven't done it. Why?

The number of career union officers also a problem. The NSWTF was, once, a powerful, effective advocate for it's members and students. Sadly it was, in the noughties, staffed by career union officers who didn't want/care/desire to TEACH or keep in touch with teaching. As a long term member of the NSWTF Council etc. I was one of several who tried to have officers required, as had been past policy, to have limited tenure in the building before being having to return to teaching, if only for a couple of years. As a result of the union becoming the employer/super provider/crèche for careerists the actions, policies and activities of the union moved away from the members and was based around people who would insist it was "their turn" to be a senior officer etc. These professionals created/run the factions that became the policy engine of the formerly strongest education union in the nation.

To many professional Liars {Lawyers} in politics in this country...

I’d wear those Ben Chifley tshirts in bright Labor Red.

The evils man.. Thousand yard mexican standoff stare.. 😅😅😂😂

“It gave me a good grounding” …my god he’s a spark and a comedian? Excellent

Well speaking of the U.S. Democrats, the midterm elections are just a week away (an election, again? That stupid country!). It boggles the mind that the Republicans, pushing political violence, white supremacy, voter suppression and intimidation, and having abandoned any pretence of believing in democracy, could even be a chance of getting people elected let alone control of Congress. Yet here we are. I don’t think Australians are even aware of how close the U.S. is to collapsing into autocracy and the devastating consequences that will have for Australia and the rest of the world.

@joelanderson4899

Жыл бұрын

lol

@coasterblocks3420

Жыл бұрын

@@joelanderson4899 so gratified you find it amusing.

@joelanderson4899

Жыл бұрын

@@coasterblocks3420 :)

Just need Victoria branches to actually be able to fully operate again and return power to the members, not the exec

Good interview!

I have been screaming this from the rooftops, particularly to friends who are disenfranchised with politics. Labor is a member run organisation. All their personal qualms with Labor could be addressed if they joined and voted internally for change.

@123maxABC

Жыл бұрын

good luck with that. Branches are stacked and pre-selections and delegate positions are controlled by unions and factions

@tim-osullivan

Жыл бұрын

@@123maxABC Those "Unions and Factions" are made up of members who choose policy and platform and vote for both delegates and candidates. Just like how Australians vote for ministers who often come from parties. That's just how democracy works.

I am not in a union because there are no unions for my industry. *sad.

@Blackheathenly

Жыл бұрын

What is your industry? Could try Miscellaneous Workers Union. Or United Workers Union.

@keatonhj

Жыл бұрын

@@Blackheathenly The media/advertising industry. The thing Jordies hates. There's no union.

@natrydsigurthur613

Жыл бұрын

@@keatonhj MEAA - Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance

@keatonhj

Жыл бұрын

@@natrydsigurthur613 thanks for the advice, but that's actually more for musicians and entertainers. not people who work in the digital advertising industry which has no union.

We're halfway through and you haven't asked a big question does he like Warhammer

".... there's a place for professional politicians..." Dante's inferno?

There isn't an American Left-wing party. There's just Right, and more Right. -- Also, nice choice on using a Cashie's Payday loan waiting room for the interview. 👁️👄👁️👌💲

@jollyjarvis1

Жыл бұрын

Australian Labor is right wing too. Left wing? Well that's be the Greens.

@BlitzN7

Жыл бұрын

@@jollyjarvis1 The greens are far right, the only real left is the Politburo

@smithynoir9980

Жыл бұрын

@@BlitzN7 The greens are far right? Can you explain your thinking there? I've heard them called all sorts but never right wing, curious as to how you figure that.

@BlitzN7

Жыл бұрын

@@smithynoir9980 I am alluding to the fact that in the current online discourse even the Labor party is even considered a right wing party. It seems that anything that is not far progressive leftism is right wing by default. I think it displays why it is important that the Labor party is composed of real working people and not career politicians.

@jollyjarvis1

Жыл бұрын

@@BlitzN7 Well that doesn't stand up to any kind of political analysis. 🙄