"don't listen to him, he was about to target our donor list"

@poilkjmnb987654

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

The fact that this is 15 years old and still applies perfectly, even down to China lmao

@benmorris1968

4 ай бұрын

15yrs! I was wondering how the ABC could be so relevant. Never gunna make a funny show like this today. Pity.

@justkickingit272

2 ай бұрын

@@benmorris1968 I'm shook this is 15 yrs old, could of been made yesterday and still ultra-relevant

"we'll have a soulless program do it for us, is brilliant right?" "It in fact, was not brilliant"

Who should they target? Politicians pretending to be doing good things but aren't. (aka all of them lol)

@davidhoward4715

Жыл бұрын

Your Tory mob lost the election. Deal with it. lol

@infinite8382

Жыл бұрын

"job search providers"

‘Tony’ in this series and ‘Rhonda’ in Utopia probably get along and that thought is frightening.

The LNP got all their ideas from this show. They thought it was a training video lol.

@dave0754

4 ай бұрын

"Ooh crackdown is smart, but how about we use robocalls so then we don't even lose money!" Goddamn LNP

that last joke absolutely sent me

1. Create a robodebt algorithm which uses income averaging to identify those suspected "welfare fraud" 2. Do "nothing of substance” when exposed to information which clearly indicates the illegality of income averaging and “fail to act” when presented with opportunities to obtain legal advice 3. Present the policy proposal to cabinet without mentioning the averaging component (and the legal impediments to it) knowing that it was likely to mislead cabinet by those omissions 4. Pay and financially incentivize private debt collectors to recover as much money as they can, as quickly as they can, regardless of the human cost. _____5. End result - people ended up killing themselves (many of them young), the scheme ended up recouping $406.2 million while costing the Commonwealth $971.4 million in implementation and administration. The civil servant described as the “captain" of the department which "established, implemented and maintained" the unlawful program gets a new $900 000 per year job on the AUKUS nuclear submarine project. The Royal Commission into the whole shit show characterizes the fiasco as "reprehensible in view of the power imbalance between the minister and the cohort of people upon whom it would reasonably be expected to have the most impact, many of whom were vulnerable and dependent on the department, and its minister, for their livelihood". It's really not funny....

@goldarnit

Жыл бұрын

It sounds crazy, but it might just work! ...you know, for a little while. Long enough to inflate your Budget figures until you get voted out, anyway.

@edwardness7497

Жыл бұрын

all things considered... robodebt may have worked, if who ever programmed it didn't forget to carry the one to average income on a fortnightly or even monthly basis instead of yearly... the lack of human oversight was disappointing as well, difficult to receive a message of despair from a computer, or even worse, an actual debt collector, wonder which debt collecting agency got the contract...

@galliman123

Жыл бұрын

@@goldarnit $100 billion dollar welfare future fund

@goldarnit

Жыл бұрын

I mean, Centrelink WERE already using income averaging and it pretty much DID work, buuuut that's because it wasn't being used as a conclusive test in and of itself (more of an opening 'is there something to see here'-type tool) and it had a high degree of human oversight to prevent wrongful debts being issued to highly vulnerable people...which of course is exactly what happened when ScoMo and Friends decided to ramp it up and remove all the safeguards, so they could boost the numbers and add their fake debts to the Budget bottom line. It wasn't just about inflicting cruelty on the weak and vulnerable, it was first and foremost a dodgy accounting trick to fiddle the books so they could claim they'd gotten a Budget Surplus and sell their Back in Black mugs. The wanton viciousness to the poor was just a bonus, a nice little extra thrill to help them smirk their way to sleep at night.

@goldarnit

Жыл бұрын

Overseen by Joe Hockey for good measure. All welfare recipients can pay a 'Unemployment Benefits co-payment' every time they access their Indue No-Cash-for-You card, just the price of a couple of middies.

the *very funny jokes* is an excellent way to put that

I wish we could have another season of this!

How about a crackdown on multinationals that make billions yet only pay millions in tax?

@xTheUnderscorex

5 ай бұрын

Where are you going to find one paying that much?

@Harold2230

4 ай бұрын

"Don't listen to him, he was about to target our donor list"

It's a great shame there isn't more Aussie telly on here (UK). Thanks for sharing these little nuggettes.

I’m about to cry-this is how it’s done!! 😢

This and the Indonesia response bit are the two absolute funniest and incisive and true-to-reality episodes.

Oh boy I wonder why this clip was suddenly uploaded? lol

This episode aged like a fine wine.

Life imitating art

Is this how robodebt started?

Scott Morrison is the only true bludger

@carlbennett2417

Жыл бұрын

Nah, he had 7 jobs at once. What a worker!

@carlbennett2417

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, typo. Wanker.

@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes

6 ай бұрын

@@carlbennett2417 7 Jobs, but no work done, an Australian Legend.

wow this was 2008 wow

Can we have a reunion. Murph as head if CWP or Rockblack Australia. It would be hilariously scary but memorable.

This needs a re-release with a 3rd season

need money? just shake a politician upside down for a bit.

@davidhoward4715

Жыл бұрын

Your Tory mob lost the election. Deal with it.

😂

Talking about bludgers, how about cracking down on politicians rorting?

Genesis of robodebt

How about family trusts? What a treasure trove!

@darrenrobinson9041

8 ай бұрын

The only purpose of a trust is to avoid tax.

@shelbynamels973

7 ай бұрын

@@darrenrobinson9041 that, and to protect wealth assets in general. Everybody should have one.

1:40 just automate it

Is Tony Martin in this? Coz it does seem like that guy can drag any flailing, sub par, derivitive political mockumentary or the like, up into funny with almost no effort at all, almost as though he discovered how to perfectly reverse what Merrick Whatshisface does.😂 (sorry that was a bit harsh)

What is this?opposite day??

How to tackle welfare-cheats? Outsource the job to a credit-card company. They lose about 0.1%, which is about a hundredth of what governments manage to lose.

@Harold2230

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I don't trust mixing profit motive with public services.

Very unfunny "comedy". Australian humour is dead.

@anthonydpearson

Жыл бұрын

When, in your opinion, was Australian humour alive?

@davidhoward4715

Жыл бұрын

Your Tory cult leaders are in big trouble over the Robodebt scandal. Deal with it, snowflake.

@jestermoment2267

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonydpearson Barry Humphries, Paul Hogan, The D-Generation, Fast Forward, Full Frontal, Roy & HG, Kath & Kim, etc. 70s, 80s.

@desiii420

Жыл бұрын

@@jestermoment2267who do you think made full frontal? This show is tackling the same social political issues. It’s not punchline funny, it’s smart and respectful to a intelligent audience that doesn’t need jokes smacked over their heads.

@jestermoment2267

Жыл бұрын

@@desiii420 Sorry, but Full Frontal was funny, this is not.