Honest Government Ad | Visit Tasmania 🇦🇺

The Tasmanien Government has made a tourism ad and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 👉 Help us keep Governments honest: 🔹 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/thejuicemedia 🔹 Tip us: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thejuicemedia 🔹 Other options: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/support 👉 STORE: https://shop.thejuicemedia.com 👉 PG VERSIONS: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/teachers 👉 CREDITS 🔹 Produced by Patrons of The Juice Media 🔹 Written by Giordano for The Juice Media 🔹 Performed by Ellen https://www.youtube.com/ellenburbidge 🔹 Voice by Lucy 🔹 Caculator fx by Brent https://www.instagram.com/yahtzio 🔹 Thanks to Kiera for legal advice 🔹Thanks to Amanda, Peter, Adam, Scott, Jess, Steve and Richard for research assistance 🔹 Footage of salmon industry courtesy of NOFF https://www.noff.au/ 🔹 Footage of takayna and Styx forests courtesy of the Bob Brown Foundation: https://bobbrown.org.au/campaigns/takayna 👉 SOURCES & FURTHER READING: 🔸Poverty: https://tascoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TasCOSS-%E2%80%94-Supporting-Tasmanians-in-a-Worsening-Cost-of-Living-Crisis-FINAL-v1-12-12-23.pdf 🔸Literacy: https://aeutas.org.au/alarming-new-report-on-poor-literacy-levels-highlights-urgent-need-for-investment-in-tasmanian-schools/ 🔸Homelessness: https://lambienetwork.com.au/blogs/news/shocking-tassie-housing-stats 🔸Rental crisis: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11540265/Tasmanian-rental-market-toughest-Australia.html 🔸Year 12 completions: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-08/tasmania-year-12-attainment-rates-fall-again/103435628 🔸Ambulance ramping: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-18/figures-show-136-tasmanians-died-after-hospital-ramping/103335412 🔸Hellhole (this is a must-read): https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/february/nick-feik/rotten-core 🔸Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse: https://www.health.tas.gov.au/about/corporate-and-industry-information/child-safe-governance-review/commission-inquiry-tasmanian-governments-responses-child-sexual-abuse 🔸Gabba stadium cost blowout: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/the-billion-blow-out-gabba-cost-estimate-was-rushed-govt-admits-20230802-p5dt8d.html 🔹 Tassie Salmon industry 🔸Good overview: “Tasmania’s toxic secret” https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/april/richard-flanagan-justin-kurzel-and-conor-castles-lynch/tasmania-s-toxic-secret#mtr 🔸The Australia Institute analysis of salmon industry tax contributions and jobs: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/tasmanian-salmon-industry-few-jobs-less-tax/ 🔸Maugean skate: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/16/scientists-warn-maugean-skate-tasmanias-thylacine-of-the-sea-one-extreme-weather-event-from-extinction 🔸Seals: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/22/tasmanian-salmon-industry-used-more-than-2400-anti-seal-explosives-in-three-months 🔸Cooke kicked out of US State: https://www.fishfarmingexpert.com/cooke-salmon-us/cooke-hit-with-332000-fine-for-us-fish-escape/1198128 🔸JBS & Amazon deforestation: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/27/revealed-new-evidence-links-brazil-meat-giant-jbs-to-amazon-deforestation 🔸Batista brothers: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-25/jbs-meat-company-australia-four-corners-investigation/100997044 🔸Dinners: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/premier-dodges-question-on-4k-dinner-for-salmon-bosses/news-story/65cef69ee0889d2c46d5c56321b326ef 🔹 Native forests 🔸MMG mine: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12108053/Tarkine-rainforest-Chinas-MMG-firm-prepare-build-dam-Tasmanian-rainforest-toxic-waste.html 🔸Masked owl: https://takaynadarkowls.com/ 🔸Swift parrot: https://saveswifties.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Web-Swift-Parrots-in-crisis-%E2%80%93-A-report-on-the-logging-led-extinction.pdf 🔸State forestry running a loss: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/opinion/talking-point-state-forester-sustainable-timber-tasmania-delivers-a-massive-13bn-loss/news-story/0893a63034f11106d5ad3df84bd222a4 🔸Native logging: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-01/tasmanian-liberals-native-forest-policy/103526640 🔸Tasmania Forestry Agreement (2011): https//www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/land/forests/intergovernmental-agreement 🔸Tas native forests among world’s most carbon-dense: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0901970106 🔹 Tas Labor 🔸Pokies: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/labors-secret-deal-with-pokies-barons-exposed/news-story/a9fa150f4281dcebe79dedc5161d944c 🔸Logging to 2040: https://www.examiner.com.au/story/8544988/tasmanian-labor-promise-forestry-contracts-to-2040-if-elected/ 🔸Political donation laws: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-20/tas-labor-opposition-folds-on-political-donation-reform/103000444 🔸Hellhole: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-05/tas-ashley-prison-to-stay-open-if-liberals-labor-win-government/103543116 🔸Albo shilling for Tassal: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2024/01/27/albanese-and-the-salmon-wars#hrd