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SBS Documentary proving a insight into the livelihoods of everyday RBB members


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By Heineken - 2 May 2015 6:25 PM

SBS appear to be doing a reality television program on the RBB. Popcorn at the ready, this is going to be an all-action, drug fueled, flare-lit adrenaline roller-coaster.

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By Fourfiveone - 9 May 2015 5:17 AM

SocaWho wrote:
Fourfiveone wrote:
SocaWho wrote:
benelsmore wrote:
mcjules wrote:
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.


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!!!

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


+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.

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


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.