Utopia Being A "Documentary" For 10 Minutes Straight!

Utopia Being A "Documentary" For 10 Minutes Straight! | Utopia

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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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@captainpoppleton 2 ай бұрын

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

@wobblysauce 2 ай бұрын

money money... ahhh

@willow6228 Ай бұрын

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

$@iffracem$

@iffracem 29 күн бұрын

@@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 28 күн бұрын

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

@RaeneYT Ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

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

@zandaroos553 Ай бұрын

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

@phunk8607 Ай бұрын

Try Canberra… you would be shocked

@janemacintyre9801 Ай бұрын

same in Qld ...

@dimsoneill Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@venkatameesala 2 ай бұрын

The IT department really upped their game after the smartGov debacle

@philhahn Ай бұрын

Was that before or after the Census crash?

@shinjisan2015 28 күн бұрын

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

@steelgear3876 22 күн бұрын

Could be before, during and after.

@howard5992 7 күн бұрын

@@steelgear3876 see the final two slides...

@AussieBob999 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Sad how true this comment is

@riccardobater-james5396 Ай бұрын

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

@theredking3070 Ай бұрын

As a Rhonda I can confirm 😂

@lachlanrussell18 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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.

@AJ-kf4fc 2 ай бұрын

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

@wildhairchronicles4009 Ай бұрын

What does the 50-50 thing mean?b

@lord_duckian9521 29 күн бұрын

@@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 29 күн бұрын

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

@lord_duckian9521 29 күн бұрын

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

@danielthompson2561 27 күн бұрын

@@Mike-br8ztyeah, I’ve first hand experience of this. I’ve been presented my own slide decks back to me my by consultants…

@bellarose5296 2 ай бұрын

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

@aussieintexas61 2 ай бұрын

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

@hoilst265 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@hoilst265 Love that episode.

@650atash Ай бұрын

😊@@hoilst265

@davespanksalot8413 Ай бұрын

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

@snowyalice Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@v66catta84 2 ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@anthonypetniunas354 Ай бұрын

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.

@babokmorrison7561 25 күн бұрын

Yep pretty much but idk I feel like they always look at doing it on massive scales instead of starting smaller and getting regional connectivity first and then expanding later on kinda like they have done it in the UK where they just upgraded existing track instead of building brand new stuff for bonkers money.

@MiG21aholic 24 күн бұрын

@@babokmorrison7561you better look up HS2 then 😉

@anthonypetniunas354 23 күн бұрын

@@babokmorrison7561 100% agree. If they did a system between Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo, and made it work, then we could expand the concept. That was before Victoria was broke, of course.

@tobybrown1179 17 күн бұрын

This is why we can’t afford anything kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpOegdOExrLcf2w.htmlsi=DZvpHD4p3hGn7o0x

@stephenTcartwright 6 күн бұрын

The Tories in the UK proposed one of these, and couldn't even build one from London to Liverpool!

@townsvillian12 Ай бұрын

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

@Ailieorz Ай бұрын

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

@bodybalanceU2 Ай бұрын

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

@midnight-matches Ай бұрын

Let’s dig deeper, respectfully. 😂😂

@pnutz_2 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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

@rachelcookie321 27 күн бұрын

As someone who lives in another country than where I was born, I love when people ask me where I’m from. And I love asking everyone because I find it interesting to find out if they were born here or somewhere else and what their family origin is. There’s nothing wrong with that question in the first place lol.

@davidc9441 Ай бұрын

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.

@laci272 2 ай бұрын

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

@G1Arduo Ай бұрын

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

@steveryan4410 Ай бұрын

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

@spirosmanisalis3463 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@danidu85 Ай бұрын

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

@dimsoneill Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@franciscobizzaro 20 күн бұрын

Rhonda's like monsoon frogs nowadays

@lior_shiboli 14 күн бұрын

Was hr in the building again?@shykorustotora

@marisfenix 2 ай бұрын

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 🤭

@JackdotC Ай бұрын

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

@melsy7720 Ай бұрын

Loved that show too! 😂😂

@_Titanium_ 6 күн бұрын

Or you could watch the original which inspired it all: "Yes minister"

@GuyMaleMan 26 күн бұрын

"They dont know what they want" "they live there" "thats not the point" Painfully sums up modern ceo's

@reversefulfillment9189 Ай бұрын

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

@dimsoneill Ай бұрын

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

@CatnamedMittens 26 күн бұрын

Cyanide

@cjwayn 2 ай бұрын

You left the best bit to the last!

@sachinjr Ай бұрын

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

@simonchoi973 2 ай бұрын

I MUST save this documentary, it keeps me sane!

@jamiejones8508 Ай бұрын

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!

@KeepItSimpleSailor Ай бұрын

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.

@userunknown7675 22 күн бұрын

It'snot just Australia. As soon as politicians get involved (or a manager that isn't a subject matter expert) things become exactly like this. Half my day is spend on telling people what they need to do and when. Only for them to dump a rush job they knew about for months on my desk at the last minute (bonus points if the politician/manager involved already had a photo op in the papers anouncing the start of the project). I so love the my tony's in other departments, they get me involved early on and help me make sure that a bad project gets killed early and a good project gets streamlined. (Fuck the project managers though, except for 1 they are all a clueless bunch of twats)

@nikolaslarson6891 21 күн бұрын

Don't worry it's the same all over the "Western" world. You probably know something called planning for results. Actually it means that in order to avoid a reduction of your budget next year you plan the most absurd and useless projects just in order to have something to show the investors. Any kind of investor, even involuntary ones, like taxpayers. Great series, it nails it!

@srpacific 19 күн бұрын

Nah you retired cause of the cushy pension

@rustycherkas8229 Ай бұрын

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.

@Kx0195 Ай бұрын

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

@janemacintyre9801 Ай бұрын

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

@bodybalanceU2 Ай бұрын

he wrote both the shows

@janemacintyre9801 Ай бұрын

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

@CRMSN_RDR 17 күн бұрын

@@janemacintyre9801 is he I thought theybwere 2 diffrent characters

@tonygroves5526 Ай бұрын

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

@RealityDysfunction85 26 күн бұрын

Utopia is the best Australian Comedy show ever made. The Games is a very close 2nd, more like #1 and #1.01. But Utopia just skewers modern workplaces so well.

@timewarpblackhole 2 ай бұрын

The WHS one fills me with rage

@willow6228 Ай бұрын

agree - so accurate

@hoilst265 21 күн бұрын

Oh, jesus. Rule #1 of WHS: COVER. THE ORGANISATION'S. BUTT. Who cares if the person gets medical treatment if it's not proveable that the organisation got them medical treatment and correctly logged the incident so they can prove they were getting them medical treatment...eventually? That and the Ash "Where are you from?" one. Man, I'm vaguely Chinese-ish Aussie, and I get that all the time. 9 times out of 10, the Chinese side of my family has been in the country longer than the person asking has. Well, technically speaking, my family was here before we were a country. I don't speak Chinese, actually can't eat much of the food (seafood allergy...), and grew up in rural NSW.

@briangasser973 2 ай бұрын

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 2 ай бұрын

I think its called dreamland in the US

@christopheryoung3850 Ай бұрын

It is streamed on Netflix.

@briangasser973 Ай бұрын

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

@briangasser973 Ай бұрын

@@Steve-jx3mh thank you!

@michaelbootes4822 Ай бұрын

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

@VickiSclarr-sk1de Ай бұрын

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

@archimedesscrew3710 2 ай бұрын

Too close to the truth!😂 From the UK.

@Mike-br8zt 29 күн бұрын

I can confirm that Canberra is exactly like this.

@midgetwars1 Ай бұрын

5:50 beautiful yes minister homage

@stultuses Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@noplacelikestorybrooke6968 Ай бұрын

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

@DeMause 27 күн бұрын

Every time I have to cram myself into a flying coffin to get from brisbane to melbourne I get even sadder about how impractical the Very Fast Train is.

@0ddSavant Ай бұрын

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

@gregbower245 Ай бұрын

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.

@ALLenROOK 24 күн бұрын

That consultant meeting is ridiculously accurate. I swear they have insiders feeding them info, theres actually these BS meetings between govt execs and EY/KPMG etc ('general consultants') where the government agency basically says 'write us this BS report that says a project is viable so we can build/do it even though we know its shit' and the consultant does it every time to keep em sweet, collect a cool 10mil for a couple of months work by 20 grads, and then the cycle repeats and they get more and more contracts. Oh, and they plant their own agenda into these reports to actually shape govt policy incognito over time. Enviro sustainability often morphs into fiscal sustainability just like something straight out the show, as but one I saw.

@SuperHowie001 Ай бұрын

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

@joesr31 Ай бұрын

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

@hmson4378 Ай бұрын

Just brilliant!

@coolstorybrooooo7643 7 күн бұрын

I work in local authority. This IS REAL LIFE FOR ME

@isabell3_sc479 26 күн бұрын

the convos between tony and nat are the only ones where things make sense LMAOO i love it

@zandernewson9933 46 секунд бұрын

The incident report had dying. This literally happened to me, I cut my finger and was told “I can’t give you a plaster, I could lose my job if I don’t fill this out first”

@rocknral Ай бұрын

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. 😂

@richardm7181 Ай бұрын

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

@PanduAsli Ай бұрын

Dear God this whole video feels like a leaked footage

@tanks4nuthin964 23 күн бұрын

This show is so painful for me because this is how i feel every day in this world. In other words, this show is a fucking masterpiece

@lunalangton5776 2 ай бұрын

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

@GemmaTrellis 27 күн бұрын

I feel like this video could alternatively be titled: every office job ever hahah

@harleydavo1099 Ай бұрын

Pure gold.

@Georgiesworkshop Ай бұрын

Rob you are a master.

@grey341 26 күн бұрын

Working Dog really nailed the PWC et. al. gravy train. Poor taxpayers (suckers).

@Meadowstone_Kentucky Ай бұрын

Where can I stream this show in the USA?

@conorchristmas6844 Ай бұрын

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.

@tsrdms11101992 14 күн бұрын

"When we get to the future you're still in the past!" lol!

@danield2000 Ай бұрын

Lemo should get an Emmy.

@aswukman Ай бұрын

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

@JureS 20 күн бұрын

This has 'Yes Minister' quality potential for real! :)

@taritoon Ай бұрын

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

@ivanb52 2 ай бұрын

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

@anywallsocket 18 күн бұрын

Never heard of this show! Now I’m all ears 😂

@wildhairchronicles4009 Ай бұрын

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

@brigitperry4991 26 күн бұрын

Everytime I see a new story about the Tasmania stadium I think of Utopia.

@ScootsFromNewCastle Ай бұрын

I’m an American and this is absolutely hilarious 😂

@savascolakoglu7835 2 ай бұрын

...magnificent .. 🙂🙃

@AricSchmidt Ай бұрын

Where can I find this streaming in America? Great show

@christopheryoung3850 Ай бұрын

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

@CatnamedMittens 26 күн бұрын

@@christopheryoung3850not available in the US

@zhanruide84 Ай бұрын

When is this show coming to the UK?!

@nevyn_karres Ай бұрын

... I really want the super steam train.

@joshsteele5701 20 сағат бұрын

This show would be the new office if made available easy in USA

@zfjames Ай бұрын

How do I watch these from America?

@warcraftdude13 6 күн бұрын

I was working for a Supermarket 🛑 in Australia and cut myself badly (bleeding wouldn't stop) all they wanted to do was file a report. I couldn't even drive MYSELF to a doctor

@johncongerton7046 Ай бұрын

Marvellous

@MandoMonge 17 күн бұрын

This show is so accurate I’m seething in anger and hatred

@joezephyr 16 күн бұрын

Strangely I thought it was an ABC documentary on govt authorities. I thought the ABC was fortunate to get Rob Stich to perform.

@darien6341 Ай бұрын

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

@adetutuolaifa 2 ай бұрын

Where can I watch the show😢

@Steve-jx3mh 2 ай бұрын

Abc iview and netflix as well has some seasons

@JJausJ Ай бұрын

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

@BoKnowsBrains 9 күн бұрын

7:43 We just had an "independent" consulting firm hired by shareholders to see if the CEO they chose makes them look like A$$hats for choosing him in the first place. The answer is yes, he does. But they spent a ton of money for someone to tell them: A) you (the shareholders), were stupid for hiring this guy. Or B) everything is industry standard and fine. knowing the kind of people who have a controlling stake in this enterprise... B should always be the correct answer.

@rionjames Ай бұрын

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

@Manawatu_Al2844 Ай бұрын

Utopia

@alexanderarden2152 17 күн бұрын

Reminds me of Clarke and Dawe 😭😭

@BB-et8pl 2 ай бұрын

It just hurts to watch

@andypandy8569 2 ай бұрын

Those Working Dog bastards. Too clever by half!

@alanhill769 Ай бұрын

I find this show depressingly true.

@xphunterlee8948 Ай бұрын

how do I watch outside of Australia!?😭

@Bushmansmeg Ай бұрын

I love John Legend :'D

@enotdetcelfer 15 күн бұрын

Ah-mazing

@nituldeshptha99 Ай бұрын

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

@CroneLife1 Ай бұрын

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?

@David-vk5sv Ай бұрын

torrent it

@ribbonsofnight Ай бұрын

Available under the name dreamland