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    Set inside the offices of the “Nation Building Authority”, a federal government organisation responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects, Utopia explores that moment when bureaucracy and grand dreams collide.
    Starring Rob Sitch, Celia Pacquola, Dave Lawson, Kitty Flanagan, Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann, Luke McGregor, Dilruk Jayasinha, Nina Oyama.
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    0:00 The Jevons Paradox
    0:58 Tasmania's Stadium
    1:30 Workplace Injuries
    2:19 Calling Customer Service
    3:06 Future Funds
    4:10 Workplace Respect
    4:47 Very Fast Train
    6:52 Government Websites
    7:42 Independent Consultations
    9:15 ID Cards
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 178

  • @AussieBob999
    @AussieBob999 Місяць тому +557

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

    • @jefferyadc
      @jefferyadc 27 днів тому +8

      Sad how true this comment is

    • @riccardobater-james5396
      @riccardobater-james5396 23 дні тому +8

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

    • @theredking3070
      @theredking3070 21 день тому +3

      As a Rhonda I can confirm 😂

    • @lachlanrussell8283
      @lachlanrussell8283 20 днів тому +3

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

    • @Emperorvalse
      @Emperorvalse 19 днів тому

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

  • @captainpoppleton
    @captainpoppleton Місяць тому +495

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

    • @wobblysauce
      @wobblysauce Місяць тому +1

      money money... ahhh

    • @willow6228
      @willow6228 28 днів тому +2

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

    • @iffracem
      @iffracem День тому

      @@willow6228 Worst results in education, right up there as worst in housing, public transport is crap, people dying in the debacle that is hospital ramping, some districts have no doctors, at least one hospital also has no doctor on staff.
      And our wonderful premier asks the AFL if they'll be nice and at least use some lube, AFL says nope, your taxpayers tears will have to do.

    • @Adriaticus
      @Adriaticus 11 годин тому

      ​@@willow6228But hey, at least they(whoever holds office) will look good for the next elections.

  • @venkatameesala
    @venkatameesala Місяць тому +405

    The IT department really upped their game after the smartGov debacle

    • @philhahn
      @philhahn 21 день тому +3

      Was that before or after the Census crash?

    • @shinjisan2015
      @shinjisan2015 8 годин тому

      they were so close with myGovSpace... just had to drop the space

  • @RaeneYT
    @RaeneYT 29 днів тому +145

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

  • @matthewlay9221
    @matthewlay9221 Місяць тому +334

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

    • @zandaroos553
      @zandaroos553 Місяць тому +27

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

    • @phunk8607
      @phunk8607 29 днів тому +11

      Try Canberra… you would be shocked

    • @janemacintyre9801
      @janemacintyre9801 27 днів тому +3

      same in Qld ...

    • @dimsoneill
      @dimsoneill 21 день тому +2

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

    • @zandaroos553
      @zandaroos553 21 день тому

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

  • @Ailieorz
    @Ailieorz 28 днів тому +171

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

    • @bodybalanceU2
      @bodybalanceU2 27 днів тому +19

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

    • @midnight-matches
      @midnight-matches 25 днів тому +15

      Let’s dig deeper, respectfully.
      😂😂

    • @pnutz_2
      @pnutz_2 6 годин тому

      normally it's a problem of a well-intentioned, but ultimately flawed course where there's not enough space in the feedback form for the nuance you'd need to take it apart (see also the customer feedback at 3:00 that's designed to make people hang up so they never get negative feedback) but they go straight for the jugular in this lol

    • @FJaypewpew
      @FJaypewpew 6 годин тому

      @@pnutz_2it’s just using obvious otherism to claim compassion
      Truly non racist addresses like this wouldn’t call on anyone

  • @bellarose5296
    @bellarose5296 Місяць тому +151

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

  • @aussieintexas61
    @aussieintexas61 Місяць тому +175

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

    • @hoilst265
      @hoilst265 Місяць тому +17

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

    • @g-forcemapping8454
      @g-forcemapping8454 Місяць тому +6

      @@hoilst265 Love that episode.

    • @650atash
      @650atash 28 днів тому

      😊​@@hoilst265

    • @davespanksalot8413
      @davespanksalot8413 26 днів тому +7

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

  • @AJ-kf4fc
    @AJ-kf4fc Місяць тому +265

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

    • @wildhairchronicles4009
      @wildhairchronicles4009 3 дні тому

      What does the 50-50 thing mean?b

    • @lord_duckian9521
      @lord_duckian9521 День тому +2

      @@wildhairchronicles4009 the consultants basically wanted to know what the government wanted to hear just so they could tell them it. The consultants get paid quicker and the government get told what the want.

    • @Mike-br8zt
      @Mike-br8zt День тому

      @@lord_duckian9521 In essence, a consultant tells the management what the staff tell them but puts it into management speak.

    • @lord_duckian9521
      @lord_duckian9521 День тому +1

      @@Mike-br8zt no, the consultants say whatever the government wants them to say regardless of if it’s true of not

  • @townsvillian12
    @townsvillian12 25 днів тому +56

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

  • @v66catta84
    @v66catta84 Місяць тому +67

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

    • @kazwilson425
      @kazwilson425 Місяць тому +6

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

  • @snowyalice
    @snowyalice 26 днів тому +33

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

    • @shykorustotora
      @shykorustotora 8 днів тому +2

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

  • @anthonypetniunas354
    @anthonypetniunas354 20 днів тому +17

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

  • @G1Arduo
    @G1Arduo 26 днів тому +13

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

  • @laci272
    @laci272 Місяць тому +91

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

  • @davidc9441
    @davidc9441 20 днів тому +6

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

  • @spirosmanisalis3463
    @spirosmanisalis3463 27 днів тому +31

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

    • @marcbiff2192
      @marcbiff2192 26 днів тому +4

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

  • @danidu85
    @danidu85 Місяць тому +40

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

    • @dimsoneill
      @dimsoneill 21 день тому

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

    • @shykorustotora
      @shykorustotora 8 днів тому +3

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

  • @JackdotC
    @JackdotC 26 днів тому +15

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

    • @melsy7720
      @melsy7720 13 днів тому

      Loved that show too! 😂😂

  • @cjwayn
    @cjwayn Місяць тому +41

    You left the best bit to the last!

  • @marisfenix
    @marisfenix Місяць тому +72

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

  • @simonchoi973
    @simonchoi973 Місяць тому +23

    I MUST save this documentary, it keeps me sane!

  • @steveryan4410
    @steveryan4410 Місяць тому +26

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

  • @janemacintyre9801
    @janemacintyre9801 Місяць тому +20

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

    • @bodybalanceU2
      @bodybalanceU2 27 днів тому +6

      he wrote both the shows

    • @janemacintyre9801
      @janemacintyre9801 27 днів тому +5

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

  • @noplacelikestorybrooke6968
    @noplacelikestorybrooke6968 Місяць тому +17

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

  • @reversefulfillment9189
    @reversefulfillment9189 24 дні тому +15

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

    • @dimsoneill
      @dimsoneill 21 день тому +2

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

  • @KeepItSimpleSailor
    @KeepItSimpleSailor 28 днів тому +29

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

  • @sachinjr
    @sachinjr 29 днів тому +25

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

  • @Kx0195
    @Kx0195 28 днів тому +7

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

  • @timewarpblackhole
    @timewarpblackhole Місяць тому +20

    The WHS one fills me with rage

    • @willow6228
      @willow6228 28 днів тому +2

      agree - so accurate

  • @rustycherkas8229
    @rustycherkas8229 Місяць тому +10

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

  • @tonygroves5526
    @tonygroves5526 28 днів тому +12

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

  • @jamiejones8508
    @jamiejones8508 29 днів тому +7

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

  • @joesr31
    @joesr31 20 днів тому +3

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

  • @midgetwars1
    @midgetwars1 Місяць тому +12

    5:50 beautiful yes minister homage

    • @stultuses
      @stultuses Місяць тому +2

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

    • @newremote
      @newremote Місяць тому +8

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

  • @archimedesscrew3710
    @archimedesscrew3710 Місяць тому +45

    Too close to the truth!😂
    From the UK.

  • @taritoon
    @taritoon 7 днів тому +1

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

  • @VickiSclarr-sk1de
    @VickiSclarr-sk1de 23 дні тому +3

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

  • @briangasser973
    @briangasser973 Місяць тому +27

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

    • @Steve-jx3mh
      @Steve-jx3mh Місяць тому +4

      I think its called dreamland in the US

    • @christopheryoung3850
      @christopheryoung3850 29 днів тому +2

      It is streamed on Netflix.

    • @briangasser973
      @briangasser973 29 днів тому +4

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

    • @briangasser973
      @briangasser973 29 днів тому +1

      @@Steve-jx3mh thank you!

    • @michaelbootes4822
      @michaelbootes4822 27 днів тому +1

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

  • @PanduAsli
    @PanduAsli Місяць тому +10

    Dear God this whole video feels like a leaked footage

  • @SuperHowie001
    @SuperHowie001 Місяць тому +5

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

  • @hmson4378
    @hmson4378 25 днів тому +1

    Just brilliant!

  • @0ddSavant
    @0ddSavant 22 дні тому +1

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

  • @Georgiesworkshop
    @Georgiesworkshop 27 днів тому +1

    Rob you are a master.

  • @gregbower245
    @gregbower245 22 дні тому

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

  • @richardm7181
    @richardm7181 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @conorchristmas6844
    @conorchristmas6844 20 днів тому +1

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

  • @harleydavo1099
    @harleydavo1099 19 днів тому +1

    Pure gold.

  • @ScootsFromNewCastle
    @ScootsFromNewCastle 21 день тому +1

    I’m an American and this is absolutely hilarious 😂

  • @lunalangton5776
    @lunalangton5776 Місяць тому +22

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

  • @danieldenholm3899
    @danieldenholm3899 21 день тому

    Lemo should get an Emmy.

  • @Meadowstone_Kentucky
    @Meadowstone_Kentucky 22 дні тому +2

    Where can I stream this show in the USA?

  • @aswukman
    @aswukman Місяць тому +2

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

  • @AricSchmidt
    @AricSchmidt 29 днів тому +2

    Where can I find this streaming in America? Great show

    • @christopheryoung3850
      @christopheryoung3850 29 днів тому +4

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

  • @ivanb52
    @ivanb52 Місяць тому +5

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

  • @Mike-br8zt
    @Mike-br8zt День тому

    I can confirm that Canberra is exactly like this.

  • @rocknral
    @rocknral 6 днів тому

    This show will have to end with tony and nat in a car yelling and holding hands as they drive off the end of an unfinished freeway overpass. 😂

  • @alanhill769
    @alanhill769 22 дні тому +2

    I find this show depressingly true.

  • @savascolakoglu7835
    @savascolakoglu7835 Місяць тому +2

    ...magnificent .. 🙂🙃

  • @donaldhobson8873
    @donaldhobson8873 27 днів тому +2

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

    • @SimonBuchanNz
      @SimonBuchanNz 27 днів тому

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

    • @stansman5461
      @stansman5461 4 дні тому

      Not necessarily. The model assumes these people are already going to where they want to.
      In terms of cars, more people just use their cars individually where normally they were carpooling or using the bus.
      So instead of sitting your kid on the school bus, without traffic, parents would just drop their kids off themselves

  • @zhanruide84
    @zhanruide84 6 днів тому

    When is this show coming to the UK?!

  • @wildhairchronicles4009
    @wildhairchronicles4009 3 дні тому

    Absolutely loving this!!!!!!!!!! Politics and comedy... two things dont jell well in my country...

  • @BB-et8pl
    @BB-et8pl Місяць тому +12

    It just hurts to watch

    • @andypandy8569
      @andypandy8569 Місяць тому +1

      Those Working Dog bastards. Too clever by half!

  • @nituldeshptha99
    @nituldeshptha99 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @adetutuolaifa
    @adetutuolaifa Місяць тому +3

    Where can I watch the show😢

    • @Steve-jx3mh
      @Steve-jx3mh Місяць тому

      Abc iview and netflix as well has some seasons

  • @corneliusschmidt3549
    @corneliusschmidt3549 19 днів тому +1

    Its called Bread and games

  • @nevyn_karres
    @nevyn_karres 29 днів тому +1

    ... I really want the super steam train.

  • @johncongerton7046
    @johncongerton7046 21 день тому +1

    Marvellous

  • @philippos5547
    @philippos5547 28 днів тому +4

    Twelve plus eight and two after that.

  • @darien6341
    @darien6341 28 днів тому +2

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

  • @zfjames
    @zfjames 28 днів тому +1

    How do I watch these from America?

  • @VinylCP
    @VinylCP Місяць тому +2

    Here, hear.

  • @KryCaNe
    @KryCaNe 5 годин тому

    A tent city housing the homeless literally ten minutes away from the stadium.

  • @ex.perdition
    @ex.perdition 21 день тому +1

    I thought this whole show was a documentary

  • @peteyoung3124
    @peteyoung3124 Місяць тому +2

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

  • @rionjames
    @rionjames Місяць тому +1

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

  • @presntnow
    @presntnow 29 днів тому +2

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

  • @Bushmansmeg
    @Bushmansmeg 17 днів тому

    I love John Legend :'D

  • @Ex-expat
    @Ex-expat День тому

    This show is hilarious even viewed from Sweden corporate culture!

  • @rangah30
    @rangah30 29 днів тому +1

    This is to accurate...

  • @philipstevenson5166
    @philipstevenson5166 21 день тому +1

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

  • @xphunterlee8948
    @xphunterlee8948 21 день тому +1

    how do I watch outside of Australia!?😭

  • @Drazja
    @Drazja Місяць тому +1

    I knew I should have moved to Australia

  • @Omertahun
    @Omertahun 7 днів тому

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

  • @rolfschmidt3296
    @rolfschmidt3296 27 днів тому +1

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

  • @teresawilkinson6231
    @teresawilkinson6231 20 днів тому +1

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

  • @gamerguy850
    @gamerguy850 5 днів тому

    5:41 didn’t these people wage a war against emus?

  • @CroneLife1
    @CroneLife1 29 днів тому +2

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

  • @sakr-el-bahr272
    @sakr-el-bahr272 8 днів тому

    The age of word salads.
    Welcome to America.

  • @PhotosmithAustralia
    @PhotosmithAustralia Місяць тому +1

    Love the show . Cant watch this .🤪

  • @_Vicarious
    @_Vicarious Місяць тому +6

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

  • @nevyn_karres
    @nevyn_karres 29 днів тому +1

    Was the coffee drugged?

  • @JJausJ
    @JJausJ 29 днів тому +2

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

  • @shezario
    @shezario Місяць тому +1

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

  • @deano2160
    @deano2160 9 годин тому

    The Rhondas gwt to a position of power then surround themselves by simular subservient versions of themselves and then it goes to rat shit.

  • @phunk8607
    @phunk8607 29 днів тому +3

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

  • @DB-ez9ud
    @DB-ez9ud 18 днів тому +4

    So glad I left Victoria

    • @hugopinkster4546
      @hugopinkster4546 4 дні тому

      As if this doesn’t happen Australia wide? Unless you left Australia, in which case, I stand corrected

  • @grug_g
    @grug_g 11 днів тому +1

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

  • @Steve-jx3mh
    @Steve-jx3mh Місяць тому +7

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

  • @husbandryenvy433
    @husbandryenvy433 29 днів тому +3

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