Honest Government Ad | A Message for People Smugglers (Patreon)

Dear Patrons, we're back with the latest Honest Government Ad you've helped us to produce!I know - our last one was only a week ago. But the levels of bullshit from our Government were so high last week that I just couldn't sit by and watch.I'm referring of course to the Government's response to Parliament's passing of the Medical Evacuation (MedEvac) Bill. For those of you who missed it, this legislation provides urgently needed medical treatment to people on our offshore torture camps of Manus Island and Nauru. After failing to block it, the Government implied the legislation could now be used as a backdoor for refugees to come to Australia. (Queue mass panic.) In fact it *cannot*, since it only applies to people currently on our offshore torture camps - and not to any future arrivals. But it was too late: predictably, the bullshit was already being spread far and wide courtesy of News Corpse.At first I thought to myself, 'nah.. let it go Giordano - people aren't going to fall for those kinds of lies again'. (If you're not from Australia or weren't around in 2001, look up the "children overboard affair")But sadly it appears we are quite capable of letting history repeat. Witness a sudden rise in the PM's popularity.In fact it quickly became obvious that this was the Government's opening ante in the coming election. Coz let's face it, they have ZERO other policies to offer.So I said fuck this, and immediately got to work to produce a fast-response HGA. I wrote it on Friday, Lucy and I recorded it on Saturday morning; we filmed it with Ellen that same evening; and spent Sunday editing it. So now I really need to sleep.But before I hit the hay, a couple of parting thoughts:1. Apparently the Prime Minister has also recorded a video message for people smugglers, which is about to come out. I didn't know this until yesterday, when I'd almost finished editing this video. Evidently, after impersonating them for so long I know this Government's every next move. (It goes without saying: this is the honest version - the PM's video is satire.)2. I hope this video gets more views than the PM's video and Rupert Murdoch’s bullshit.3. I often end my posts by saying: THANK YOU for making it possible to do this work. But it's never been more true than with this video. Because there's no way I could've pulled off the 72-hour workathon this video required if I also had to do other work. So this quick-response Honest Government Ad would simply not be possible without you. Which is a long-arsed way of saying: THANK YOU for making it possible to do this work.I'll see you for our next video!Which might be very soon, considering the way things are going.Giordano & famVideo Links:Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ippYOXR65sQFacebook video: https://www.facebook.com/thejuicemedia/videos/1000065646850670Twitter video: https://twitter.com/thejuicemedia/status/1097372508011978752

References (jeez you can tell I'm a historian now):- The children overboard affair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Overboard_affair- ScoMo's message to people smugglers: https://tendaily.com.au/news/v190217axv/scott-morrisons-video-message-for-people-smugglers-20190217- The MedEvac Bill: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-13/senate-passes-controversial-refugee-evacuation-bill/10806196- Greart article by Katharine Murphy on the importance of "nuances": https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/16/without-facts-we-slide-into-trumpism-the-truth-matters-here