I noticed Google maps cut out as you get to the street where that treatment plant is and around it. Might just be coincidence because its a small town but it is similar to another township called gol gol near Mildura as well. I imagine this isn't the only town where this is going on
Hahaha while I fully agree with your sentiment, what was that cheeky capitalization supposed to infer? The capitalized part is literally just a shortened version of the full term.
@Dan ozFair call. I'm being critical because they sensationalise a lot and target lower socio-economic areas for stories and stir up a hornets nest of comments
Given shanks just got his ass handed to him in court (and its not over either, due to the judge referring further conduct by shanks to the courts for contempt), I laugh at your depiction of this tripe as 'legitimate journalism'.
When someone said Billy Hughes had been a member of every party in Parliament he replied, "Not the Country Party - I had to draw the line somewhere." Still rings true today.
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Jordan working his ass off to release real proper journalism with real people, instead of the perfect people, and biased scripted stories put out by traditional news media.
Indeed. Though I can understand why they had to cut so much. He is sometimes dangerously quick to make accustations, and that can work against him. Look at how Gladys is using her relationship status as a way to deflect from the fact she abetted corruption. You can't give them the chance to change the story.
This was seven months ago. Fast-forward to today and Barilo is trying to sue the Jordies for exposing his corruption. By all accounts, Barillo is a shady asshole.
Got to agree with Charles there. But this isn't professional and it's inexperienced so with time and improvement could get better. Would have been more compelling if there was an actual expert testing, rather than from the same dude that was interviewed the whole time. And some story confirmation from perhaps professional sources. Just felt like ACA/today tonight haha.
i moved from srilanka 7 years ago. this is the kind of shit that i tried to get away from in srilanka. never in my wildest dreams did i think this would happen in Australia. jordies is the last true journalist in aus.
@Ironclaw XII If people end up getting jailed for speaking out against government corruption, we should overthrow that government not run away to New Zealand
@@blazephoenix7499 GOTTA INCLUDE SOME GOOD WORDS FOR IT TOO! Nice show, very cool, happy, uplifting. Truely bliss. I think this is the best thing in the entire world. I love love love love love love love this. So great. :) :) :)
My dad works with Bruz, says he’s one of the worst politicians he’s ever come across. And that’s saying something since he’s previously worked with Scomo
@@feelingevaporated2912 I’d love too, but I really don’t know much. My dad’s a bit cagey about his work. Doesn’t tell us much about what happens behind the scenes. He just tells me who he doesn’t like based on personality. I’ll try press him for more information as to what he knows.
@@ld5382 fair mate good luck, I had a mate in the same position but in relation to Malcolm Roberts. Oh god I wish I could speak openly about his private life, but unfortunately I think it’d only put his family at further risk
@@ld5382 would not be surprised if he’s under a suppression style contract, where if you say company ‘secrets’, you can be fired without severance. Seemingly common practice but who knows
it's really getting to that point isn't it. As fucked up as it is to say, I was thinking these guys need to start considering safety when undertaking this kind of journalism.
@@iaml4388 if Bruz is corrupt, who knows what lengths he’ll go to to silence the people exploiting him. I’m ready for the headline “Jordan Shanks dead after car skids off road”
"A controversial Labor-aligned UA-cam comedian and his friends were found dead in what looks to be a group suicide pact where they all drove to the forests of Narrandera and shoot themselves in the back of the head twice"
@@strongarm5137I’m sure ppl were afraid of it in the back of their minds. Hell, if I️ were Jordie I️ would be too. But it still must have been shocking when it did happen. I️ can’t imagine what it must have been like for him. It’s wild, man
Personally I live in Leeton which is a 20 minute drive from Narrandera. The difference between Narrandera and Leeton is staggering. Leeton has 10+ large employers and Narrandera has lost all of theirs and so many people live in Narrandera and drive to Leeton for work. The only difference between the two towns is that Narrandera is in Steph Cooke’s seat and Leeton is in Helen Daltons.
This is such important work, Jordan. As a former political journalist who was born near Wagga Wagga, please don't ever give up on this critical, crucial work. You and your team are phenomenal for carrying out this investigative journalism, and also incredibly brave for taking these scumbags on. Please keep it up! My family and I can't wait for the next instalment!
@@i1uvpreppyxo887 Can you read? He is alleging that there is a secret dictatorship that has been and is still operating in Narrandera, right there in the title. Also inferring that it goes right to the top, recent resignations in the face of an ICAC seem to support this inference.
@@i1uvpreppyxo887 At no point does he claim that this is journalism, where did you get pseudo-journalism from? If you think that you are right, then you have seen for yourself that it is a kind of journalism and not had to be told. Look at you, working things out for yourself, your all grown up now aren't you?
that man with a beanie did an amazing job keeping his emotions under control. thank you for showing us this disgusting problem and corruption. keep fighting these pricks....
This is punk rock DIY journalism and I love it. The big media will not touch this sort of stuff and what you are doing is brilliant. You are doing God's work. Keep it up.
I live in a Nationals stronghold town. Everyone, and I do mean everyone knows not to mess with the council. I've been personally threatened and accused of crimes on more than one occasion. It's blank was my mind how accepted this behaviour is.
@@xsct878 there are ways i guess, farmers control the majority of the food, what happens if someone decides to do something else with their harvest? food issues gain city notice much faster than more corruption, most are dead inside to it now. But if major suppliers stopped being able to supply meat and veg in sufficient quantities that will get people's attention super quick and force coverage
@Rahvin Keaves banks have that one sorted. Corporates captured uni ag departments decades ago and convinced farmers to buy ag products, get into debt, now they have no leverage. Finance is tied to bad management practice, the soil and water declines, output declines, farmer knowledge disappears. Would like some FJ content on agriculture. It's the biggest land use in the country by far.. also linked to why nobody can find housing. (Push people into city, make $ from strictly controlled land development) Self sufficiency, p2p education and the passage of time will shake off these parasites sooner or later
Jordies really should make sure he takes steps to deter a "suicide". Things like a file server with all the unaired footage being dumped if he doesn't log in once every two weeks, and always having a way of being publicly visible like easy access to live streaming or having people that could make assassination difficult to keep quiet. That would go a long way
@Jay Dee not necessarily. Rural voters should be supporting Shooters, Fishers & Farmers if they stand for the policies the Nationals pretend to stand for. And if they don't like corruption. Labor and Coalition are also worlds apart. Don't buy into the false equivalence in the faux-left media narrative about Labor. They're definitely not without fault (I rarely preference them first, not for over 10 years), but they don't steal water, they respect environmental referral processes, and they actually sack corrupt people and refer them to police & ICAC.
This shit breaks my heart. The level of corruption and pure concentrated greed blows my mind. I've noticed the crazy colour changes in the Murrumbidgee before on Google Earth thinking it was just a glitch in the satellite image. How wrong I was.. Also the levels of Motor Neurone Disease in Griffith are five times the national average which has been linked to blue green algae So much respect and admiration for you guys and the important work you do. You are an absolute national treasure ! ❤
I moved out to Outback Queensland to teach remotely, the same LNP over saturation is here too, lack of upgrades and businesses being denied access to towns is common. The local council here banned a seafood truck that comes out from Rockhampton from stopping in town because the local "grocery store" owner is on the council. Its a joke.
I lived in a rural NSW town for about 10 years and saw plenty of corruption, dodgy dealings with council and police involved in most of it. Part of it is now the whole Windsor bridge fiasco. Even a prominent drug dealer operates out of the area and police look the other way. The didn't even care when I gave them info about a drug related murder that was all over the news. It was too much for me and so I had to leave. My father also experienced it back in 1990 with a Lake Macquarie (NSW) council using its powers to force him off his land. He wouldn't sell to a resort being set up by a Order of Australia winner who regularly used local councils to take over small caravan parks so he could capitalize on their success with his own resort style replacement. My father took them to court and won but had to deal with a lot of threats and intimidation for the duration including from police. Thankfully he was a strong man (and a lawyer) who gave as good as he got. Then there is the whole police and political corruption surrounding a prominent politician (Mayor of Lake Macquarie) who was being groomed for premier of NSW in the 90's. Too bad he was grooming young boys at the same time. Somehow he escaped serious punishment (only 3 years) and was able to leave the country for Canada. One of his pedo mates took the fall (and still does) and a police officer (presiding?) killed himself with his own gun after a mysterious phone call. The police actively ignored victims who came forward with at least one taking his own life. There is so much more that suggests there was a serious pedophile ring in Lake Macquarie and Hunter valley involving teachers, police and politicians that only parts have been uncovered so far.
"We won't act unless the The Government tells us to act, regardless if it's a crime" - Police Biggest fkn loophole in the system & needs changing immediately. Money talks to the Government like candy talks to children.
Join a communist party and study history and economic theory so you can more effectively explain to your friends and family how capitalism is responsible for most of the problems society currently faces. Rich people exploit their workers then use the surplus value that we aren't being paid to bribe politicians so they can keep getting away with murder. Things wont change until we seize control of the means of production and bring justice to the assholes who have their boots on our necks.
Not sure if you'll see this or not, but at 18:06 you asked why they test up stream. This is common practice when monitoring the effects of sewage treatment plants by showing background levels compared to levels past the outflow from the STP. That document you posted shows almost a 4x increase in total coliforms and a doubling of e.coli.
Im Victorian, so not as across NSW, but assume that the NSW EPA planning approval for the sewage site would have limits for the STP listed within its requirements. Does anyone know/can link to the approval? Would be keen to see how these results compare, but my understanding in general is that those sort of readings are fairly high.
@@nhodgie I'm not sure what their legislated limits are, ANZECC guidelines on water quality only really deal with faecal coliforms and e.coli specifically, while total coliforms include a lot of coliforms form soil, hence the background levels of 517. It's hard to really tell because they haven't specifically tested for faecal coliforms. Also during my time water testing I had little experience in e.coli, faecal, and total coliforms, so this is definitely an area I'm rather sloppy on.
@@TheWolfsLunch so a quick scan has the allowable faecal cloroforms discharge limit as 200 units/100ml withing the Permit, while the NATA report friendly supplies listed ~1900 (total not just faecal, however the background/upstream readings are at around 500, giving ~70% as likely sediment contribution from the plant), and the officially reported results for last year are at max 200.... so where is this seperate NATA testing comming from that Jordies has, and why does it appear on first pass to not align with the officially reported EPA testing results? But admittedly, I'm checking all this quickly on my phone, so will have to read it properly tomorrow.
I'm hanging around r/Australia and watching the post get taken down again and again. People are getting banned for posting it, for commenting, and everything is getting locked Zero explanation.
@@thomastucker7317 it's true. An account called maxwellhill moderated and controlled news and technology subreddits. The account stopped posting when Maxwell was arrested. People have gone over the accounts history and found several clues giving weight to the theory that maxwellhill was Ghislaine Maxwell
"Consequently the attitude now is what's in it for me, more than what's in it for the Country. I see a tremendous lack of vision in the Political process" - John Sullivan What. An. Answer. This form of Journalism is just surreal to experience
Man if I was that regular fish and chip shop without a popular sign, I'd put a sign up saying "The Better Fish and Chip Shop" so customers would have to choose between the popular option and the better option.
Narrandera resident here.... That first fish n chip shop with no sign was the old site of " the popular fish shop". It moved across the street a few years ago and kept the same lovely shade of bright purple. We really should change the name from "popular fish shop" to " the only fish shop" as we only have one.... Soooo .... By default it's the most popular? 😬
Good on you for putting this together. My partner has a proprty down there and we've long suspected something strange is going on with rate notices from the council. The water usage bill is HUGE and well beyond what any normal tenant would use in a day. We called the council to double-check their numbers but they weren't budging. We also asked them if there was that much water being consumed wasn't it a worry to them in such an arid area? They said there's no upper limit on the amount of water residents can use - you could literally have the tap running all day and they wouldn't care. People like that should not be in power.
Thanks to Jordan and his team, we can see what's really going on, seeing as mainstream media won't cover this stuff. Truly don't understand how people keep voting for the Liberals / Nationals when it has been proven time and time again that they don't have the people's best interests at heart. Why do people vote for them?
Lots of right-wing religious people say "I'll never vote Labor because they support abortion." Complete cop-out for seriously thinking through issues. But the real biggie is "Labor is bad at economic management" (they're not), just because Labor increases taxes on the mega-rich to pay for hospitals, schools, roads... For the last 12 years the Libs have said that Labor overspent on the GFC, but now the Coalition has racked up a $1 TRILLION debt. www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/heavy-burden-biggest-deficit-on-record-debt-on-track-to-top-1-trillion-20201002-p561id.html
@@tovsteh Not even the liberals in America are left wing. Liberals are pro-capitalists who just support progressive policies. Like a leftist would say "lets get rid of the 1%" and liberals would say "lets make half of the 1% female or people of colour"
Just think of him a an Inquisitor of Ordo Hereticus, sifting through the corruption of these petty planetary governors, for the betterment of The Imperium, whilst dodging members of his own organisation who are more than happy for the status quo to continue as a curtain for their own investigations...
PLEASE read this article. The level of corruption is insane, check out medium.com/@hardenuppete/solving-the-mystery-of-the-armidale-club-fire-313a8935df7a and www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-suspicious-fire-the-suicide-and-the-shameless-pork-barrelling-20190517-p51oit.html . Couple highlights - Barnaby tries to relocate 195 public servants from Canberra to Armidale. Decides to buy the Armidale Club. The owner does not want to sell. It mysteriously burns down, all footage from nearby houses is inaccessible or weirdly damaged, an employee of the club is found in a park with a self-inflicted gunshot and a USB ON HIM WITH PICTURES OF BURNT DOWN HOUSES and but there was NO forensic evidence to link him to the fire!
This truly breaks my heart, my mum grew up in Narrandera before she moved down to Melbourne, I have so many beautiful memories being in Narrandera when I was a child going up to visit my Nanna! Had always hoped to take me kids up there but looks like there won't me much left to show
Ali Cupper is Ace. I'm a lefty living in the neighbouring electorate (same fed though) under a Nat and I am so jealous. Hoping others see what she is doing and get rid of the Nats
@@youytubey Exactly. The LNP regularly fund independent stooges knowing full well they won't get voted in and will pass their preferences to the LNP. They are just a mechanistic to siphon votes away from genuine independents, labor and greens weakening their chances of getting winning majority. The sooner coalitions are band the better but guess what that will never happen.
3 mins in and I'm angry. As a parent I cant imagine how heartbreaking and enraging this is situation is. I hope their little boy is ok omg....3 mins in...still 35 mins to go. Holy crap
i used to work in the shit works, thats a pasfeer or however its spelt system, probably atleast 50 years old based off old epa requirements, they’re pumped into the pasfeer, aerated, and let to settle, the clear water at the top is what gets decanted and discharged, which is then dosed with chlorine (maybe, if it does anything at all) but those systems dont do too well at controlling ammonia and nitrate content, as well as all sorts of bugs which chlorine will only kill so much, i wouldn’t be suprised if the effluent that is discharged exceeds epa “limits” anyways
The conversation around 27:00 is exactly the sort of thing that Sarah Taber (@SarahTaber_bww on Twitter) talks about in rural areas of the USA. They're controlled by a handful of landowning families who specifically DO NOT want economic development that benefits the whole community because that will decrease their power.
My parents moved from Melbourne to Deniliquin a few years ago, we holidayed there for decades and that's where they decided to retire, beautiful small country town by the river, even proposed there in feb this year because my partner fell in love with the town, the vid is on my channel. Anyway, The first time I visited their new home up there a few years back i distinctly remember the shower water smelling awful like a combination of dirty river water/ sewerage. It got so bad my parents started to notice it worsening even whilst doing the dishes. My dad contacted the council and other bodies several times to ask whats going on with the water, we've been visiting Deni for decades and have never had this issue, every single time he makes an enquiry he's met with the exact same answer: " it's within EPA guidelines" nothing more, nothing less. He asked if the person on the phone if they lived in Deni? would they drink it? Would they bathe in it? Same response: "it's within EPA guidelines" What they've done to the Murray/Edwards and Riverina areas waters and ecosystems are absolutely abhorrent. There is NO WAY that water is within EPA guidelines and ive said next time I come up im getting samples but a part of me also knows that no matter what my findings it will just be swept under the rug like this, like they also do. They've destroyed so many beautiful towns and ecosystems all in the name of greed. Pigs.
Just a stray thought but have you considered doing the test then giving the findings to someone like Jordie or Michael West? If he can get people on the ground running these tests for him over a number of locations in these seats it would be definite proof that this corruption is a widespread practice. It would be a lot harder to sweep under the rug if a case like that can be made from someone with a following...
If you really want to get mad about this, look up the rate of motor neurone diseases around there. And then look up the link between blue-green algae and motor neurone.
I live an hour from Deni, and my mum grew up there. Whenever I go there I bring my own water from the tank because its so horrible from the tap. Mum said they used to just drink soft drink because the water was so bad.
@@DualEquinox I haven't thought about that but it's definitely worth a shot. I guess I just got discouraged knowing how badly the corruption has spread and how many blatant catastrophes are brushed aside like nothing happened but enough is enough it's just beyond out of hand. Cheers for the idea
This is so heartbreaking I used to visit Narrandera all through the 90s as we had family and friends throughout the area (all young families), we stopped visiting because they all moved away over the years looking for work. I remember the old hostel and the pub there was always packed. That footage looked like the pale ghost of the town I remember.
"You make mistakes, you get things right, you get things wrong. I've always realised in this job, if you own up to where you may have failed, people respect you for it and that's why I think the public are right behind the Premier." Quote from John Baliaroo the day this was uploaded. The irony isn't even funny
... it's potentially not just fish that have been affected by the blue green algae situation too... wasn't there an investigation by the ABC a while back in regards to the link between the blue green algae contributing to the unusually high levels of MS present in the population of Griffith?
This reminds me a lot of Resident Evil. The corrupt officials, the environmental damage, mismanagement of funds, secret laboratory. The only thing missing are zombies.
4:06 -- they note at a meeting days after "the site was completely dry." Do they not know about evaporation? The liquid is gone, but the ground is still poison.
Holy revolving plastic Jesus, I'm terrified. As somebody who grew up in & still has strong ties to the Lockyer Valley, QLD, from the very first 'popular fish&chips' gag I've been overwhelmed with deja-vu. I just know, in my bones, that these exact same kind of foul, corrupt, double-dealing shenanigans have been going on 'back home' forever, or at least since I was old enough to be aware of 'other people's lives'. This is the sort of thing that's so common out there, it's 'normal'; it's standard conversation fuel, it's what people talk about after church, or at the pub, or waiting for the bus. Sometimes it feels like anyone with any real stake in the community has a direct or near-direct experience of blatant political corruption, but somehow, tragically, it's become such a standard, expected part of the 'rural lifestyle' that people don't even connect it to voting and political participation anymore. It's like lack-of-rain, potholes, or telemarketers; people just write this stuff off as 'inevitable', then turn to the Murdoch tabloid nonsense for their political information as a kind of sick, twisted 'antidote' to the crushing banality of their actual community needs...
Having lived in Steph Cooke's electorate and hearing her brag about all the grants she gets but not having seen the outcome of one. I am not the least bit surprised.
I grew up in another small town in the same electorate and felt pushed out as I became an adult as once I finished highschool there was nothing left for me there. I had to leave as I wanted to get a tertiary education and did not have that option without leaving. So I really resonate with what they have said about the fact the government doesn't seem to want the young peole to stay or for there to be population growth.
in 20yrs it will be all mines, gas fields, fracking, corporate farms - whatever is most exploitable. vote the bastards who support the gutting of our nation the fuck out; federal, state and local.
Geez, corruption at the highest form. Didn't think it would be this bad in Australia. Thank you for this documentary, I will be sharing it as much as possible. The council members need to be held responsible for all their actions, whether good or bad.
I assume someone will be keeping tabs on those who were interviewed to see how much harassment they receive over the next few weeks and probably months.
I'm worried for the family and that ex council employee. They were already getting harassed by local police, naming their corrupt neighbour and all the council members will definitely give them a hard time.
Be careful buddy, was thinking about Donald Mackay while watching this, well before you mentioned him...!! I'm from Queensland and have driven through Narrandera a couple of times on the way to and from Melbourne, and I actually remember thinking "There's a lot of town here, but no one in it..", I now know why. Cheers !!
Having visited Nerandera during 2008 for work, it's spooky seeing not change a bit. Seems the nationals are happy to destroy the town for practically no reason other than to maintain power over old people Amazing work Jordies and team, this should be the benchmark of journalism
Props to jordie and the team for trying to do honest journalism while being stalked and probably marked for death, felt like i was watching an extra episode of the first season of true detective.
I remember my dad telling me about Bell, California in which the council was siphoning money off to themselves and where in cahoots with the local police. The Chief of Police there was making close to 400K USD a year. Almost the salary of the US President!
"FORGET IT JAKE, IT'S CHINATOWN" Classic quote Jordan. Narrandera is as corrupt as the Government of 1930's Southern California was. You could've lifted the plot wholesale and modernized it in that town. The political game is dirty and disgusting. A Federal ICAC couldn't come quicker enough.
Can someone please tell me why I'm getting my investigative journalism from a YT comedian. I love FJ but there needs to be more of this type of stuff from our mainstream media market, the fact all they seem to do is criticise Jordan who's doing the job THEY should be doing is concerning.
Mainstream medias idea of journalism is to sit in a press release and regurgitate the information they were presented with. No investigation happens any more.
I've just became a patron because this (as well as all the rest of the friendlyjordies content) is so well researched and such an important story told. I really hope this channel keeps growing because I don't see any other real way this corruption is going to be tackled. Thank you guys for making this. Keep up the excellent work.
I think if you dug around rural NSW would you find most of this commonplace. I know I used to live in a country town north of Narrandera and the corruption was so out in the open, that a 14 year old (me) could see it.
Government corruption is basically just a larger version of when you're a kid and your parents deny you small allowance because they're too broke from their gambling addiction. Who are you gonna dob to? Your parents?
The rail feasibility report they won't release, surely an incredibly simple possibility is that there just is no report. Somebody just took $500,000 and couldn't even be bothered writing a report? I mean, it is not likely, but surely it is an option that could be considered.
Good point, Barnaby "delivered" ~$675K worth of drought envoy reports via sms's to the pm - which he can't see to find now coz it's another phone or something...
The report either says it cant be done or it can but it is too expensive. They don't release this so they can keep on dangling the possibility of a railway every election time - if there is a report people can cite that when they make the proposal again.
Also be aware that Murdoch bought APM recently and most local newspapers have been shut down so no local council coverage now... recipe for corruption.
"Consequently the attitude now is what's in it for me, more than what's in it for the Country. I see a tremendous lack of vision in the Political process" - John Sullivan Truly a comment that he will be remembered for.
Commenting just to get the algorithm to pick this up, but jesus the saddest part of watching this was knowing that the attention this'll get from aussie mainstream media is jack. My heart out to all the regular folks in Narrandera and every other National stronghold town.
Keeping the town in a permanent depression has a second benefit - it is always eligible for special grants, giving more opportunity to embezzle that money
@@willlarsen6967 Would defo love to hear from other people. Oddly enough I left a reply here before but I had the Narrandera council phone number in it and I assume that's what got it deleted. I spoke to a lady at what I assume is the front office about 30 minutes into the premiere. I urged her to look into a video about Narrandera Council that had been released that morning that was "going viral" The response was a predictably confused "Oh uhm, ok thank you" Subsequent calls made by other users have asked directly what they know about council corruption. I would enjoy hearing replies from anyone who spoke to them directly as I cant call them myself right now as because I do not have a council slush fund, my phone is cut off lol.
There was a LOT of footage that we legally couldn't air. It's bad in Narrandera and the more people asking questions the better.
I wondered what was going on.
I kept thinking to myself just show the video, don't talk about it
Jesus, if this is the stuff you COULD air, I can't imagine the shit you had to leave on the cutting room floor.
anonymously leak the information
I posted this to r/Australia and it was suppressed. Have contacted the mods but I don't expect to see any results. Sorry man
I noticed Google maps cut out as you get to the street where that treatment plant is and around it. Might just be coincidence because its a small town but it is similar to another township called gol gol near Mildura as well. I imagine this isn't the only town where this is going on
Imagine a "UA-camr" or "comedian" genuinely doing better journalism than 99.9% of the NEWS CORPorations in Australia.
very easy to imagine
That's cause daddy Murdoch owns News Corp. So anything that paints the lib party in a bad light won't see the light of day. Cause of overlord murdoch
Not hard to imagine at all. Those news corp folks aren't journalists, they're hacks.
I mean its not hard to do better journalism than news corp
Hahaha while I fully agree with your sentiment, what was that cheeky capitalization supposed to infer? The capitalized part is literally just a shortened version of the full term.
Interviewing the REAL "Quiet Australians". The ones who suffer needlessly and cannot have their voices heard. Now they can.
These poor people will never make it on to ACA, the story isn't about dodgy plumbers or people rorting the system 😭
Thankfully they have Jordan!
@@DarkFaken ACA look for entertainment value, not truths and realities
Usually "quiet Australians" is used to mean people whose opinions are so unspeakably vile they are embarrassed to air them in public.
@Dan ozFair call. I'm being critical because they sensationalise a lot and target lower socio-economic areas for stories and stir up a hornets nest of comments
A Current Affair must be appalled they didn't get this gig haha
When you're trying to be a UA-cam comedian but blatant corruption forces you into legitimate journalism
Given shanks just got his ass handed to him in court (and its not over either, due to the judge referring further conduct by shanks to the courts for contempt), I laugh at your depiction of this tripe as 'legitimate journalism'.
@@elite76 is that you bruz
@@elite76 this is the guy that firebombed jordie
@@HHhh-sr7hd Can’t be, the comment is too literate, bruz speaks and types like a 13 year old on Xbox live
@@elite76 u acting a fool mate
Notice how Jordan dresses up nicely with jeans for rural nsw residents, but can't be bothered to change out of tracksuit pants for state parliament.
Who has more earned his respect? Certainly not anyone in parliament
Don't need to impress anyone in parliament
Parliament is meant to serve us. Not the other way around.
I love him for it
Fair
"The most proven corrupt political party in Australia is the National Party of Australia." - Paul Keating, 1991
I googled that quote and found nothing. Do you have a source for it?
@@DoctorXander ua-cam.com/video/csAoYhSuahQ/v-deo.html
Round about the 3min mark
@@lachd2261 Thank you.
When someone said Billy Hughes had been a member of every party in Parliament he replied, "Not the Country Party - I had to draw the line somewhere." Still rings true today.
@@MythicallyMad fucking love it
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Jordan working his ass off to release real proper journalism with real people, instead of the perfect people, and biased scripted stories put out by traditional news media.
It makes me sad
True. That’s why I haven’t watched the mainstream media for decades. Fkn hopeless bastards all implicit.
It was the Monobloc for me. Jordies is a legend.
@_Nism0 I’m prepared to march on and protest if that ever eventuates. My gut says it won’t happen. Too suss.
Indeed. Though I can understand why they had to cut so much. He is sometimes dangerously quick to make accustations, and that can work against him. Look at how Gladys is using her relationship status as a way to deflect from the fact she abetted corruption. You can't give them the chance to change the story.
This was seven months ago. Fast-forward to today and Barilo is trying to sue the Jordies for exposing his corruption. By all accounts, Barillo is a shady asshole.
I wish this video was getting the same attention as the other videos.
@@brendonwood7595 You're right, but we as voters are obligated to see through the bullshit and propaganda and vote in the non corrupt people.
What the hell.. hahahaa
Trying to sue ,,well that's an admission of guilt straight up..these guys need sortin' out properly...
@@Abcdefg-xl8te What.
Fast forward to 4/10 and Bruz is gone
Actual journalism, how refreshing
Charles Jones yeah, I’m going just going to say that dumping sewage into a river isn’t probably the best thing
Got to agree with Charles there. But this isn't professional and it's inexperienced so with time and improvement could get better.
Would have been more compelling if there was an actual expert testing, rather than from the same dude that was interviewed the whole time. And some story confirmation from perhaps professional sources.
Just felt like ACA/today tonight haha.
@@charlesjones1535 go away charles i dont have any money
News corp: "What is this? A comedian?"
@@charlesjones1535 you really need an expert to tell you whats going on there is fucked. like the covering up of docuements and money
I feel like I’m about to witness a historical event for Australian politics.
So do i🥰
Hopefully
Bruz
Yes Jordie goes missing
it will be if the mainstream media picks up on it. they won't but we can only hope and pray
i moved from srilanka 7 years ago. this is the kind of shit that i tried to get away from in srilanka. never in my wildest dreams did i think this would happen in Australia. jordies is the last true journalist in aus.
Greed is a universal poison unfortunately.
Sorry you have to deal with this again.
i know cm this needs to stop
It will be everywhere you go.
@Ironclaw XII If people end up getting jailed for speaking out against government corruption, we should overthrow that government not run away to New Zealand
A comment for the algorithm, everyone who is of voting age should watch this.
boost
Lol vote for who labour? Both are full of dirty corrupt career politicians
Even if your not you should be watching this. Better to learn early then late.
@@blazephoenix7499 OU YEA?! WELL I WILL BOOST IT AGAIN!
@@blazephoenix7499 GOTTA INCLUDE SOME GOOD WORDS FOR IT TOO! Nice show, very cool, happy, uplifting. Truely bliss. I think this is the best thing in the entire world.
I love love love love love love love this. So great. :) :) :)
My dad works with Bruz, says he’s one of the worst politicians he’s ever come across. And that’s saying something since he’s previously worked with Scomo
Leak something bro use proton mail you should be good
@@feelingevaporated2912 I’d love too, but I really don’t know much. My dad’s a bit cagey about his work. Doesn’t tell us much about what happens behind the scenes. He just tells me who he doesn’t like based on personality. I’ll try press him for more information as to what he knows.
@@ld5382 fair mate good luck, I had a mate in the same position but in relation to Malcolm Roberts. Oh god I wish I could speak openly about his private life, but unfortunately I think it’d only put his family at further risk
@@ld5382 would not be surprised if he’s under a suppression style contract, where if you say company ‘secrets’, you can be fired without severance. Seemingly common practice but who knows
You can say that again mate my parents are extremely high up and omfg they will find anyway to justify Bruz and Scomos actions :/
“Friendly Jordies didn’t kill himself”
They’ll have to go through Christian first 😂
if it involves griffith that is a possibility
let's hope we don't ever get that far down the road :(
it's really getting to that point isn't it. As fucked up as it is to say, I was thinking these guys need to start considering safety when undertaking this kind of journalism.
@@iaml4388 if Bruz is corrupt, who knows what lengths he’ll go to to silence the people exploiting him. I’m ready for the headline “Jordan Shanks dead after car skids off road”
This feels almost like Hot Fuzz with the crazy town secret society. This video was actually, genuinely scary
Most small towns around here are like Hot Fuzz. I remember watching Hot Fuzz as a kid and thinking wow that's just like the town I live in.
For the greater good- stop saying that : Simon pegg
Exactly what I thought!!
*CRUSTY JUGGLERS*
For the greater good.
"A controversial Labor-aligned UA-cam comedian and his friends were found dead in what looks to be a group suicide pact where they all drove to the forests of Narrandera and shoot themselves in the back of the head twice"
Dear God, how this aged...
@@strongarm5137 context pls
@@lunah4695 Someone tried to kill Jordan last year by firebombing his house
"Experts believe the man and his friends dug their own graves 20 minutes after they shot themselves"
@@strongarm5137I’m sure ppl were afraid of it in the back of their minds. Hell, if I️ were Jordie I️ would be too. But it still must have been shocking when it did happen. I️ can’t imagine what it must have been like for him. It’s wild, man
How is it possible that a comedian is doing the best journalism in our country - something is wrong... Keep it up Jordies!
CONTROL
It’s the jesters Job to mock the king
""Its funny because it's true"" is the saying
@@MrNotesofmusic this is a great comment
@@JontyDPitman yeah it’s perfect isn’t it.
jordies is not a comedian. He’s a decent journo with a good sense of humour.
This is one of your best videos yet mate.
He was a comedian, now he's a journalist
This story is baseless
@@mitchmc1000 In what regard?
@@mitchmc1000 I mean, it probably is baseless in the first 80 seconds. You should try watching a few more minutes of the video, mate.
@@mitchmc1000 "This story is baseless. There is no evidence that this IS the popular fish and chips shop."
Personally I live in Leeton which is a 20 minute drive from Narrandera. The difference between Narrandera and Leeton is staggering. Leeton has 10+ large employers and Narrandera has lost all of theirs and so many people live in Narrandera and drive to Leeton for work. The only difference between the two towns is that Narrandera is in Steph Cooke’s seat and Leeton is in Helen Daltons.
Funny that......
Harv mate fancy seeing you here. How are ya?
Reporting from Carrathool mate :D
Griffith boy over here, mental to see the Riverina finally getting some proper attention.
@@julesdav7941 🙈🙉🙊
This is such important work, Jordan. As a former political journalist who was born near Wagga Wagga, please don't ever give up on this critical, crucial work. You and your team are phenomenal for carrying out this investigative journalism, and also incredibly brave for taking these scumbags on. Please keep it up! My family and I can't wait for the next instalment!
If it's your field maybe you could help the cause
@@i1uvpreppyxo887 24:29 heres one. watch it again and actually look and listen this time
@@i1uvpreppyxo887 Can you read? He is alleging that there is a secret dictatorship that has been and is still operating in Narrandera, right there in the title. Also inferring that it goes right to the top, recent resignations in the face of an ICAC seem to support this inference.
@@i1uvpreppyxo887 Did you watch the same video as me? He said it several times. Your bias has been noted.
@@i1uvpreppyxo887 At no point does he claim that this is journalism, where did you get pseudo-journalism from? If you think that you are right, then you have seen for yourself that it is a kind of journalism and not had to be told. Look at you, working things out for yourself, your all grown up now aren't you?
I wonder if 'A Current Affair' will start chasing this dodgy plumber around
You mean the show on a network currently headed by Peter Costello? That show?
Peter Costello's ACA is more likely to start chasing FriendlyJordies ...
Which is why we have to Sign Kevin Rudds petition into media ownership
@@virkgale He'd probably just slide down a pipe to a secret bonus area anyhow
@@Austtube Why? So the Liberal Government will just ignore it harder?
that man with a beanie did an amazing job keeping his emotions under control. thank you for showing us this disgusting problem and corruption. keep fighting these pricks....
You could see him about to go off and he probably did in the cut footage.
This is punk rock DIY journalism and I love it. The big media will not touch this sort of stuff and what you are doing is brilliant. You are doing God's work. Keep it up.
Why do I feel shocked seeing some real uncensored journalism.
Keep it up mate its refreshing
I live in a Nationals stronghold town. Everyone, and I do mean everyone knows not to mess with the council. I've been personally threatened and accused of crimes on more than one occasion. It's blank was my mind how accepted this behaviour is.
Mafia syndicates, councils are detestably corrupt
Sounds like you need a local antifa group...
@@droko9 Cant really fight back when we dont have the right to arms in 99% of cases, thanks Howard.
@@xsct878 there are ways i guess, farmers control the majority of the food, what happens if someone decides to do something else with their harvest? food issues gain city notice much faster than more corruption, most are dead inside to it now. But if major suppliers stopped being able to supply meat and veg in sufficient quantities that will get people's attention super quick and force coverage
@Rahvin Keaves banks have that one sorted. Corporates captured uni ag departments decades ago and convinced farmers to buy ag products, get into debt, now they have no leverage. Finance is tied to bad management practice, the soil and water declines, output declines, farmer knowledge disappears.
Would like some FJ content on agriculture. It's the biggest land use in the country by far.. also linked to why nobody can find housing. (Push people into city, make $ from strictly controlled land development)
Self sufficiency, p2p education and the passage of time will shake off these parasites sooner or later
Jordies really should make sure he takes steps to deter a "suicide". Things like a file server with all the unaired footage being dumped if he doesn't log in once every two weeks, and always having a way of being publicly visible like easy access to live streaming or having people that could make assassination difficult to keep quiet. That would go a long way
I've never been so angry at Australian politics in my life.
- sincerely an ex liberal voter
You are a legend, Alexandra.
Welcome to the dark side friend
@Jay Dee not necessarily. Rural voters should be supporting Shooters, Fishers & Farmers if they stand for the policies the Nationals pretend to stand for. And if they don't like corruption.
Labor and Coalition are also worlds apart. Don't buy into the false equivalence in the faux-left media narrative about Labor. They're definitely not without fault (I rarely preference them first, not for over 10 years), but they don't steal water, they respect environmental referral processes, and they actually sack corrupt people and refer them to police & ICAC.
@@willlarsen6967
To quote Alex Jones "You are the resistance! "
This shit breaks my heart.
The level of corruption and pure concentrated greed blows my mind. I've noticed the crazy colour changes in the Murrumbidgee before on Google Earth thinking it was just a glitch in the satellite image. How wrong I was..
Also the levels of Motor Neurone Disease in Griffith are five times the national average which has been linked to blue green algae
So much respect and admiration for you guys and the important work you do.
You are an absolute national treasure !
❤
I moved out to Outback Queensland to teach remotely, the same LNP over saturation is here too, lack of upgrades and businesses being denied access to towns is common. The local council here banned a seafood truck that comes out from Rockhampton from stopping in town because the local "grocery store" owner is on the council. Its a joke.
Aye, im from Rocky
Nats... corrupt as f**k.
man thats fucked!
The seafood truck can bypass that by just doing phone orders and deliveries.
I lived in a rural NSW town for about 10 years and saw plenty of corruption, dodgy dealings with council and police involved in most of it. Part of it is now the whole Windsor bridge fiasco. Even a prominent drug dealer operates out of the area and police look the other way. The didn't even care when I gave them info about a drug related murder that was all over the news. It was too much for me and so I had to leave.
My father also experienced it back in 1990 with a Lake Macquarie (NSW) council using its powers to force him off his land. He wouldn't sell to a resort being set up by a Order of Australia winner who regularly used local councils to take over small caravan parks so he could capitalize on their success with his own resort style replacement. My father took them to court and won but had to deal with a lot of threats and intimidation for the duration including from police. Thankfully he was a strong man (and a lawyer) who gave as good as he got.
Then there is the whole police and political corruption surrounding a prominent politician (Mayor of Lake Macquarie) who was being groomed for premier of NSW in the 90's. Too bad he was grooming young boys at the same time. Somehow he escaped serious punishment (only 3 years) and was able to leave the country for Canada. One of his pedo mates took the fall (and still does) and a police officer (presiding?) killed himself with his own gun after a mysterious phone call. The police actively ignored victims who came forward with at least one taking his own life. There is so much more that suggests there was a serious pedophile ring in Lake Macquarie and Hunter valley involving teachers, police and politicians that only parts have been uncovered so far.
Crikey!
Have you e-mailed this to Jordan?
Please email this to friendlyjordies
I've got a sad suspicion that this is just one of MANY cases of rural towns getting culled across the state (possibly country)
Agenda 2030
"We won't act unless the The Government tells us to act, regardless if it's a crime" - Police
Biggest fkn loophole in the system & needs changing immediately. Money talks to the Government like candy talks to children.
Join a communist party and study history and economic theory so you can more effectively explain to your friends and family how capitalism is responsible for most of the problems society currently faces. Rich people exploit their workers then use the surplus value that we aren't being paid to bribe politicians so they can keep getting away with murder. Things wont change until we seize control of the means of production and bring justice to the assholes who have their boots on our necks.
Money talks to the government like candy talks to children. Good quote mate (I’ve accidentally started saying mate too much)
Me in 2021:
"FriendlyJordies didnt kill himself"
Oh, Jeffery Epstein meme if anyone else didn’t get it
It makes me wonder if the society will ever evolve past the elected shit holes.
But sadly history just keeps repeating itself
Bruh I'm only watching this because his employee was the victim of an arguably illegal arrest by plain clothes officers. Mental.
Dude at this rate this is looking like a prediction
Oy better not come true
My heart breaks for that poor little boy
60 minutes will be envious of Jordies journalistic skills
They gave up on journalism years ago.
60 minutes is fiction
Tara Brown would be embarrassed if she wasn’t dead inside
What are you talking about? He didn't even try to sell a book. Honestly it's amateur hour here.
"Journa what?!?" -60 Minutes probably
Not sure if you'll see this or not, but at 18:06 you asked why they test up stream. This is common practice when monitoring the effects of sewage treatment plants by showing background levels compared to levels past the outflow from the STP. That document you posted shows almost a 4x increase in total coliforms and a doubling of e.coli.
Im Victorian, so not as across NSW, but assume that the NSW EPA planning approval for the sewage site would have limits for the STP listed within its requirements. Does anyone know/can link to the approval? Would be keen to see how these results compare, but my understanding in general is that those sort of readings are fairly high.
@@nhodgie I'm not sure what their legislated limits are, ANZECC guidelines on water quality only really deal with faecal coliforms and e.coli specifically, while total coliforms include a lot of coliforms form soil, hence the background levels of 517. It's hard to really tell because they haven't specifically tested for faecal coliforms.
Also during my time water testing I had little experience in e.coli, faecal, and total coliforms, so this is definitely an area I'm rather sloppy on.
@@nhodgie Found their EPA licence though.
www.narrandera.nsw.gov.au/environment/sewer/environmental-compliance
@@TheWolfsLunch excellent! Thanks for that!
@@TheWolfsLunch so a quick scan has the allowable faecal cloroforms discharge limit as 200 units/100ml withing the Permit, while the NATA report friendly supplies listed ~1900 (total not just faecal, however the background/upstream readings are at around 500, giving ~70% as likely sediment contribution from the plant), and the officially reported results for last year are at max 200.... so where is this seperate NATA testing comming from that Jordies has, and why does it appear on first pass to not align with the officially reported EPA testing results? But admittedly, I'm checking all this quickly on my phone, so will have to read it properly tomorrow.
"I'm tired of the secrets, because it's our money!"
"They don't care about us, theyve never cared about us"
I feel like Jordies genuinely needs some form of security
Same, genuinely afraid for him and not in a paranoid way. He's really exposing ultimately dangerous people.
Or what a young liberal might physically intimidate them
@@wackojacko4580 No, these are serious peoiple with big money that could do anything.
His publicity is his insurance policy, no one will touch him
I'll be jordies bodyguard as long as I get to follow him to interviews and shit 🤣
Never expected a single UA-cam video and comments section to destroy 40 years of beliefs about rural Australia. Mind = blown.
city slicker huh
I'm hanging around r/Australia and watching the post get taken down again and again.
People are getting banned for posting it, for commenting, and everything is getting locked
Zero explanation.
r/Australia is owned by Murdoch
Just like Ghislaine Maxwell owned /WorldNews
@@samson3523 Is that a meme or no?
@@thomastucker7317 it's true. An account called maxwellhill moderated and controlled news and technology subreddits. The account stopped posting when Maxwell was arrested. People have gone over the accounts history and found several clues giving weight to the theory that maxwellhill was Ghislaine Maxwell
@@thomastucker7317 no. www.reddit.com/user/maxwellhill/
@@samson3523 Wow, thats nuts
"Consequently the attitude now is what's in it for me, more than what's in it for the Country. I see a tremendous lack of vision in the Political process"
- John Sullivan
What. An. Answer.
This form of Journalism is just surreal to experience
Then he goes on to have an anger stroke at them about it
And this was him trying to spin things nicely! Imagine what he really thinks.
christ some of fjordies recent fans are true plebs
Right? Boy the irony.
@@0mnislasher1 i cannot believe he used big words! THE ABSOLUTE MADMAN
Man if I was that regular fish and chip shop without a popular sign, I'd put a sign up saying "The Better Fish and Chip Shop" so customers would have to choose between the popular option and the better option.
Either way the local caught fish will be filled with e-coli. No wonder they want a Maccas
Narrandera resident here.... That first fish n chip shop with no sign was the old site of " the popular fish shop". It moved across the street a few years ago and kept the same lovely shade of bright purple. We really should change the name from "popular fish shop" to " the only fish shop" as we only have one.... Soooo .... By default it's the most popular? 😬
Good on you for putting this together. My partner has a proprty down there and we've long suspected something strange is going on with rate notices from the council. The water usage bill is HUGE and well beyond what any normal tenant would use in a day. We called the council to double-check their numbers but they weren't budging. We also asked them if there was that much water being consumed wasn't it a worry to them in such an arid area? They said there's no upper limit on the amount of water residents can use - you could literally have the tap running all day and they wouldn't care. People like that should not be in power.
Thanks to Jordan and his team, we can see what's really going on, seeing as mainstream media won't cover this stuff. Truly don't understand how people keep voting for the Liberals / Nationals when it has been proven time and time again that they don't have the people's best interests at heart. Why do people vote for them?
Cause they don’t like younger Australians ?
Some of them genuinely think they'll go to hell for even CONSIDERING voting for anyone else. And the bad ones play on this mindset.
They don't. The system is rigged
Lots of right-wing religious people say "I'll never vote Labor because they support abortion." Complete cop-out for seriously thinking through issues.
But the real biggie is "Labor is bad at economic management" (they're not), just because Labor increases taxes on the mega-rich to pay for hospitals, schools, roads...
For the last 12 years the Libs have said that Labor overspent on the GFC, but now the Coalition has racked up a $1 TRILLION debt.
www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/heavy-burden-biggest-deficit-on-record-debt-on-track-to-top-1-trillion-20201002-p561id.html
Stockholm Syndrome. They have been held hostage by these corrupt individuals so long they've started to rationalise their blatantly abusive behaviour.
My favourite character is the wise wizard in the background consulting his scrolls
Well r/australia is having a really bad day today, I just got banned...
@toasteh, we don’t like political buzz words here man
@@tovsteh I agree reddit is a shit hole, but sharing this post would be deemed "left wing". So I don't fully comprehend your point.
@Harry Banner r/genzedong is for chads
@@tovsteh saying the national party is left wing is like calling Stalin an anarchist
@@tovsteh Not even the liberals in America are left wing. Liberals are pro-capitalists who just support progressive policies. Like a leftist would say "lets get rid of the 1%" and liberals would say "lets make half of the 1% female or people of colour"
Great to see some fucking real journalism.
Damn this war hammer channel's getting really serious
This is all world building for Jordie's oc warhammer universe.
Just think of him a an Inquisitor of Ordo Hereticus, sifting through the corruption of these petty planetary governors, for the betterment of The Imperium, whilst dodging members of his own organisation who are more than happy for the status quo to continue as a curtain for their own investigations...
Check Armidale with Barnaby Joyce. The fear and control in that town is extremely similar to this story.
not to mention the armidale club burning down conveniently for the APVMA
PLEASE read this article. The level of corruption is insane, check out medium.com/@hardenuppete/solving-the-mystery-of-the-armidale-club-fire-313a8935df7a and www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-suspicious-fire-the-suicide-and-the-shameless-pork-barrelling-20190517-p51oit.html . Couple highlights - Barnaby tries to relocate 195 public servants from Canberra to Armidale. Decides to buy the Armidale Club. The owner does not want to sell. It mysteriously burns down, all footage from nearby houses is inaccessible or weirdly damaged, an employee of the club is found in a park with a self-inflicted gunshot and a USB ON HIM WITH PICTURES OF BURNT DOWN HOUSES and but there was NO forensic evidence to link him to the fire!
@@mingesack5606 too right. glad my old TSO has his head screwed on lol. nah, I like mojos, lovely 70's architecture
In my best Archer voice: “Do you want to be assassinated? Because this is how you get assassinated.”
"what is that American up there shouting about? Is that a sniper rif -"
If Jordan's last words aren't a Simpson's reference I'll be pissed.
This truly breaks my heart, my mum grew up in Narrandera before she moved down to Melbourne, I have so many beautiful memories being in Narrandera when I was a child going up to visit my Nanna! Had always hoped to take me kids up there but looks like there won't me much left to show
Believe me Hayden as a newcomer it’s amazing ! You will love it!
Suddenly feeling proud that Mildura managed to get an Independent elected.
Most independents are liberal-aligned
Ali Cupper is Ace. I'm a lefty living in the neighbouring electorate (same fed though) under a Nat and I am so jealous. Hoping others see what she is doing and get rid of the Nats
@@youytubey Exactly. The LNP regularly fund independent stooges knowing full well they won't get voted in and will pass their preferences to the LNP. They are just a mechanistic to siphon votes away from genuine independents, labor and greens weakening their chances of getting winning majority. The sooner coalitions are band the better but guess what that will never happen.
Fingers firmly crossed for our coming election my friend.
3 mins in and I'm angry. As a parent I cant imagine how heartbreaking and enraging this is situation is. I hope their little boy is ok omg....3 mins in...still 35 mins to go. Holy crap
i used to work in the shit works, thats a pasfeer or however its spelt system, probably atleast 50 years old based off old epa requirements, they’re pumped into the pasfeer, aerated, and let to settle, the clear water at the top is what gets decanted and discharged, which is then dosed with chlorine (maybe, if it does anything at all) but those systems dont do too well at controlling ammonia and nitrate content, as well as all sorts of bugs which chlorine will only kill so much, i wouldn’t be suprised if the effluent that is discharged exceeds epa “limits” anyways
The conversation around 27:00 is exactly the sort of thing that Sarah Taber (@SarahTaber_bww on Twitter) talks about in rural areas of the USA. They're controlled by a handful of landowning families who specifically DO NOT want economic development that benefits the whole community because that will decrease their power.
My parents moved from Melbourne to Deniliquin a few years ago, we holidayed there for decades and that's where they decided to retire, beautiful small country town by the river, even proposed there in feb this year because my partner fell in love with the town, the vid is on my channel. Anyway, The first time I visited their new home up there a few years back i distinctly remember the shower water smelling awful like a combination of dirty river water/ sewerage. It got so bad my parents started to notice it worsening even whilst doing the dishes. My dad contacted the council and other bodies several times to ask whats going on with the water, we've been visiting Deni for decades and have never had this issue, every single time he makes an enquiry he's met with the exact same answer: " it's within EPA guidelines" nothing more, nothing less.
He asked if the person on the phone if they lived in Deni? would they drink it? Would they bathe in it? Same response: "it's within EPA guidelines"
What they've done to the Murray/Edwards and Riverina areas waters and ecosystems are absolutely abhorrent. There is NO WAY that water is within EPA guidelines and ive said next time I come up im getting samples but a part of me also knows that no matter what my findings it will just be swept under the rug like this, like they also do. They've destroyed so many beautiful towns and ecosystems all in the name of greed. Pigs.
Just a stray thought but have you considered doing the test then giving the findings to someone like Jordie or Michael West? If he can get people on the ground running these tests for him over a number of locations in these seats it would be definite proof that this corruption is a widespread practice. It would be a lot harder to sweep under the rug if a case like that can be made from someone with a following...
If you really want to get mad about this, look up the rate of motor neurone diseases around there. And then look up the link between blue-green algae and motor neurone.
Shit, I grew up in Deni, spent my childhood there, I love the place. I'm horrified to hear this.
I live an hour from Deni, and my mum grew up there. Whenever I go there I bring my own water from the tank because its so horrible from the tap. Mum said they used to just drink soft drink because the water was so bad.
@@DualEquinox I haven't thought about that but it's definitely worth a shot. I guess I just got discouraged knowing how badly the corruption has spread and how many blatant catastrophes are brushed aside like nothing happened but enough is enough it's just beyond out of hand. Cheers for the idea
This is so heartbreaking I used to visit Narrandera all through the 90s as we had family and friends throughout the area (all young families), we stopped visiting because they all moved away over the years looking for work. I remember the old hostel and the pub there was always packed. That footage looked like the pale ghost of the town I remember.
That guy with the massive beard has the literal voice of god. He needs his own podcast
"You make mistakes, you get things right, you get things wrong. I've always realised in this job, if you own up to where you may have failed, people respect you for it and that's why I think the public are right behind the Premier."
Quote from John Baliaroo the day this was uploaded. The irony isn't even funny
... it's potentially not just fish that have been affected by the blue green algae situation too... wasn't there an investigation by the ABC a while back in regards to the link between the blue green algae contributing to the unusually high levels of MS present in the population of Griffith?
I love the short arms long pockets comment. very good description of someone who has the money but refuses to spend it.
This reminds me a lot of Resident Evil. The corrupt officials, the environmental damage, mismanagement of funds, secret laboratory. The only thing missing are zombies.
no no, there are zombies, the town was full of them unfortunately.
Does that make Jordan Chris Redfield.......
Who do you think is voting for the Nationals?
@@KimMoth Dingdingding-dingding! JACKPOT!
I guess that means time to grab a gun right?
Wow, I forgot what actual journalism looked like until this
I hope you’re all ready for an unforgettable luncheon.
MMMYES :|
Dude I got a pizza just for this
Egads!
@@smokey0111 My roast is ruined ;_;
4:06 -- they note at a meeting days after "the site was completely dry." Do they not know about evaporation? The liquid is gone, but the ground is still poison.
Never have I been so glued to a 45 minute video. Eager to see and learn more of this corruption.
I have lived here in Narrandera for the last 10 yrs. Thankyou for this. It means a lot . ♥️ keep fighting the good fight♥️
Holy revolving plastic Jesus, I'm terrified. As somebody who grew up in & still has strong ties to the Lockyer Valley, QLD, from the very first 'popular fish&chips' gag I've been overwhelmed with deja-vu. I just know, in my bones, that these exact same kind of foul, corrupt, double-dealing shenanigans have been going on 'back home' forever, or at least since I was old enough to be aware of 'other people's lives'.
This is the sort of thing that's so common out there, it's 'normal'; it's standard conversation fuel, it's what people talk about after church, or at the pub, or waiting for the bus. Sometimes it feels like anyone with any real stake in the community has a direct or near-direct experience of blatant political corruption, but somehow, tragically, it's become such a standard, expected part of the 'rural lifestyle' that people don't even connect it to voting and political participation anymore.
It's like lack-of-rain, potholes, or telemarketers; people just write this stuff off as 'inevitable', then turn to the Murdoch tabloid nonsense for their political information as a kind of sick, twisted 'antidote' to the crushing banality of their actual community needs...
Having lived in Steph Cooke's electorate and hearing her brag about all the grants she gets but not having seen the outcome of one. I am not the least bit surprised.
Ask her about that. Tell her you don't see the results of the grant money and you want to know where it is going.
I grew up in another small town in the same electorate and felt pushed out as I became an adult as once I finished highschool there was nothing left for me there. I had to leave as I wanted to get a tertiary education and did not have that option without leaving. So I really resonate with what they have said about the fact the government doesn't seem to want the young peole to stay or for there to be population growth.
So in like 20yrs? There will be nothing left of the town
I felt the same in the small “national” seat in outback QLD, it’s mostly surrounded by gas fields now
in 20yrs it will be all mines, gas fields, fracking, corporate farms - whatever is most exploitable.
vote the bastards who support the gutting of our nation the fuck out; federal, state and local.
Imagine giving him the budget of a current affair the amount of change could happen
Geez, corruption at the highest form.
Didn't think it would be this bad in Australia.
Thank you for this documentary, I will be sharing it as much as possible. The council members need to be held responsible for all their actions, whether good or bad.
I assume someone will be keeping tabs on those who were interviewed to see how much harassment they receive over the next few weeks and probably months.
I'm worried for the family and that ex council employee. They were already getting harassed by local police, naming their corrupt neighbour and all the council members will definitely give them a hard time.
Watch this get zero coverage from the ABC, Murdoch, Fairfax, etc.
If he gets any coverage at all it would be something like "racist controversial Labor aligned comedian attacks rural towns"
Be careful buddy, was thinking about Donald Mackay while watching this, well before you mentioned him...!! I'm from Queensland and have driven through Narrandera a couple of times on the way to and from Melbourne, and I actually remember thinking "There's a lot of town here, but no one in it..", I now know why. Cheers !!
Having visited Nerandera during 2008 for work, it's spooky seeing not change a bit.
Seems the nationals are happy to destroy the town for practically no reason other than to maintain power over old people
Amazing work Jordies and team, this should be the benchmark of journalism
Props to jordie and the team for trying to do honest journalism while being stalked and probably marked for death, felt like i was watching an extra episode of the first season of true detective.
NOW HIS IS REAL NEWS
Yes! Something I can consume with Lunch!
Are you sure you wanna be eating
@@lizablee It was beef pouteen . . . I didn't want to be eating that
Lmao I felt personally attacked when he said that
consoooooom jordies
@@scribojello3778 dunno what that is, sounds like a meat milkshake bro
I remember my dad telling me about Bell, California in which the council was siphoning money off to themselves and where in cahoots with the local police. The Chief of Police there was making close to 400K USD a year. Almost the salary of the US President!
Yes, but you expect that in the Failed States of Amerika where the response to most forms of corruption is to legalise it.
"FORGET IT JAKE, IT'S CHINATOWN"
Classic quote Jordan. Narrandera is as corrupt as the Government of 1930's Southern California was. You could've lifted the plot wholesale and modernized it in that town.
The political game is dirty and disgusting. A Federal ICAC couldn't come quicker enough.
its more like Queensland from 1968-1987
The political game is an organised crime syndicate
Can someone please tell me why I'm getting my investigative journalism from a YT comedian. I love FJ but there needs to be more of this type of stuff from our mainstream media market, the fact all they seem to do is criticise Jordan who's doing the job THEY should be doing is concerning.
Cause they're being paid to be nice to the liberal governments
It's cause the people they hire are spineless losers where making up the truth sells more papers
There are no real journalists in the MSM, pretty much all just "news" readers, reading the scripts that they are paid very good money to read.
Mainstream medias idea of journalism is to sit in a press release and regurgitate the information they were presented with. No investigation happens any more.
Why do you think K Rudd is campaigning?
“Friendlyjordies did not kill himself”
Firebomb*
I've just became a patron because this (as well as all the rest of the friendlyjordies content) is so well researched and such an important story told. I really hope this channel keeps growing because I don't see any other real way this corruption is going to be tackled. Thank you guys for making this. Keep up the excellent work.
Bruzfeed delivers once again
I think if you dug around rural NSW would you find most of this commonplace. I know I used to live in a country town north of Narrandera and the corruption was so out in the open, that a 14 year old (me) could see it.
If it's north of Narrandera, is in in Leeton's electorate? Worth checking in and seeing if it's gotten better under Helen Dalton?
they're "rust belting" other towns to keep them dependent on the Nationals?
Government corruption is basically just a larger version of when you're a kid and your parents deny you small allowance because they're too broke from their gambling addiction. Who are you gonna dob to? Your parents?
36:40 - Big Brother? I'm assuming you mean 'Big Bruzza' amirite fellas ...
The rail feasibility report they won't release, surely an incredibly simple possibility is that there just is no report. Somebody just took $500,000 and couldn't even be bothered writing a report? I mean, it is not likely, but surely it is an option that could be considered.
Good point, Barnaby "delivered" ~$675K worth of drought envoy reports via sms's to the pm - which he can't see to find now coz it's another phone or something...
The report either says it cant be done or it can but it is too expensive. They don't release this so they can keep on dangling the possibility of a railway every election time - if there is a report people can cite that when they make the proposal again.
That poor little boy. His cries just made my heart break.
It totally broke my heart. How could these people be so utterly cruel to a child? I feel so bad for his family too, especially his mother.
This Labor aligned comedian would make a pretty good journalist.
Ooh boy, I can't wait for this to be completely ignored by every mainstream media outlet.
The silence will be completely deafening.
Also be aware that Murdoch bought APM recently and most local newspapers have been shut down so no local council coverage now... recipe for corruption.
Narrandera Argus is a very independent newspaper, not owned by Murdoch
This is a core problem
@@scottrowlings5345 Good to hear. I was commenting more generally. How is their Council Reporter getting on? Any scoops?
@@scottrowlings5345 is it owned by a council buddy?
@@XX-qj9sj ...I don't know if the owner is a council buddy. Looks like the council has lots of buddies... any scoops?
The death-shriek of the cockatoos is strangely ominous
"Consequently the attitude now is what's in it for me, more than what's in it for the Country. I see a tremendous lack of vision in the Political process"
- John Sullivan
Truly a comment that he will be remembered for.
Commenting just to get the algorithm to pick this up, but jesus the saddest part of watching this was knowing that the attention this'll get from aussie mainstream media is jack. My heart out to all the regular folks in Narrandera and every other National stronghold town.
It always perplexed me how some councils and local governments seemed to deliberately run their communities into the ground. Now I know why.... POWER!
Keeping the town in a permanent depression has a second benefit - it is always eligible for special grants, giving more opportunity to embezzle that money
That's how it works in other Third World countries also.
I am in awe of the work friendlyjordies does.
WHERE is the mainstream media? WHY are THEY missing in action?
Calling Narendra council now to tell the staffers to watch this video.
Call them and ask them to respond to the allegations of corruption aired in this video, I just did and they shat the bed...
Revisiting this thread for an update on these calls.
@@willlarsen6967 Would defo love to hear from other people. Oddly enough I left a reply here before but I had the Narrandera council phone number in it and I assume that's what got it deleted. I spoke to a lady at what I assume is the front office about 30 minutes into the premiere. I urged her to look into a video about Narrandera Council that had been released that morning that was "going viral"
The response was a predictably confused "Oh uhm, ok thank you"
Subsequent calls made by other users have asked directly what they know about council corruption. I would enjoy hearing replies from anyone who spoke to them directly as I cant call them myself right now as because I do not have a council slush fund, my phone is cut off lol.
14:50 yeah Jordan we saw you trip over
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