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Honest Government Ads | Bloopers, Behind the Scenes & Rants

🕑 Added 2025-06-06 04:29:10 +0000 UTC

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Mark william lane

Climate and pollution as a fuel. Abbey Martin @Empire Files has been doing a documentary on how much the Department Of Defense in the U.S. is the largest polluter in the world. As a Patreon of her I know she has been on this story for several years and just this week released it in theaters on a limited basis but promises to get it out soon. She has an older documentary on Israel and Palastinians you can stream “Gaza fights for freedom” to get a feel for her dedication and professionalism. The new one is “Earths worst enemy” please give them a look and I’m sure you’ll love them and maybe share some topics she’s been all over the world checking US military bases and may have been to your neighborhood! I know a collaboration would be pure gold ,oh and she and her husband Mike work togeather on a podcast “Eyes Left” and have a small child now to. A lot in common and a sense of humor to go with her. Best of luck in your new season.

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Thanks Dave 🙏💛

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Thanks for the great suggestion Kevin, I see I'm not the only one prone to rants ;) And thanks for your support 🙏💛

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Thanks for the suggestions Luke - and for the support 🙏💛

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Thanks Jason! I did enjoy making the podcast, maybe we can bring back something similar in Season 4. Thanks for all your support, it means a lot 🙏💛

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Thanks Bryan! 🙏💛

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Thank you for the beautilful comment James. And thanks for your support, it's truly appreciated 🙏💛

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Fair! Thanks Marc 🙏💛

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Thanks John 🙏💛

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Thanks Scott 🙏💛

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Thanks for all these excellent suggestions John 🙏💛 I've interviews Michael Mann and Ella Gilbert when we did the Juice Media Podcast. I'd sure love to do more interviews like that going forward :) And thank you for the 21 years you've dedicated to writing and climate advocacy. I know what you mean about it becoming your identity.

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Thanks Mark 🙏💛 Carl Sagan would be mortified to see what's happening... but not surprised

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Thanks for all the suggestions John, and for the support 🙏💛

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Thank you Adam. It's an intergenerational struggle so we hope to pass on some tools 🙏💛

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Thank you John 🙏💛

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haha thanks David! I'm usually told I have a south african accent, so this was a nice change :) Thank you also for the topic suggestion 🙏💛

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Thank you Anthony 🙏💛

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Thank you Alan 🙏💛

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Thanks Joe. (Lucy sends her love!)

Joe Walker

Now your kids are a bit older go travel in rural australia not just tourist traps and you may modify some of your views . The inner city hard core green views are at odds with a lot of rural australia who have suffered through pestilence drought and flooding for over two centuries so i kinda get their skepticism on climate change. the food bowls of oz are important too as dare i say is mining. urban australia can’t survive without it and country folk who endure don’t like being lectured to. i have certainly modified my thoughts with my experience in Bourke NSW. We must find middle ground . Humanity has endless capacity to adapt . traveling in oman in 2017 i got out of the car at 51 degrees c to see people working outside building in that heat. at that moment i thought no matter what happens humanity will adapt and survive. enjoy your family and don’t take it too seriously is my advice . love to lucy and kids . Joe

Alan Marel

Wonderful Giordano! Loved the “rant” too. You’re spot on. Thank you so much for all of your brilliant work over the years, and congratulations to the whole team. Always look forward to a new Honest Government Ad. Enjoy your well earned break, and then keep up your amazing work, your great videos, and helping to keep the bastards honest.

Anthony Hortin

Thank for all the work you've all done over the years. Enjoy your well deserved break.

David Baldwin

First of all, compliments on your excellent rapid-fire elocution. You whiz through a lot of information in an Australian accent, but all of it is so clearly comprehensible. For future reference: is it possible to shine light directly on the sheer volume of money flooding through politics (and policy), and its corrosive effects, or is that too meta? Would love to see more on whether or not the new government takes advantage of the opportunities you mentioned to put forward genuinely progressive policies. Fingers crossed. Carry on!

joe lenzo

Time to take on the zionists (zionazis)

John Simister

Many thanks for your great videos, JuiceMedia team. It's fine for you to take a break - you all deserve it! The world is so complicated, it makes sense to take time off sometimes, so you can think clearly. Looking forward to season 4!

Adam Hunt

Love your work, and I have a feeling your kids are going to change the world :)

Jon Gray

Thanks for your hard work. My hand is also up for amplifying First Nation narratives. Certainly in regard to land management techniques as a positive while also acknowledging the stunning inequity we are seeing. Short form presentations seem like a good idea, thinking of shorts on YouTube, I’ve no idea what returns looks like versus the resources needed though. Addressing climate is linked to poverty, I believe the federal government should be criminally charged on their behaviour around job seeker. To watch Morrison instantly double job seeker during Covid, lifting hundreds of thousands out of poverty, only to put them back some months later seems to be an example of monstrous cruelty to a subset of our population impacted by a policy position. I’d love to see a clear presentation what we have normalised. Thanks again, enjoy your break.

Mark D Larsen

Ah, Giordano: I'm really looking forward to Season 4 and hope it will frankly tell the fossil fools where they can shove their “drill, baby, drill.” It’s unbelievable that it’s now been 40 years since Carl Sagan testified before our congress about the dangers of the climate crisis, yet here we are, committing petrolcide. I am heartbroken to contemplate the future that Luca and Juno —and my grandgenes— will face because of stupid, selfish, greedy humans.

John Englart

Enjoy your timeout with Lucy, Juno and Luca... and upgrade your equipment. And thanks to Ellen and Zoe who bring to life the script. I suggest maybe a series of interviews in the lead up to COP31 (Adelaide put forward for hosting) Location still to be decided upon by UNFCCC. Ideas: Iead up interviews with Pacific Leaders, Pacific Climate Warriors. Interviews with Climate Scientists (Australian and International) Do an interview with Michael Mann, Kevin Anderson. Interview Dr Ella Glibert (Dr Gilbz) and Climate Adam, both UK climate scientists with popular youtube channels. I am sure they would enjoy a collaboration. I am a Patreon of both their channels. Maybe do a show on Global Plastics Treaty - INC5.2. The second part of the fifth session (INC-5.2) is scheduled to take place from 5 to 14 August 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland after fossil countries blocked progress last year. We don't have one crisis here, but a triple crisis of climate, biodiversity loss and plastics pollution and they are all inter-related and reinforcing. I Do appreciate the continued featuring environment/climate policy decisions. There is some good stuff happening in Aus, but major parties are still stuck in a fossil fuel expansion mentality. Very frustrating. Your analysis is spot on. Maybe a focus on some of the positive solutions? This year I celebrate 21 years writing/advocacy and activism on climate. It has become part of who I am - a reluctant climate warrior. 10 years ago I had the priviledge of taking my 15 year old daughter to Europe for 3 months in 2015, with me attending the UNFCCC climate change conference as an NGO observer. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced in a tweet reply to me that Australia was joining the Coalition of High Ambition.... well not really. But interesting she chose to announce a policy position change publicly to me on twitter. Australia joined Europe and Island Nations in the final days of COP21 to get the Paris Agreement over the line.

Scott Paladino

Wealth transfer from the middle and under classes to the rich and the corporations needs attention please. Keep up the amazing work!!

John Paterson

Keep the pedal to the metal on genuinely progressive reforms. And perhaps the capture of parliament by lobbyists. Definitely the bullshit of Net Zero and gas production.

Marc Pengryffyn

I'm particularly concerned about the concentration of our common wealth into the hands of fewer and fewer rich arsewipes, and how this inequity prevents us from taking action on our common problems. Think how much more responsive our governments could be if rich arsewipes couldn't afford to buy entire parties!

James Mckenzie

You give me hope and joy that there are people who care so passionately about doing the right thing as citizens and the temporary custodians of this planet. You are an amazing group of people that shine a light for all of us to see more clearly. thank you indeed

Bryan A.

Love it, love it, love it! Would like to have Canberra Lobbyists shitfuckery exposed: how it happens and more to the point, how it is allowed to happen...

Jason Orcamoon

Giordano, You, Lucy and your team are so talented I’d love to see you expand into music videos and documentaries. Melbourne is home to G-Flip: Georgia Flipo. Green Day has a history of political rock as does Rise Against. Please consider working with one or more of these left of center talents to create a climate change warning song and video. This could easily lead to Grammies! Next, shoot for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film! “What qualifies for Oscar short documentary? “Rules and eligibility “It must have a run time of no more than 40 minutes and released during a special eligibility period which may vary from year to year, but generally begins the month of October of the prior year and ends in September of the award year.” I miss your podcasts that you used to do after a HGA. My favorite was https://thejuicemedia.simplecast.com/episodes/why-do-we-keep-having-outbreaks-with-dr-david-berger-_KjLwk76 “Can you explain the connection between why are CO2 levels relevant in the Covid fight? “Yeah, sure. So, we all hear about CO2 in relation to climate change, and how man-made CO2 is getting into the atmosphere, increasing levels, and that has a greenhouse effect. And it's significant.” From The JUICE Media Podcast: We need to talk about how Covid is airborne | with Dr David Berger, Aug 3, 2021 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-need-to-talk-about-how-covid-is-airborne-with-dr/id1469018080?i=1000530930913&r=1594 This was an eyeopener about COVID AND Global Warming! Your podcasts are each a documentary! Let’s weave appropriate ones together into an award winning Climate Change Warning Documentary!

Luke Holdsworth

Understanding our government system certainly would help, such as the senate. But anything else about our government's process would really help. I think stuff that helps us have perspective on the decisions they make can help cut through BS. I do agree on everything that needs to be done on climate change, but understanding what is going on, so votes on more issues can be targeted and put on pressure would be ace. Particularly on corruption, and whistleblower protection. If our systems fall apart, our ability to influence change (such as climate change) through voting becomes really compromised.

Kevin Jones

Giordano, thanks for all your work and that of your team. Great blooper reel and rant. You asked for suggestions for season 4. Please consider a video on work health and safety and/or workers' compensation. Here is my take. In Australia, each State jurisdiction has its own OHS/WHS laws. The Commonwealth has its own laws that apply to Commonwealth employees and a couple of others. Over a decade ago, the governments agreed to harmonise their OHS laws (because the constitution prevented one OHS law for all jurisdictions). Harmonisation allowed for local variation so its not as harmonised. And even though Victoria signed up to harmonise, Dan Andrews used a dodgy PwC report on costings (never publicly released) to reneg. OHS/WHS laws are developed or coordinated through Safe Work Australia who have no regulatory powers and whose funding was cut in half by John Howard when (IMO) he realised where OHS could go and how employers were nervous. The laws have been created and refined through a tripartite mechanism of government, business and unions since the 1980s. I could argue that unions no longer represent working Australians, given that overall union membership is under 20% % and if you take out public servants, under 10%. The lack of any other representative leaves unions in the structure. (But why not use modern technology to consult with workers and others on OHS matters? Wouldn't it be more inclusive and democratic? :) OHS laws say employers MUST provide safe and healthy work environments. The WorkSafes provide guidance and enforce compliance but cannot be everywhere so employers largely self-regulate. Sadly, the OHS laws from 1985 coincided with the neoliberal burst so profit always outweighs employer safety obligations. The OHS laws allowed for self-determining compliance by allowing employers to temper their absolute duty of care with the concept of "as far as is reasonably practicable". Only a judge can determine reasonable practicability, and not all judges are reasonable. The focus of unions and business groups is industrial relations under which OHS often fits, BUT IR compliance is determined by the Fair Work legislation and the Fair Work Commission does not administer the OHS laws. OHS prosecutions are usually through the regular courts, and occasionally the Industrial Court, where they exist. One conflict between IR and OHS is that IR creates jobs and makes sure wages are fair, but IR does not produce SAFE jobs. It may "cap" working hours, but the "other duties as required" employment clause allows for exploitation and stress-related mental injury. Recouping wagetheft money does not compensate for the high levels of stress in workers and the hardship of their families. Also, IR and fair Work still operate on the old concept (never spoken about now but still here) of danger money. If a task is hazardous, don't reduce the hazard; offer more money. If the hours are long, hazardous and often unpaid, don't reduce the hours or employ more people, offer more money. This process helps keep worker health and safety out of the courts and within the confines of Fair Work. It means that dangers to workers are not prevented as they are required to be under OHS laws, but only compensated for it. The last reform of OHS involved industrial manslaughter laws to break the corporate veil, but the veil remains and is as tough as ever. "New" workplace mental health obligations have been introduced (Victoria is the last, coming this year), but ensuring psychological health has been an obligation on employers for decades. And the effectiveness of corporate wellbeing programs has been blown out of the water since UK research early last year found almost no evidence of health and safety benefits!! Sorry, I have cancelled the rant. Poorly managed OHS by employers and OHS regulators has a broad social impact, but institutions have evolved to contain or diffuse the outrage. Those institutions need reform to fit the needs and industries of this Century rather than refining OHS duties and consultation from the last century and the one before. Industry and business have an ingrained hypocrisy about OHS commitments and OHS realities, which I would appreciate your team's help to reveal, in a similar way to government environmental commitments and gas extraction. Safety is our number one commitment, until the potential profit is bigger. Happy to explore OHS more, if you're interested.

Dave

As to ideas, I think some short form stuff would be helpful, some added focus on first nations issues feel like a must, plus I quite liked your focus on independents which was very helpful, so stuff like that or other ways to help would be neat!