Honest Government Ad | How to rig elections

The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about electoral reforms, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative (so they're hoping you don't see it)

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[thejuicemedia]

Welcome to our latest instalment in our ongoing series about Two-Party Shitfuckery.

Some of you have asked us about the name of this proposed legislation . There isn't a name yet, because it hasn't yet been introduced to Parliament. But there are media reports of an imminent bipartisan deal to introduce such a bill in the coming days/weeks/months (see links in video description).

We have an idea of what the so-called reforms will include, based upon the interim report of the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (whose recommendations are cited in this HGA). The final JSCEM report was released today. And to be fair, some of the proposed reforms are good (eg. real time disclosure of donations, lower disclosure threshold...). And yes, we do need to address the undue influence of Big (*cough* Clive Palmer) Money in our elections.

But bundled-in with those good proposals, are some proposals that would drastically tilt the playing field even further in favour of incumbents, and the major parties in particular — making it almost impossible for newcomers to raise the necessary funds to compete against them in future elections — thereby entrenching the major parties' duopoly. And the major parties desperately need to rig the rules in their favour before the next election, because their primary vote is at historic lows. If this trend continues, pretty soon they won't have enough people voting for them to form a majority government ever again.

The major parties have enough numbers between them to pass this bill without much debate once they introduce it to Parliament. That's why we made this HGA now: to help people understand the negative implications of these proposed changes to the election campaign rules. . We need to make it easier for newcomers to participate in our elections; rather than discouraging participation and thus entrenching the two-party duopoly.

So if you're wondering what you can do about this — the best thing right now would be to help raise awareness by sharing this HGA with your friends, family and pets.

And if you'd like to learn about the proposed reforms in more detail, I've included a bunch of key references in the video description.


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[Larimuss]

Thank you someone finally saying it… 2 party system is not democracy. It’s the bare minimum for apparent choice.

[Aizensama]

Everytime she brings up the calculator it brings me genuine happiness

[jodders]

Could have just as easily been written for the UK two party system.

[cattigereyes]

What honesty? Truth! WTF! I can see the these videos vanishing quickly and the platforms claiming they never existed! Corporations won’t stand for government honesty!

[magiccloud]

I hope you know how important your videos are. They are a vital part of unfucking this dystopian system.

[David_Thompson]

Oh look - the UK government just doubled allowable campaign spending when no-one was looking!

[kristophxr]

As a non-australian, I see this ad applying to most countries nowadays. We live in some dark times

[themomentkillerBand]

It should be mandatory to watch this video before you vote

[nekilik]

Im starting to see a pattern in the two party system of America, Britain and Australia.

[GreatBigBore]

As an American, I'm flattered that Australia is adopting our style of government

[CrowPal]

It always tickles me that you girls are able to say all that with beautiful air hostess smiles on your faces.

[IrishRepoMan]

The 2 party shit is a problem all over the world. People get so caught up in team 1 vs team 2, they don't realize both parties are fucking them.

[alwhatever]

It's kind of scary when you get more information from satiric content creators like this, jonathan pie and others than from investigative journalism. That is truly awesome work here. Thank you.

[AlasixYT]

If I ever find myself as a corrupt senator in a 1st World Country, I’ll be sure to use this. 10/10 tutorial 😊

[knowledgeislove-]

Bravo! Well done! We need one for what's happening in the US. It's exactly the same !!!

[artyrkarpov]

Live in Ukraine.
Was working in Slovakia.
Have a friends in another country...
Everywhere is the same shit)
But In Australia, you have some one to say about it!
With such a good taste of humor!)
love it!

[PapyrusEngineer]

I'm not from Australia, but these honest government ads are brilliant, beautiful and awesome! There is so much truth in them that my heart started beating for the duration of this video until it stopped again when this video finished.

Is there any way we can have such honest government ads also in other countries?

[juliusapriadi]

Greetings from Germany and EU gov, we additionally recommend adjusting the minimum percentage of votes required to get into parliament. That way, if a party is too small to make the cut, those voter's seats go - you guessed it - directly to the big ones, as god intended. Also make sure to never disclose the business ties of ministers and the various "side incomes" (our favourite name for bribery here) of parliamentarians.

[saadkhan]

It’s being rammed through parliament now. This video needs to be bumped up again and spread.