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

[@RaeneYT]

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

[@lagrangewei]

Boeing did that too and we know how well that went...

[@wakelamp]

My local council has outsourced nearly everything. They still have the same number of employees - they just do things that are more fun for staff and less measurable

[@kbee225]

"it makes the process streamlined".

[@StoutProper]

@@lagrangeweiit’s going abysmally. They’re about to be bailed out, again. Too big to fail, so they can literally eff up as much as they like

[@UkrNomad]

I work in one of the "Outsource" companies but in the Tech support sector. Basically it cuts costs dramatically for the initial contractor. And makes everything very complicated for firms that hire them, but they are also forced to hire outsource by the HQ that decided that hiring an outsource would be cheaper than having an IT department, They only hold 1-2 people for keeping in check IT hardware, meaning buying, disposing that's basically it. Repair, setup, etc was on outsource that also outsourced us because that didn't have local people for physical setup and all tasks that are impossible remotely, and their remote tech support was also outsourced Work like shit, but dirt cheap for corporation.

[@captainpoppleton]

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

[@wobblysauce]

money money... ahhh

[@willow6228]

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

[@iffracem]

@@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]

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

[@Aabergm]

This feels annoyingly appropriate. I get that some people really wanted it but FFS the rest of us sure didn't.

[@AussieBob999]

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]

Sad how true this comment is

[@riccardobater-james5396]

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

[@theredking3070]

As a Rhonda I can confirm 😂

[@lachlanrussell18]

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]

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.

[@matthewlay9221]

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

[@zandaroos553]

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

[@phunk8607]

Try Canberra… you would be shocked

[@janemacintyre9801]

same in Qld ...

[@Thisonegoestoeleven666]

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]

@@Thisonegoestoeleven666 i mean how else will I afford my Beacon Hill apartment and Equinox membership

[@venkatameesala]

The IT department really upped their game after the smartGov debacle

[@philhahn]

Was that before or after the Census crash?

[@shinjisan2015]

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

[@steelgear3876]

Could be before, during and after.

[@howard5992]

@@steelgear3876 see the final two slides...

[@jena.alexia]

Lol.

[@anthonypetniunas354]

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]

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]

​@@babokmorrison7561you better look up HS2 then 😉

[@anthonypetniunas354]

@@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]

This is why we can’t afford anything kzbin.info/www/bejne/rl7Rf6OJlrGrhZosi=DZvpHD4p3hGn7o0x

[@stephenTcartwright]

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

[@GuyMaleMan]

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

[@daleviker5884]

She's not a CEO, he's a political hack. This does not sum up modern CEOs.

[@townsvillian12]

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

[@geopolitix7770]

One of Australia's gifts. Lets not forget The Games or Clark and Dawe!

[@Nigel680]

depressing to hear that

[@bellarose5296]

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

[@snowyalice]

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]

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

[@iffracem]

"yes minister" in the UK is the same

[@Ailieorz]

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

[@bodybalanceU2]

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

[@midnight-matches]

Let’s dig deeper, respectfully. 😂😂

[@pnutz_2]

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]

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

[@rachelcookie321]

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.

[@aussieintexas61]

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

[@hoilst265]

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]

@@hoilst265 Love that episode.

[@650atash]

😊​@@hoilst265

[@davespanksalot8413]

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

[@v66catta84]

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]

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

[@davidc9441]

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]

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

[@avicennitegh1377]

Love you right back Romania!

[@spirosmanisalis3463]

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]

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

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

​@@marcbiff2192co ordinated negligence?

[@G1Arduo]

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

[@cjwayn]

You left the best bit to the last!

[@steveryan4410]

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

[@dcoughla681]

To Rob Sitch. I’m a huge fan of “The Dish”. It’s my favourite film. I love it. You’re fantastic.

[@jamiejones8508]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Nah you retired cause of the cushy pension

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

@@srpacific fyi - the ‘cushy pensions’ under Defined Benefits Super cut out for all new APS employees back in the late 90s. All APS hired since then have similar super to everyone else.

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

@@nikolaslarson6891yeah, I remember being dragged into that sort of nonsense 😂

[@marisfenix]

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 🤭

[@avicennitegh1377]

And all develop gimlet eyes that see through these people. At least there was egg-boy.

[@simonchoi973]

I MUST save this documentary, it keeps me sane!

[@RealityDysfunction85]

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.

[@geopolitix7770]

Thats a big call. Upper Middle Bogan? Clark and Dawe? Loved The Games though. So many to choose from!

[@shelbynamels7948]

Loved 'The Games', but to leave out 'The Hollowmen'??? Besides, 'the front fell off' is just too funny.

[@haydenwalton2766]

I think the 'hollow men' and frontline were possibly better

[@gregbower245]

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.

[@avicennitegh1377]

I'll keep that in mind!

[@rustycherkas8229]

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.

[@shelbynamels7948]

That 'blockchain' bit reminded me of the four work experience students doing a flowchart on the Aussie defense and intelligence agencies.

[@rustycherkas8229]

@@shelbynamels7948 Let's not forget the "filing cabinet full of secret documents" sold at auction a few years ago... And, the new laws enacted to make criminals of anyone who might come into possession of such a filing cabinet... The emperor has no clothes...

[@Kx0195]

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

[@sachinjr]

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

[@JackdotC]

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

[@melsy7720]

Loved that show too! 😂😂

[@_Titanium_]

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

[@shelbynamels7948]

Nah, that show is just too crude and rude. i'ts more like 'Veep'.

[@reversefulfillment9189]

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

[@Thisonegoestoeleven666]

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]

Cyanide

[@avicennitegh1377]

Wow. That excites me. The possibilities!

[@mistressofstones]

​@@avicennitegh1377i already took mushrooms many times and my government job is driving me crazy 🤪

[@danidu85]

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

[@Thisonegoestoeleven666]

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]

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

[@franciscobizzaro]

Rhonda's like monsoon frogs nowadays

[@lior_shiboli]

Was hr in the building again?​@shykorustotora

[@tonygroves5526]

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

[@VickiSclarr-sk1de]

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

[@rocknral]

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. 😂

[@Linda-pg3so]

Will never get old. So ‘on point’👍🏻😁

[@Mike-br8zt]

I can confirm that Canberra is exactly like this.

[@janemacintyre9801]

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

[@bodybalanceU2]

he wrote both the shows

[@janemacintyre9801]

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

[@CRMSN_RDR]

@@janemacintyre9801 is he I thought theybwere 2 diffrent characters

[@janemacintyre9801]

Same CHARACTER

[@shelbynamels7948]

@@janemacintyre9801 Doubt it. In The Hollowmen his character was working in the PM's office. Different focus, different staff dynamic. He was more of a Rhonda then.

[@briangasser973]

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]

I think its called dreamland in the US

[@christopheryoung3850]

It is streamed on Netflix.

[@briangasser973]

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

[@briangasser973]

@@Steve-jx3mh thank you!

[@michaelbootes4822]

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

[@PinbarTee]

I love the last clip, I would play that card anytime anywhere

[@seizisn]

This is THE OFFICE AUSTRALIA!! SERIOUS? would this not be better.. the amount of realistic topics, but carefully undermined, yet sarcastically we know....is this not the office? Id fukn luv this

[@ALLenROOK]

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.

[@jena.alexia]

Then when it all goes to hell and there's a parliamentary inquiry, senate estimates committee, PAEC, audit etc. they can say, we were just following the advice and modelling of the consultants.

[@michaelorlev9925]

"In"dependent inquiry

[@midgetwars1]

5:50 beautiful yes minister homage

[@stultuses]

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]

@@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.

[@timewarpblackhole]

The WHS one fills me with rage

[@willow6228]

agree - so accurate

[@hoilst265]

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.

[@DeMause]

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.

[@PanduAsli]

Dear God this whole video feels like a leaked footage

[@noplacelikestorybrooke6968]

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

[@archimedesscrew3710]

Too close to the truth!😂 From the UK.

[@avicennitegh1377]

You guys are good at this too!

[@geraldvillaMMIX]

*Now, where is Jessica Hyde?*

[@0ddSavant]

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

[@richardm7181]

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

[@leoniebradford4410]

Disturbingly accurate. Uncomfortably precise. Utopia is a gazillion percent a documentary.

[@mahoneg]

@2:00 I was a manager at a bank we were instructed if someone were to fall have them sign a release/waver. While on the stretcher? :😀 Cant remember exactly.

[@blublum7916]

Never seen or heard of this show... but I need to find a way to watch this in the US.

[@joesr31]

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

[@gregmichael8473]

Loved the Health & Safety scene: What do we do first? Call an ambulance. No create a new file.

[@SuperHowie001]

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

[@alisonlilley3039]

I love Utopia, but i always get PTSD after about 5 mins and have to run from the room, screaming and sobbing

[@isabell3_sc479]

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

[@tanks4nuthin964]

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

[@avicennitegh1377]

and then there's advertising to relieve you of that feeling. Even if you don't take a trip or buy anything.

[@Meadowstone_Kentucky]

Where can I stream this show in the USA?

[@GlowingTube]

This is scarily accurate… I can see the Victorian state government and federal governments clearly now.

[@lrt1980]

Growing up i loved Yes Minister / Prime minister - great how these series have brought those themes into the modem context. Amazingly funny yet depressingly true!

[@conorchristmas6844]

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.

[@brigitperry4991]

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

[@andrewgrandfield7214]

Very good. Reminds me of "Yes, Minister".

[@EsseJD]

Totally love this show❤. Government to a ‘T’😂

[@Georgies67]

Rob you are a master.

[@jaytee6960]

I work in property development. Everyone is aware of this tv show (and love it) but most can't watch it for long...brings back PTSD from dealing with councils and state government. The part of HR is one of my biggest bugbears...

[@simonburns1055]

The Silver Emu! gets my vote lol

[@shelbynamels7948]

it's solar powered !!

[@taritoon]

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

[@lunalangton5776]

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

[@hmson4378]

Just brilliant!

[@Roger-d5o]

You'd actually tend to the sick or injured person first and make the area safe before filing a report. The girls have it right. But then 'Utopia' is all about sane people fighting pervasive madness.

[@andrewmarks4640]

We still don’t have high speed electrified train lines or mag lev between regional cities and the state capital city……we can’t have nice things.

[@CovidIslandDiscs]

What is odd I live in the UK and this pretty much completely translates in absolutely every aspect.

[@AussieFaraday2024]

Can we get Working Dog Productions to plan the 2032 Olympics in Brisbane? I think they will get more done than the actual government.

[@aswukman]

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

[@harleydavo1099]

Pure gold.

[@MandoMonge]

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

[@conhoolio]

where can I stream the show in Europe?

[@Jarms48]

The Jevons Paradox is exactly what's going to happen when they finish that Coomera Connector in Brisbane/Gold Coast. The very fast train is exactly what happens too. Instead of promising fast rail they should instead be looking at allowing the current trains to travel at their maximum speeds. Take the Overland between Adelaide and Melbourne for example the average speed of that journey is 85km/h when that locomotive is capable of 115km/h. So if they can simply increase the average speed closer to the vehicles maximum you could see the travel time reduce drastically.

[@grey341]

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

[@ranmckalser9844]

I died at “I’m hoping they’re a death metal band” 😂

[@zandernewson9933]

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”

[@AricSchmidt]

Where can I find this streaming in America? Great show

[@christopheryoung3850]

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

[@CatnamedMittens]

​@@christopheryoung3850not available in the US

[@ExternalInputs]

@@christopheryoung3850'Cause Americans wouldn't know what utopia meant.

[@danield2000]

Lemo should get an Emmy.

[@coolstorybrooooo7643]

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

[@KamilleBidanApologist]

This show is brilliant but my blood pressure rises with the bits! 😂

[@ScootsFromNewCastle]

I’m an American and this is absolutely hilarious 😂

[@gouken8926]

Godlike sarcasm

[@midnightsweets24]

Where can I watch the show😢

[@Steve-jx3mh]

Abc iview and netflix as well has some seasons

[@BrotherCreamy]

Jevons paradox, aka if you give away something of value for free, the supply will never be enough

[@tsrdms11101992]

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

[@sylviaelse5086]

And at the end, for once, Tony has a win.

[@GemmaTrellis]

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

[@wuyvvc8363]

why cant be the actual australian the office. i love the witty banter with australian accent and lore

[@anbang4531]

Is tasmania really getting a stadium?? Did the solve the issues in from the show?? Atleast some of it?

[@mrrolandlawrence]

my god ive met so many of these people. also had to navigate the same meetings. we used to make up meaningless buzzwords and then get managers to sign them off in meetings minutes.

[@ivanb52]

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

[@anywallsocket]

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