Government gets an honest trailer after 'torture' allegations and it's bleak

Satire has never been so unnerving.
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Elise Cooper
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Government gets an honest trailer after 'torture' allegations and it's bleak
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The Australia government has been in the spotlight lately for all the wrong reasons. From the release of footage inside juvenile detention centres showing the abuse of Indigenous minors, to the testimonies of asylum seekers in offshore detention camps, the word "torture" hasn't been far from the headlines lately.

Content creators The Juice Media have responded by creating a parody ad called We Tortured Some Kids -- a satirical, albeit very bleak explainer of current events.

The media company have also made satirical videos on Australia's alleged ineptitude in tackling climate change and our slippery, often inarticulate, politicians.

Unnerving, eerie and many would say, much needed.

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Elise Cooper

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