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  • Опубліковано 4 вер 2023
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    Season 4 Episode 1: The Law's The Law
    Tony and Jim clash over the best way to tackle high level company tax fraud. Keen to launch a major Government report, Rhonda seeks help from a well-known television personality.
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  • @workingdogproductions
    @workingdogproductions  9 місяців тому +19

    Need more Utopia? 🔨
    Watch all seasons now on ABC iview: bit.ly/44G38Gl

    • @infernalstan886
      @infernalstan886 3 місяці тому +1

      Did you guys ever do make more episodes of The Hollowmen, or plan to in the future? I love Utopia but The Hollowmen will always hold a special place in my heart, alongside the old Clarke & Dawe skits from 7:30 😊

    • @chrisavanti80
      @chrisavanti80 3 місяці тому +1

      When(or where?) do we get to stream the whole brilliant thing in the UK 📺 🙏

    • @richardvargo2740
      @richardvargo2740 15 днів тому

      Doesn't work outside Australia...

  • @tugdumbly1927
    @tugdumbly1927 9 місяців тому +541

    The Utopia audience understand the importance of serious TV documentaries like this.

    • @OmgAuntySuzanne16
      @OmgAuntySuzanne16 3 місяці тому +2

      Hahahaha

    • @Daz555Daz
      @Daz555Daz Місяць тому +3

      Yep - spot on. Carrying on the great tradition of classics like Yes Minister/Prime Minister and The Thick Of It.

  • @Munrubenmuz
    @Munrubenmuz 9 місяців тому +188

    'What about us?'
    'Who's 'us'?'
    'Taxpayers'
    'What have they got to do with it?'.
    Yep!

  • @Raida7
    @Raida7 9 місяців тому +135

    "I intend to be stern..." he delivers a line so well

  • @noahmurphy5366
    @noahmurphy5366 5 місяців тому +211

    Yes minister/prime minister finally has competition for the most accurate documentary series about government.

    • @andyacreman
      @andyacreman 5 місяців тому +4

      Thick of it?

    • @UK_Sgt_7094
      @UK_Sgt_7094 4 місяці тому +5

      yes Minister was brilliant, but also have to say The Thick of it, In the Loop was really spot on! really spot on.

    • @thethirdman225
      @thethirdman225 3 місяці тому +1

      Trust me: having worked in both the public and private sectors, there's little difference.

    • @dandy-lions5788
      @dandy-lions5788 2 місяці тому

      when you can't tell if you should laugh or cry

    • @bodybalanceU2
      @bodybalanceU2 Місяць тому +1

      pre-utopia was "the hollow man" which was more like yes (prime) minister insofar it was about an aussie PM and his office

  • @NickJohnCoop
    @NickJohnCoop 9 місяців тому +330

    Worst part is that it goes on no matter whose in government.

    • @freeman10000
      @freeman10000 9 місяців тому +4

      Yes, exactly.

    • @gwarlow
      @gwarlow 6 місяців тому

      But come election time the sheep will have no choice (they have to vote for the worst party or the second/third worst).

    • @garethwhite8770
      @garethwhite8770 3 місяці тому +9

      It does but it's worse with the LNP as they love outsourcing and then have to defend outsourcing to pos companies. PWC being a recent example.

    • @andrewb5412
      @andrewb5412 3 місяці тому

      It's the nature of government

    • @jai-kk5uu
      @jai-kk5uu 3 місяці тому

      Appoint a racist government and say you can go after all corporations owned by blacks. This way corporations go down.

  • @mikeclement4029
    @mikeclement4029 5 місяців тому +100

    I know it's billed as satire... but I think we all know that it's reality.

  • @thatsbollox
    @thatsbollox 4 місяці тому +16

    lol he's good..."make no mistake i intend to be stern....but i think we need to proceed cautiously". Luv it.

  • @greebj
    @greebj 3 місяці тому +13

    And down here at the bottom of the food chain it is inverted - to convert a minor speeding fine to an Official Warning and avoid paying any fine - an admission of guilt is required ......

  • @Ozvideo1959
    @Ozvideo1959 9 місяців тому +100

    I miss Utopia already. Working Dog should make more episodes per season. 13 episodes per season would be nice.

    • @Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes
      @Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes 5 місяців тому +6

      If people fund them, then yes. This stuff is expensive.

    • @ribbonsofnight
      @ribbonsofnight 5 місяців тому +6

      The reason it's good is that they don't make a lot of episodes.

    • @Ozvideo1959
      @Ozvideo1959 5 місяців тому +3

      @@ribbonsofnight Really? Gee I thought it was because it had quality writing, fun characters, a sense of comedic irony, but it turns out it's none of those things, it's because they don't make many episodes.

    • @janithadharmabandu9663
      @janithadharmabandu9663 4 місяці тому +3

      @@Ozvideo1959 to be honest I did feel like the quality of the episodes last season started deteriorating towards the end, a few more episodes might've been shit.

    • @Ozvideo1959
      @Ozvideo1959 4 місяці тому

      @@janithadharmabandu9663 Well, that's your opinion. I think most people thought it was pretty good from start to finish.

  • @johnboxxy3432
    @johnboxxy3432 3 місяці тому +18

    I think a corporate apology means so much more when it has sincere and or heartfelt in front of it .

  • @tenou213
    @tenou213 Місяць тому +5

    I wish I could laugh at this incredibly well done satire.
    But I'm crying at how accurate it actually is. People in way too many countries do NOT go to government to effectively serve - they go for easy paychecks and lazy working conditions.

  • @jedics1
    @jedics1 17 днів тому +3

    Ive watched the juice media for 3 years and YT has never served me up this channel, why? What other gems is it hiding from me while is repeats the same recommendations I didnt click on the last 50 times I refreshed the page.

  • @sbarmiueenl
    @sbarmiueenl 3 місяці тому +17

    The greatest joke about all this, is that it's supposed to be satire!

  • @Noseybastard533
    @Noseybastard533 9 місяців тому +72

    This show was 100% more accurate than tv news.

  • @trevormorgan8423
    @trevormorgan8423 5 місяців тому +10

    Utopia was the best documentary ever made.

  • @AndyFahey
    @AndyFahey 7 місяців тому +24

    If these guys ever start giving out Lotto numbers I am all in.

  • @davespanksalot8413
    @davespanksalot8413 3 місяці тому +4

    Faaaaaaarrrk!! A couple of minutes is all I can handle before the pain gets too unbearable…

  • @Deschutron
    @Deschutron 5 місяців тому +2

    This is why I'm always touched whenever an internet celebrity apologises for anything.
    I'm just not used to it.

  • @melbjohn
    @melbjohn 2 місяці тому +2

    "Lessons will be learned" .... on repeat

  • @warrenb9343
    @warrenb9343 4 місяці тому +5

    It's kinda like Juice Media government adds. So true you just can't help but laugh.

  • @bencepaul3497
    @bencepaul3497 12 днів тому +2

    Oh god. This is so accurate that I feel like it was a transcript from an ATO/ASIC meeting 😣

  • @StereoSpace
    @StereoSpace Місяць тому +1

    LOL You missed the part where they make a (quiet) 'donation' to the council's slush fund, I mean discretionary spending fund.

  • @tigertiger1699
    @tigertiger1699 4 місяці тому

    Priceless 👍

  • @SunWarrior155
    @SunWarrior155 Місяць тому +1

    "What about us?"
    "Who?"
    "Taxpayers?"
    "What have they got to do with it?"
    Would be funny if it weren't so accurate... still pretty funny though😂

  • @GregoreLopez
    @GregoreLopez 4 місяці тому +1

    How true.

  • @jjsc4396
    @jjsc4396 9 місяців тому +24

    So......Qantas right?

  • @kells11515
    @kells11515 9 місяців тому +17

    Sounds very Qantasy

    • @Dave_Sisson
      @Dave_Sisson 9 місяців тому +7

      Surely this is far more about PwC ?

    • @luckydannumber2
      @luckydannumber2 5 місяців тому +1

      I thought it was Google but it was PwC who shared details about the tax avoidance law to it's clients.

    • @effkay3691
      @effkay3691 5 місяців тому

      Qantas is a private company. This a a governmental department. Way way worse

  • @peterfmodel
    @peterfmodel 5 місяців тому

    So true.

  • @TheCaptainbeefylog
    @TheCaptainbeefylog 5 місяців тому +1

    Big win! Ah God, I feel so bad for Tony. The man's a saint.

  • @colinbriggs6663
    @colinbriggs6663 4 місяці тому +1

    Tragic reality :(

  • @gibbousmoon35
    @gibbousmoon35 9 місяців тому +2

    Ouch.

  • @numbereightyseven
    @numbereightyseven Місяць тому +1

    The high corporate salaries are the payments for selling your soul.

  • @KJs581
    @KJs581 5 місяців тому +2

    Work for govt long enough, you see this all the time.
    Defence is the worst. Now, defence assets do cost a lot, but the money bounced around and the "oh, default on contract/late.................. hmmmm = (nothing happens, except they get more time and money)" is astounding.
    But then again, everyone saw a govt say "Hmm, 25 million to put up a flagpole on a bridge??? Yep, sounds fair enough..." so you get what I am on about.
    Must be nice on their planet.

  • @rotteneggconcept
    @rotteneggconcept Місяць тому +1

    Wow, this is Exactly how it feels like working for Goverment, any government. Politicians are spinless and if you want to keep working you'll slowly become spinless aswell, it's the small compromises that weaken your resolve, and sure enough, after a few years of yes Mam and yes Sir you'll weigh yourself and come up a bit spinless

  • @SP-ny1fk
    @SP-ny1fk 21 день тому

    We need to do something about the rampant corruption in this country.

  • @eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807
    @eleonoraformatoneeszczepan8807 9 місяців тому +1

    Oh dear.

  • @mrklaus6232
    @mrklaus6232 Місяць тому +1

    Physical pain I swear

  • @jamesmatthews291
    @jamesmatthews291 11 днів тому

    "We would like to apologise if you feel that we may have established our corporate structure in a manner that may be seen to reduce our taxation liabilities below those normally ascribed by globally accepted accounting principles.
    Our internal corporate structure actually makes perfect sense from an operational standpoint; reports that the Amsterdam office consists of one accountant and his dog are incorrect - we have a zero-tolerance policy for animals in the workplace."

  • @rodgerhempfing2921
    @rodgerhempfing2921 9 місяців тому +11

    I sense well paid job opportunity's when they change jobs

    • @Redpepper7376
      @Redpepper7376 6 місяців тому +1

      Yes failing upwards is a thing in government!

    • @rodgerhempfing2921
      @rodgerhempfing2921 4 місяці тому

      I sense a massive political donation, without strings of course.

    • @greebj
      @greebj 3 місяці тому

      like when the "Prosecutors" at ASIC change jobs to work at the companies from whom they just accepted their "amnesty" and "statement of apology" a.k.a. got let off denying they did anything wrong?

  • @Dizums
    @Dizums Місяць тому

    Imagine someone steals your wallet, and apologizes by throwing the change at you from the coin pouch.

  • @TXGRunner
    @TXGRunner 9 днів тому

    ...and people wonder why I despise government.

  • @stevemurrell6167
    @stevemurrell6167 9 місяців тому +4

    'Big win'....yet again for the money men. Screw the taxpayer!

  • @hitch4645
    @hitch4645 3 місяці тому

    Is this show ever going to be available to watch in the US?

    • @Pixie1001.
      @Pixie1001. Місяць тому

      I believe it's available under the name Dreamland in the US, I think due to a copyright dispute on the name?

  • @hansweissmann_xviii6754
    @hansweissmann_xviii6754 9 місяців тому +4

    Yeah, and people wonder why the Collective West is going to Hell......

  • @frederiquecouture3924
    @frederiquecouture3924 6 місяців тому

    Sure.

  • @bdchatfi
    @bdchatfi 5 місяців тому +2

    1,000th thumb up!

  • @kenshi7139
    @kenshi7139 Місяць тому +1

    Jim is such a weasel

  • @benjaminbordelon8413
    @benjaminbordelon8413 6 місяців тому +1

    This makes my blood boil

  • @Indy_at_the_beach
    @Indy_at_the_beach 5 місяців тому +4

    This is EXACTLY how companies are treated in the US.

  • @Soberman75
    @Soberman75 5 місяців тому

    They never do.

  • @cinemaipswich4636
    @cinemaipswich4636 3 місяці тому +2

    When a business is fined for wrongdoing to its customers, that money goes to the government, and not the customers. Even when they find criminality, no one is arrested. At no stage does the government help the customer recover money from the criminal business.

  • @devarmont87
    @devarmont87 5 місяців тому

    I think I understood maybe 3 words used in this Documentary

  • @mathewhale3581
    @mathewhale3581 6 місяців тому +3

    Sharp writing

  • @happivaras
    @happivaras 9 місяців тому +1

    Did someone say 4fuxache¿‽¿

  • @fishburger8177
    @fishburger8177 5 місяців тому +3

    i cant watch this show it makes me too angry

  • @MerrilyMerrilyMerrily
    @MerrilyMerrilyMerrily 9 місяців тому +21

    Australia needs Tony. And really if Zelensky can pull it off….

  • @mistermaquaid1259
    @mistermaquaid1259 Місяць тому

    these just makes me sad now

  • @l214laus
    @l214laus 2 місяці тому +1

    PwC will be grumbling about their situation.

  • @huko4266
    @huko4266 3 місяці тому

    I hate the public service

  • @chmoss6310
    @chmoss6310 5 місяців тому

    😃😃🇦🇺🙏👍

  • @sierracharlie7293
    @sierracharlie7293 9 місяців тому +1

    Dick the Butcher was right.

  • @musclecarbear4704
    @musclecarbear4704 Місяць тому

    Utopia isn't a fictional show based on some half truths...its a documentary.

  • @warrenheslip692
    @warrenheslip692 3 місяці тому

    Cowardly corporate woke bullshit.

    • @greebj
      @greebj 3 місяці тому

      3 of those 4 words I agree 100% with. Corporate get out of jail frees like this have been going on well before 'woke' was a thing.

  • @akj3388
    @akj3388 5 місяців тому

    Blinking only one eye? That's the covid jab injury right there.

  • @markstewart4501
    @markstewart4501 Місяць тому

    This stuff sounds like Ronald Reagan, actor and Former USA President, language...did the Aussies take advice from one of our worst presidents?