Australia's Defence Policy Explained | 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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[@workingdogproductions]

A new season of Utopia is coming Wednesday 7 June 8pm to ABC TV + iview! 🏢

[@clairehennekam]

This is very exciting news!!

[@freebeerishere]

🎉🎉

[@hoilst265]

You blokes couldn't have asked for better marketing, could you? :D

[@liamrmorgans921]

Genuine question, did Germany do trade with Russia, or France, or the UK, or the USA before the world wars?

[@hoilst265]

@@liamrmorgans921 Yeah...

[@AdmiralMEOW1]

The biggest issue I have with Utopia, is how accurately it represents working in the public service. I feel like it triggers my internal trauma every episode.

[@yumsy37]

The only issue is that the Rob Stitch character has common sense. It would be more like the real world if no one had common sense.

[@ravingmad765]

Completely agree.

[@cekojuna6930]

@@yumsy37 Bit more than that actually. His character is perceived to have common sense, only for you to realise he is just like the rest of them except he is the least worst.

[@gromit368]

I've often said that Utopia is not a comedy/satire; its a public service training film! Many of the situations and events reflected in these episodes are direct reflections of my lived experience in the NSW PS. I just want to know who told working dog about them?!?! 🙂 Triggers my PTSD!

[@yumsy37]

@@gromit368 I still think that Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister is better at telling you why things are they way they are while Utopia is more about highlighting the most absurd moments.

[@HeavyCarts]

The problem with Utopia is it feels too accurate

[@danielricci3270]

Almost profetic. I can't watch anymore Simpsons, or Capusotto (argentinian), because what was intended to be a healthy eye-opener failed.

[@JackBaker954]

It's honestly hard to get through an episode after working in the public sector so long

[@Clynikal]

@@JackBaker954 it gives me anxiety

[@maxdavant8652]

I now cant unhear Future Funds after watching Utopia

[@ChoirFan1]

I worked for the government for 35 years…every episode I watch, I just nod AND shake my head at the same time.

[@-ChinmayBhave]

This series might be really famous in Australia.. But this genius needs to be known in whole world....really underrated

[@andrewsmith8729]

Genius and Utopia should never be used in the same sentence. I have all the seasons on DVD, including the earlier version, Hollowmen (?) and what I could bare of Rose-haven. Then I have the complete series of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister from the late 1970s / early 1980s. To, the Australian writers .......... I get what you have tried to do.......... but, the comedy / satire misses the mark by a bloody country mile.

[@The1stJesusMachine]

It's worth noting that it's called "Dreamland" for international audiences and "Utopia" for the Australian market

[@thomaselliott573]

This could only come from the capital of AfDanistan, Melbourne. Yes, they really are a bunch of clowns. Intelligence will never penetrate that far flung sh1thole.

[@FreakyPete]

@@andrewsmith8729 As Rob Sitch said in an interview 8 years ago, "We don 't write comedy, we make observations." The comedy arises because of the real absurdity that exists within government. You don't need a farce like "Yes, Minister" to highlight it, you just need to put it on show.

[@schumzy]

Agreed, once I discovered this show, got a VPN and asked my Aussie buddies for a pw so can watch it. It's just too damn good.

[@zingzangspillip1]

I grew up in the 90s watching repeats of Yes, Minister, and this show sometimes manages to reach that exalted level. This is a *great* scene.

[@thomaselliott573]

The brilliance of British writing compared to this cheap crap? you really must be a moron.

[@jasmeenmalhotra2225]

Reach or exceed

[@thomaselliott573]

@@jasmeenmalhotra2225 yes, indeed, your curry is made in a hurry

[@Colstah]

We're in agreement really, but I'd say they're pretty much on par, just a slight difference in style..

[@gugu911]

Yes, Minister shows the history is repeating itself

[@vjt2705]

and this episode is about 3 years old - both brilliant and timeless :-)

[@skerbgs]

and scary... the defence spending they are discussing is the same as what we are now on the hook for with these US nuclear subs... this episode aired in 2017.

[@peanut0brain]

It ages like a fine wine

[@medved4030]

Amazing how our government ended up signing a $386 billion deal. Perhaps they watched this satire and thought $400 billion is out limit. Lets not go over it :)

[@markpalmer6237]

@@medved4030 probably where they got the idea from

[@simodjordjevic2701]

3 years old?.. are you sure?.. then, "working dog" has someone spying for them.. ha ha ha.. deep inside the government..

[@shanerooney7288]

"I wouldn't want to raise tensions" "Where?" "In this room" Gets me every time.

[@isoboy2125]

This was produced in 2017! How did they know it was close to $400billion? 🔮😆✨

[@BenjaminPitkin]

In 2017 this was satire. In 2021 it became painful reality.

[@chenliu397]

what reality

[@utkarsharyan]

@@chenliu397 AUKUS Submarine deal

[@FUnzzies1]

This joke never gets old

[@FUnzzies1]

​@@utkarsharyanbargain that deal

[@jalpat2272]

​@@FUnzzies1 only became painful reality you unfortunately wake into.

[@perrystalsisworldofbiology767]

Seriously, Rob Sitch is a national treasure.

[@zel3888]

holy crap didn't realise it was him until i saw this .... changed alot since frontline

[@Ozvideo1959]

Agreed, actor, writer, director, he does it all.

[@BrisbaneTeslaGuy]

He is a legend for sure

[@kparker2430]

and those 2 other guys, Santo and ?

[@BrisbaneTeslaGuy]

@@kparker2430 Tony Martin

[@justinm5972]

"Shall we use the nod system" so good!

[@jvvoid]

Been doing it since 1986 with the D-Generation. You can never go wrong with Working Dog. They never let you down.

[@nicholaskemp2451]

"Champagne comedy!"

[@ninjaskeleton6140]

The Dish is my favourite Aussie movie. The Castle is fantastic too and one of the most quotable movies (and I lived in Coolaroo myself for 14 years). Russell Coight is classic. And I reckon Frontline is by far the best Aussie comedy series ever made. Everything they touch turns to gold.

[@petraliverani1247]

The D-Generation was funny, Utopia is more like torture though.

[@judee.caulfield6386]

Unfortunately I have seen "Any Questions for Ben?"

[@seanlander9321]

Utopia wasn’t a comedy, it was a documentary.

[@FUnzzies1]

This joke never gets old

[@corypollard]

Nation building....Nation building.....etc etc.... Same as Idiocracy.

[@MysteryShopper14]

Reminds me of a company who spent millions over 5 years on a rostering tool. It was never going to work as not all attachments were initially purchased but the HR mandarins pressured for success. Every minor positive was praised and any realistic feedback was labelled as 'not being onboard'. In the end it was replaced by an excel spreadsheet developed by a payroll staff member in her spare time!

[@ADayInTheLifeOfJames]

This is legit how getting anywhere productive in the Australian Army felt for nearly 20 years… especially the last 10

[@jalpat2272]

you mean practically nonexistent and goes further into some sort of sick gov welfares program like a hospital without patient and doctors that somehow spend 7 figures each year

[@KWofPerth]

AUKUS submarines deal says hi! This show is virtually a doco. So close to the bone, every damn episode and every damn character. I don't know how Working Dog does it time after time, show after show. Genius level.

[@fouadmas5413]

Exactly, we pay 30 million for the each Sub and another 30 billion for back door/ protection money

[@ntal5859]

Well it is still an ABC show, my guess is they just change a few names from an ABC think tank or board meeting and bingo a new episode.

[@FUnzzies1]

The subs that you are saving money on? The subs cheaper by magnitudes over the French subs you were supposed to buy?

[@Geroaergaroe]

​@@FUnzzies1 They weren't paying for the sub you imbecile. They were paying for a direct, cooperative alliance with a local power that was independent from the USA and the ability to make more sub from the line. The f*cking deal was to basically create the whole damn industry near Perth. Nothing remotely close to the shakedown the US sold about sub they'll probably never gives.

[@katrinaloughrey]

This show is absolutely spot on - hilarious yet scary how accurate it is at the same time 😂

[@TheOrigamiPeople]

Yes ,at last ,the inner working mind of Australian defense strategists

[@bretm1389]

I love utopia, I just wish it wasn't so close to reality.

[@greebj]

the general trend is that comedy has to increase its ridiculousness in order to keep its lead over reality lol

[@australianpatriot]

ITS COMPLETELY INNACURATE

[@Taojas]

No relationship to reality at all

[@tinto278]

Putins reality...

[@ChrisH133878]

There are few programs on television that are able to make me laugh out loud! But Utopia does it every time. The implications of the searing insight into government decision-making are, at times, both hilarious and terrifying.

[@justicedemocrat9357]

Does How I Met your Mother also make you laugh out loud?

[@xw8462]

When it was made, it was meant to be sarcasm and people laughed. And today, they put this into real action.

[@nickl5658]

Major reason why onion news stopped being funny and started being horrifying. Reality started imitating sarcasm

[@FUnzzies1]

This ignorance is terrifying.

[@Neojhun]

OMFG you actually did it. It's sad how well this sketch has aged word for word.

[@Bennie32831]

Why because it makes the guy saying that we shouldn't protect our borders look stupid when he can't protect peoples houses from kids 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@asneakychicken322]

@@Bennie32831 what?

[@FUnzzies1]

This comment aged like milk. China thanks you for letting them buy your government.

[@shadyhazza]

I'm glad we still have Mike Moore to explain this stuff to us

[@greybirdo]

He’s on the Frontline, that’s for sure…

[@omaoremathews4916]

I have watched this clip a million times and it gets me every time

[@yiannimav]

You guys have to pump these episodes and series out.. easily one of the best shows ever made

[@leonieprice2932]

Only completely nailed it. And only what Paul Keating was saying recently in his usual inimitable manner (jeez I mis him).

[@S3NTRY]

Except no. Trade routes are merely an element of regional politics and military tensions. Good to be reductive in comedy, but pretending this is the reality is stupid at best.

[@alexanderchristopher6237]

@@S3NTRY trade routes that are currently and wouldn’t be at risk at least from the Chinese end because they do live on that? We already see how the Chinese attack trade with Australia: by cancelling their order and buying from someone else. A press conference, some phone calls to cancel their import orders and make new ones, and that policy was set. Ain’t got anything to do with “freedom of navigation” and defending trade routes from the evil Chinaman. If it were, it’ll be Southeast Asia who would be crying foul. Except, they’re the ones who don’t complain, they’re the ones who continue to reap the benefits of trade with China, and they’re the ones who condemned AUKUS involvement. All despite their actual maritime border disputes with China. You say this is too reductive, but really, it is how the Australian govt presented this situation today and how they justify their response that is making it seems overcomplicated. When having to be held accountable over their decisions, they just claim it’s too complicated to keep the voters off their backs.

[@DrDJX]

Grew up with Frontline, loved The Hollowmen and adore Utopia, I could not be more excited for season 3. I have to ask though, is there anywhere we can listen to the Utopia credits music on its own? It's such a great tune.

[@matthewwilliams3193]

S01E07 has the credits tune by itself :)

[@buddyltd]

Utopia is, I believe, the perfect comedy. It makes you roar with laughter, it makes you cringe alongside its characters, and it straddles the line between parody and reality flawlessly.

[@horridohobbies]

This video is absolutely priceless. It needs to be watched by _everyone_ in the world.

[@slypig24]

Love the dry comedy. Please keep making more episodes.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

This is basically what Mr Keating said.

[@checker297]

i missed the part where he left out that china would never attempt to bully us with their military. I mean taiwan is doing just fine! China doesnt do anything dangerous to them like fire missiles, fly planes or practice wargames about invading them.

[@braydoxastora5584]

the guy who said wars will only ever be fought with missiles and GPS? yeah no the dude is old and out of touch

[@phillipgilmore8379]

@@braydoxastora5584 really?! Manned vehicles in warfare is finished. Humans are a liability on the battlefield.

[@braydoxastora5584]

@@phillipgilmore8379 ...? what references do you have to come that conclusion ? literally all of the worlds arms procurement and development goes against what you just said

[@phillipgilmore8379]

@@braydoxastora5584 Really?! In Ukraine they have been using kamikaze drones to great success against soft human targets. Unmanned fighter jets can out turn and kill ANY manned fighter by pulling 15g. Its simple maths. Military equipment ALWAYS is virtually out of date by the time it hits the market. And, surely, you can see its common sense. Humans on the front will always be the weakest link.

[@punkydrewster]

Mike Moore always asks the hard hitting questions...................

[@8bit711]

One of Australia's best investigative journalists.

[@sixstringedthing]

Such a brilliantly written and acted scene, top work from all involved. I look forward to scrolling down and reading the highly educated and very well informed comments regarding our current strategic situation and recently announced naval procurement program from people who believe that our national defense policy should basically consist of being super nice to everyone all the time and that's about it, or that we should be singlehandedly producing every bit of equipment required by all branches of our ADF locally here in Australia. Somehow. While spending significantly less on defense than we are. Somehow.

[@peterk2455]

Yeah, hang on a sec. Think the bloke down the road's got some of that. He'll just pull it out from his coight. Just as soon as he pulls his head away from the idiot box.

[@janreznak881]

How about just being a sovereign nation with an independent foreign policy and stop doing everything the United Snakes "asks". Far beyond "allies" and "friends", and more into lapdog and vassal territory.

[@carlosduran7800]

Los Europeos hemos puesto el listón muy alto en esto de ser tontos. Y vosotros lo habéis superado. Esta es la triste realidad del club de vasallos de Londres y Washington.

[@SuperAsdf21]

Well said

[@sixstringedthing]

@@carlosduran7800 Si vas a entablar amistad con un acosador, también podrías elegir a los acosadores más grandes de la habitación como tus amigos. ;) También hay beneficios económicos en esto, o al menos ese es el plan. Salud Edit: lol... google translate dijo "acosador"... quise decir "tipo duro", me entiendes. :)

[@gregorylumpkin2128]

Moving quickly from AUKUS to SCREWUS.

[@oldmate99]

USUKA

[@simodjordjevic2701]

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha , very funny, I like it..

[@simodjordjevic2701]

@@oldmate99 🤣🤣🤣👍..

[@zzzzzzmc]

@@oldmate99 Wish I could give you more than a 👍

[@Objectified]

Yeah! Losing our political and economic autonomy as well as freedom of navigation and territory to China will show those damn Yanks!

[@alexscott4277]

Oh man, if it wasn't so funny I'd cry! Been watching these guys since the very first episode of the Late Show, and have never really got over it :)

[@freedumb_3.0]

Been a while since I saw this. Truer today than years ago.

[@ShaneBaker]

Protecting our trade with China - from China. I've had the same thought. I'd love to add a LOL emoji - but I can't.

[@TheOverlordFrank]

There have been moments in my professional life where I have had to turn around to make sure the Utopia production crew wasn't standing behind me filming.

[@amunra5330]

The US says "jump!" and Australia asks "how high?" - very sad.

[@theredbar-cross8515]

Even the amount is correct. The 8 subs will cost 380 billion.

[@morbid747]

The price of the subs will double or triple before delivery.

[@mtscott]

Best show ever. A direct reflection of Government.

[@MachineThatCreates]

When art imitates life. Tell me it's true they're doing a new season.

[@ribbonsofnight]

Art doesn't usually imitate life 4 years early

[@victorsauvage1890]

This clip is the most profound form of philosophical education which could be given to senior high school students. The transcript of this clip is suitable for a classroom analysis of language and communication.

[@Laurent_L]

Considering the price Australia is going to spend on 3 Virginia-class SSNs and eventually in its 8 Aukus SSNs... 360 billion AUD...🤣😂

[@braydoxastora5584]

over 30 years

[@devinfraserashpole4753]

Isn't the "big invasion" meant to happen soon?@@braydoxastora5584

[@tripleh327]

The only problem with utopia is that more that satyr and comedy it ends up as a faithful representation of working in a public space And that triggers my bad memories about it

[@markfs]

I wonder if there really are people in authority in the public service who question government policy. I never saw one in the 20 years I was there. In fact, you dont see them in most organisations. The people who get to positions of authority are there because they DONT question. I think Rob would have copped a forced redundancy payout after week 1 of the first series....

[@sierrabravo.]

How good is this. Subscribed!

[@youandme666100]

2023 and this still looks legit as f*** 😂😂

[@hansweissmann_xviii6754]

GOLD! Absolute comedy GOLD!! Subscribed!!

[@carlbennett2417]

Yes!! As the sabre rattling reached fever pitch over these last weeks, I recalled this scene! Thanks for posting it.

[@paulEmotionalaudio]

So excited for the new series. This is great television at its greatest!!

[@robreid6195]

Excited ABOUT the new series. You can feel feelings FOR people, but not things.

[@damfadd]

Gee timing couldn't be better.... Not ironic at all And bang on the money cos it Gunna run over budget cos inflation over 30nyrs

[@Nathanest]

I prefer Tony when he was The Hollow Men version - he would have written the white paper!

[@jamesperkins191]

They did. They made an advertisement that pissed off everyone except for the target demographic for military recruitment

[@Nathanest]

@@jamesperkins191 yeah, that's the episode I was referring to

[@kaeden0]

The pig iron dispute occurred almost 55 years ago. How history is forgotten and is doom to repeat and how our freedoms fought for can be taken away.

[@johnyossarian9059]

Boycott against Japan in 1939 bears no relevance to Australia - China relationship today 😂

[@kaeden0]

@@johnyossarian9059 Supply for militarism is relevant.

[@jeff_tj]

The problem is I can never find Utopia - always keep looking for it in the documentary section 🧐

[@xxlitfamxxlaughs1210]

Australia's defense policy is to pray that America helps us

[@man.inblack]

and their policy is ensuring we are fighting for them

[@seanlander9321]

Well I suppose if you use American spelling, you may well be right?

[@guyclk]

And in the future will be to pray they don't flip the remote control system on their/our submarines.

[@djtan3313]

Pray, without d “r” is, PAY.

[@sixstringedthing]

Allow me to engage in this hilariously alarmist discussion for a quick second. Suppose we told America to go and get stuffed from a strategic/military procurement perspective. What happens next? Take your time, think it through, then get back to me.

[@ramblingsandrelaxingscott5388]

Just an awesome show. So miss The Late Show, best Saturday (any) night entertainment ever.

[@carolinetaylor5594]

OMG Brilliant!!!

[@mcmoose64]

With Utopia , I'm never sure if I'm watching a satire or an actual documentary.

[@frasermiller-bz3qf]

The most frightening aspect of this open source look at our defence is that there is a chance that our enemies could use these secrets anytime before the new subs come and run riot. And we have Albo as the warrior in chief, thanks for service ScoMo. Without you the bald and shiny may have made it, but alas, I'll bet, you are even now plotting your return to help your mate, in his tears.

[@lxndrlbr]

Military hardware only gets you so far, training and command structure goes a long way too, that's why it would make sense to invest in hardware that lasts 30 to 50 years now to be prepared for tensions in the next 10 to 40 years. And I would totally expect from modern militaries to plan or at least play through scenarios where partners turn against each other. It's not as if the USA is not pushing everybody to ditch China as it sees it could threaten their dominance, and although a scenario where AUS would have to confront the USA is even more unlikely, it does bear keeping in mind that D. Trump was willing to shake alliances in a major way with severe consequences for "the World Order" so in diplomacy too nothing lasts forever. But this is neither here nor there, I am just now discovering the show and I subscribe wholeheartedly.

[@muhammaDEsmustafa]

Who the hell are your enemies? You're literally far away from everyone and have trade relations with all your neighbors. Are all Westerners this dumb to just be fearmongered into submission and following the U.S. party line?

[@chriss780]

@@lxndrlbr The us is notoriously ruthless to its "friends" when it perceives disloyalty or sees them drifting away from their sphere of interest (or even just exercising the most basic national-self interest instead of prioritizing america's) I mean look at what they did to Gough Whitlam

[@Shrouded_reaper]

Lol mate our enemies don't need to do anything. They just sell us stuff while we collapse our country and they keep buying out infrastructure and mineral rights.

[@spiesonmars]

Utopia is a great documentary series...

[@ivansultanoff6719]

Odd is understatement-as long as they nod😂

[@jedics1]

This channel should have subscribers equal to the population of Australia!

[@dwong2328]

I thought this was a documentary about Australia's current AUKUS submarine deal. 😂

[@joesamson26]

It is.

[@jamesrowlands8971]

It was first aired years beforehand.

[@sinoperture]

As a kid I waited all week for 10PM on a Saturday……. Shitscared is a national treasure. That and Governor Front Bottom of course. And Barge Arse too!

[@mosa4688]

People mistake this show for a comedy. It is actually a documentary.

[@FUnzzies1]

You are so original

[@scoutjohnson1803]

Took the words out of my mouth!

[@brutechurchill]

Funny cause it's true.

[@paulcarey1708]

It's hilarious... but the not spoken thing here is the desire to remain a Chinese trading partner and not a Chinese vassal state.

[@geoffmcmahon3288]

Why then is china building a base in Solomon Islands

[@freedumb_3.0]

Is that what sky told you?

[@Odlaw91]

They're not, and the only thing that would change that is if we started gearing up to go to war on America's behalf. Oh, wait...

[@S3NTRY]

​@@freedumb_3.0Please tell us the arrangement. Enlighten us with your empty rhetoric.

[@freedumb_3.0]

@@S3NTRY the average sky news viewers holds a high school degree or less. Works a low skill job and thinks the world rigged against them. Although they just started their job, they think they can do a better job than their manager. They often work hard and never get promoted, and they don't know why. It's because these people are unteachable. They refuse to be open minded and think they are so smart. So, why bother.

[@georgekaragiannakis6637]

If you want to see how Austalian politics works, watch Hollowmen. Also with the brilliant Rob Sitch.

[@svict4]

Life imitates art

[@sxyline4807]

Classic act! Just Brilliant!

[@De_cool_dude]

what was Australia's biggest trading partner before WW2?

[@m136dalie]

Pretty sure it was the UK

[@giridharbg]

The Hollowmen was the true successor of Yes Prime minister!

[@jamiearan]

Maybe this is the most stupid idea but the General has a point in being reluctant to publicly name the threat to Australia's national interests. By arming rapidly, rival nations risk scaring the other, so even if it was unintended, the other rival nation might interpret the first nation arming as a direct threat to itself, and arm itself more vigorously. Eventually this security dilemma becomes a security spiral.

[@robincray116]

People aren't dumb. Even if you don't explicitly state it and put on a friendly face. People can pick up on actions and social cues that will give away their true intentions. Same applies to nations.

[@jamiearan]

@@robincray116 Surprisingly enough, nations often have leadership who are completely stupid and set off security dilemma spirals by being too paranoid

[@atomicexistentialism8428]

The point is though, the more obvious and apparent you make it that you feel threatened. The more the other party will themselves feel threatened and arm themselves@@robincray116

[@arkdeniz]

Still hits the bullseye.

[@davefearon1620]

If this wasn’t true it would be hilarious

[@S3NTRY]

It isn't true, and it's still hilarious.

[@amplifiedlight]

Excellent critique, if it wasn't for the fact that we only have a month's worth of diesel in reserve here in Australia. This is perhaps the most vital of our trade imports. If diesel stops, so does farming and transportation, & that means empty supermarkets, panic & chaos!

[@Ilovemountains-tb2qb]

How prescient is this scene. In less than two minutes it exposes the absurdity of Australia joining AUKUS and committing to spend $368 billion on submarines.

[@billygoatgruff3536]

Prior to WW1 the largest trading partner of the UK was Germany. Prior to WW2 Japan's largest trading partner was the US. 3 years ago the globe was rocked by the most intense pandemic since the Spanish Flue, and when asking for an investigation into the source of this pandemic Australia was sanctioned for daring to talk out of line with the CCP. Why shouldn't we be equipped to defend ourselves if there's more than just sanctions next time?

[@yonatanran659]

Been binging milton friedman lectures after this

[@wyattfamily8997]

Austalian defence policy: Lets order submarines that are Nuclear powered, pay $600 million extra to change them to WW2 vintage battery/diesel, then cancel the order pay the $600 million for NOTHING. Then order Nuclear powered submarines from the U.S.A. Next: Send troops overseas, when they return continually investigate them to see if there's any reason they can be prosecuted for not playing fair against an enemy that forced children to carry I.E.D.'s in an attempt to kill them, used roadside bombs to kill discrimately, and infiltrated Afgan troops to enable the killing of many Australians who there to train them. Take months to make the decision on when firing weapons is acceptable (while sitting behind a desk thousands of klm's from danger) when the troops only had milliseconds, then prosecute individuals as often as possible, but take years to do it, abandon anyone charged to the M.S.M. to cover the butts of the brass, then wonder why it's hard to fill recruitment targets.

[@RusPitman]

Shall we use the nod system? 🤣

[@Objectified]

Not sure if simple-minded or simply ignorant of just about any period of time in history. Trade routes; freedom of navigation; territorial waters and the resources within; natural and national resources; economic, political, and national autonomy; the chance to avoid becoming an actual vassal state in every respect rather than the few respects in which Australia has sometimes been such in the loosest, coddled Western sense of the term with the U.S. On a related note, "trading partners" - including major trading partners - have attacked, invaded, and variously subdued trading partners piece by piece over time or wholesale throughout history, right up through WW2. This is especially the case when the far weaker partner exports natural resources like iron, coal, and gas. China is openly and avowedly building and positioning itself to reduce every other country in the Asia-Pacific in one or more spectrums of resources, power, and autonomy regardless what any of them thinks or does.

[@danpetrescu4915]

this is ALL LOGICAL POLICY of COLLECTIVE WEST . is missing ONE BIG QUESTION on the end . if THEY SPEND SO MUCH , on behalf of STUPID IDEEA , WHO BENEFIT ?

[@jamnana2235]

The shareholders that own the military contractors where the bulk of the budget will go. Same contractors that are behind a bulk of the funding behind both political parties and where many of these politicians will take cushy well-paying jobs after they leave office.

[@SloeJuice]

This clip is the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while 😂 But in all seriousness, the defence spending makes sense as it would protect Australia's non-China trade routes from China making Australia less dependent on them (should China-Australia relations go real bad). As well as protect China trade routes from China in a sense that - if they were to attack and occupy Australia, there would be no trade routes left. Un-intuitively, you need to pay for your military for it to be big enough so that others wouldn't try forcing you to use it.

[@seawater1322]

ridiculous, tell me WHAT BENEFIT is there from china ripping all through asia to get to Australia? Please explain how that would be a benefit to China . What do you think is going to happen to all trade if this absurd scenario were to happen? Immediate sanctions from oh, EVERY FKING country in the world, no customers for their exports,, not to mention maintaining a gigantic country under subjugation. It seems like you really want a boogyman don't you? SHow me a history of Chinese expansionism?....Oh you can't becasue there hasn't been any. The days of colonial empire building are fkn over mate.

[@Aermydach]

It's funny 'cos it's true!

[@davespanksalot8413]

Where can I get a copy of this documentary??

[@huepix]

Reminds me of Milo Minderbinder in catch 22

[@AlexJacksonSmith]

The rest of the English speaking world needs to see this... it is exquisite.

[@patrickkhaw2547]

Comedy writers get it. Yet a panel of "defence experts" and politicians who are paid a lot of money don't. :)

[@thethirdman225]

One name: Andrew Shearer.

[@sapperbloggins3859]

How can I watch this in Canada

[@robertsayegh7944]

Because America wants this and we obey them whatever you say boss 😂

[@dejanantschev8956]

They got a point. If china doesnt respect australias military capacity,theyll "change the arrangements".

[@hankgu1328]

so china will invade australia? are you retard?

[@zachb1706]

@@hankgu1328why not? The most resource rich country in the world with a population that poses very little threat. They won’t because we have the US on our side. But that tie is tenuous, the US has even questioned if they should support NATO. If we want help from the US, we need to show we can defend Australia by ourselves.

[@hankgu1328]

@@zachb1706 In which cost? are you listening to yourself? the most resouce? how can china invade australia from it mainland? do you how much will it cost? you are such a dumbass. you know nothing about basic logics in war or even in a real world. moron

[@hpmoxie4660]

Ironic but unfortunately is really happening and their people are not objecting☹

[@iamsheep]

@@snarkywombat155 dumbest comment ever.

[@iamsheep]

@@snarkywombat155 you made the dumbest comment ever.

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Best line: 'In this room!'

[@mrjweate]

Hold on! Who was Poland’s largest trading partner in the 1930s?

[@danzigvssartre]

If only Poland had bought some submarines.

[@jamesrowlands8971]

Do you mean before or after they helped the Nazis annex Czechoslovakia?

[@warrenbowen6223]

Spot on

[@JinKee]

On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, to open Japan to trade with the west at gunpoint.

[@KongLee101]

This is like another Yes, Minister.

[@cliffhall8974]

well done boys, this would be a great comedy skit except the punch line is to close to the truth. i started to laugh but ended up crying,