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@aussieintexas61

Жыл бұрын

can you put episodes on youtube for overseas aussies please.

@TPRM1

18 күн бұрын

Any time the budget for a major project is announced, double it. Same with the time (they claim) it will take. Then it might actually come in under (double the) budget. They give the cost (and time) that they think will get approved, then rely on the sunk-cost fallacy to get you to provide the extra cash once it has started. And it works. When have you ever heard of a major project being cancelled halfway-through because it was running over-budget?

"Inflation is one and a half percent" - Ahhh, the good ol' days.

@GG-hi5if

4 ай бұрын

And tbf a bargain if they signed this in 2019 and was a multiyear project.

@davidlamb1107

Ай бұрын

@@GG-hi5if 1.5% times 10 years would be 16%, not 300%.

@nationstatepoliticalscience

Ай бұрын

Correct 400% as in over thr tendered amoint ​@@davidlamb1107

The great irony, of course, is that costs would get a lot more competitive if the government actually WAS willing to cancel a project

@kingleech16

17 күн бұрын

But that would be “admitting defeat” and would get you crucified, and we can’t have that. Almost as bad as taking responsibility for something!

Ah yes the episode with the old guy who everyone including Nat and Tony liked. He almost fixed this entire issue and made things better only for the budget to cut the second start program.

@Ben-ee6hr

Жыл бұрын

This was genuinely the episode that made me that saddest. The old employee comes in and comes up with fixable solution based on years of experience and it gets tossed out anyway.

@g-forcemapping8454

Жыл бұрын

@@Ben-ee6hr exactly before this I was able to put up with most of the shit the show through at me. However, after seeing Nat just light up at him calling her sweetie and Tony genuinely feel hopeful and upbeat about his solution I was so happy...until I am pretty sure Jim and Rhonda teamed up and convinced the minister to cut the second start program and continued to support the third party contractors. I mean it made me depressed for days and I also came to like the old guy. :(

Not sure why I feel physical pain every time I watch Utopia!! :(

Thanks Working Dog. I am loving these shorts on KZread. I’m finding can’t even sit through one episode due to the frustrations the characters go through. Maybe it’s bringing up some undiagnosed PTSD from previous workplaces I’ve worked in. Haha Byway, as many have said over the years, Utopia, Hollowmen, etc, some of the best writing out there.

@garethwhite8770

4 ай бұрын

Check out frontline. Hilarious and surprisingly still accurate.

every time i see a generally very worthy community project ad/initiative on social media that also has the words "Building Authority" attached to it, i'm like, YEAH NAH 😆😭 thanks, Utopia!

@midgetwars1

Жыл бұрын

The thing is though, the building authority is competent. It's the pollies that constantly stuff things up in Utopia and probably IRL too.

"The logo's been done" - best line

Focus group applause💀

Tony has the patience of a saint 😂

Thanks Working Dog Productions Loving the Comedy Shows! ❤

The only thing worth watching on Aussie TV are the D-Generation alumni. All hail Rob Sitch

My favorite show.....right up there with Juice Media govt ads

This show *must* be a potential hit internationally. Is it getting interest?

@jbdawinna

7 ай бұрын

Can I borrow your I player login? I need to watch it 😂

@Dmitrisnikioff

6 ай бұрын

I mean, I can imagine people loving it but Australians are bizarrely bad at exporting their great stuff

@Hereford1642

6 ай бұрын

@@Dmitrisnikioff Can't even get it together to pirate bay it. So frustrating.

@peterjonas1545

5 ай бұрын

Costs blow-outs and major engineering problems will likely prevent that.

Another great Doco if only 60 minutes was this honest.

Now I know why Kiwi construction costs are so high!

Youse guys are great !!!

This is half of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games

@rodgerhempfing2921

10 ай бұрын

Once the big 4 accounting agencies know if you want a high or low cost estimate, they will adjust accordingly, as long as it is done " in confidence" so they can not be held accountable, sigh.

@rodgerhempfing2921

4 ай бұрын

Costing written on water.

It's quite distressing, really, how inept our governments are

@nicholassmith7984

Жыл бұрын

That's the privatisation and outsourcing, not to mention the demands of clueless ministers. Government departments either can't or won't retain expertise, so they essentially become administration only.

@yfelwulf

Жыл бұрын

These are documentary not comedy. Politicians must see these and cringe.

@ThePrimeMinisterOfTheBlock

Жыл бұрын

@@yfelwulf we do!

@rodgerhempfing2921

10 ай бұрын

Not at all, their mates get management fees as a percentage of cost, so costs up, fees up, very tasty.

@rodgerhempfing2921

4 ай бұрын

It's all about the votes, paying the interest is a opposition problem.

In-house barista

"Where do you drink??" LOL

The 1.5% inflation line hasn't aged well.

I used to laugh at this show, then I got a job working with a goverment department and realised this is actually a documentary

Turns out they got the inflation bit right

They were spot on with inflation contingency in the budgets

You try toughing it out on site here! ... See you Monday! Nah, RDO, see you Tuesday! *drives off in a new land rover towing a boat*

Love the show but I can't finish an episode, it's more infuriating then funny after a certain point.

gold!!!! thank you!!

Totally correct, describing the West gate tunnel project.

Less than 10% variance is actually pretty good 😂

I can't keep track now .Was it the airport or the government who wants the end station below ground?

This is real.

@Giovanni-Learning-and-Stuff

Жыл бұрын

Oh goodness... Sarcasmo we meet again

@sarcasmo57

Жыл бұрын

@@Giovanni-Learning-and-Stuff Cyber-stalker! Hey just 2 more days Gio.

Competition is good.

It's a round of drinks. I think you've got an old draft.

like Dilbert for the modern times

I love how everyone who watches Utopia thinks they are the tortured genius, forced to deal with the mediocrity that is government red tape.

I don’t get it. Why are all these Canadians talking with Australian accents? This is surely a documentary of how our own government functions

@FreeSenpai

3 ай бұрын

ohhh, I thought it were Americans talking like Australians, Tis cultural appropriation you see....

@markdoldon8852

2 ай бұрын

Thats the point. Like watching "Yes minister", its a representation of ALL large organizations.

0:40 that didn't age well..

😢😢😢taxpayers

*Promosm*

If these are supposed to be public servants why are they wearing ties and why don't they have a rainbow coloured ribbon around their necks?

@Luca-sl9ot

Ай бұрын

Maybe because what your right wing echo chamber tells you isn’t actually true