It wasn't a pisstake at all. It was showing what the extremes of poverty do to people in Australia. Those people are not neccisarily a representation of the entire area they are just a few sad stories that are a bit too common.

Please don't apologise, I saw some rough and odd things going on but by and large the community is full of generally good people. You can see in the show that people are pretty tight with their neighbours and I had the same experience that I havnt had living anywhere else. I had some of the best football coaches out there soccer and rugby league. They were fantastic and treated us like their own kids.

There was some strange things about the place too, there used to be this "street baby" in my culdasac i remember seeing him grow up from age 2-6 standing outside his house everyday seemingly with no supervision.

There was a dude that walked down the street with a different bike or lawn mower everyday, i went into his yard with his son one day and saw hundreds of them under the house and in the backyard.

I saw my neighbour get arrested by 8 cars full of armed cops dragged out in his underpants.

Probably the most haunting thing I ever saw was a crying teenage girl being let out of the toilets at plumpton shopping centre followed by a dude in his undies being dragged out by cops.

In the same mall I saw someone assaulted with a metal pole, there was a lot of blood.

So I just thought I'd share my experience, good and bad. This part of my life probably did a lot to shape my political views. I've got no regrets.

its amazing in this day of age we still judge someone by their class status.
Jarryd Hayne used to be a Houso and its funny how those same people dont look at him the same way as those in that show.

Agreed, I didn't find it funny at all.

I found it concerning and feel ashamed that we allow this to happen. We talk about standards of living as if we all have it easy, conveniently brushing these social issues under the carpet.

We've also become a country of bloody entitlements. People seem to over-value their use to society.

OK interesting. I didn't find much to laugh about, not sure where it was sugarcoated.

yes i did
i thought it was sugarcoated to give that impression but there was an underlying motive that gave viewers an excuse to laugh at them.

Edited by Socawho: 8/5/2015 09:26:08 AM

You've actually watched the full episode?
I thought the promo was cut together in a way that did give that impression. The show itself was not.

What else would you call it....I thought it was just set up for people to laugh at those people who had no idea it was going to portrayed the way it was.
A pisstake in very bad taste.

Edited by SocaWho: 8/5/2015 09:02:12 AM

You thought it was a pisstake?

i dont mind a bit of light hearted humour. i found a few aspects of the show funny. but we all know it was just a pisstake to humiliate lower class socioeconomic people.
im sorry to hear you had a bit of a rough childhood, hopefully better times for you

+1.

People like heiny take pleasure in kicking the weak while they're down. Having spent 4 years of my childhood there it really makes me sick.

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Full episode here

http://youtu.be/HRKioBnpD5E

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I don't think cutting foreign aid is the answer. I've been reading some interesting economic theories around how governments should spend and in particular around trying to achieve full employment (i.e. everyone that wants to work and has the ability to output and therefore contribute to the economy, are guaranteed a job).

http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee/job_guarantee/JobGuarantee.cfm

I'm still a bit skeptical about it but the basic premise makes sense.

Charlie Pickering gave us the answer into how much Foreign aid Australia actually spends on The Weekly, 0.22%


But people (who didnt know what the amount of foreign aid Australia gives) say it should be less, by quoting more

:-K

Australia has become backwards and its not going to stop until everything ie farms, lands. electricity is sold off to foreigners. you cant blame the chinese or outsiders...but Australia had become a nation obssesdd with not focussing on creating jobs through innovation and change.
its stuck in the old 1970s thinking.

Pretty much. We spend money on garbage and yet we have real social issues. Put's it into perspective. We have remote aboriginal communities costing $50k per person in service infrastructure alone complaining about how racist cuts are when we have global social issues.

nah Australia would rather laugh at their own who are either classed as housos or cut down anyone who is too successful....

welcome to Australia

First thought was 'why are we not helping these people'.

We give Indonesia $500mil a year and we have these people doing it tough in our cities.

I hope the government people saw this and saw the help that lady was giving the young girl who'd been raped. We don't need workers with degrees. We need to fund people like this lady who are genuinely caring and genuinely help those in need!!!

Did anyone watch it? Thought it was pretty balanced and not as sensationalised as the promo which is what I expected. A lot of sad stories there.

I'm sure those that love the term "dole bludger" would have found plenty to sneer at.

"Married at First Sight on Struggle Street"

Thats combination of two car accidents of shows protested against that I want to see

Struggle Street Protesters at Artarmon

Its getting funnier by the day.

Garbage truck blockade lol.

You couldn't make this stuff up.

So basically this is going to be a documentary on the show Houso's. :lol:

The Blacktown mayor getting his soiled panties in a twist is just hyping the show up even more. I can't see SBS backing down, no matter how many Garbage trucks blockade the SBS building. :lol: Free advertising is free advertising.

I believe so.

-PB

Don't forget road rage and unprovoked swearing at random passers by

Because it is clearly going to be exceptionally funny.

Is this the same show that had garbos taking a stand against "poverty porn" in the telegraph today?

lol why? I never read anything Heineken says anyway.

And I hate white trash bogansscum that this show is "following" just as much as the next person.

I don't know how anyone would actually waste their time watching this shit though.

that was a ripper that one😀

Westie core