The commentary here is just the same old same old. The poor are poor because it's their own fault. They're lazy and dependent on handouts. The rich are rich because they worked hard and contributed exponentially to the overall economy.

No other factors are allowed to enter the equation. No mention that the rich are rich because they reaped the benefits of wealth inheritance and the benefits of intergenerational wealth regeneration.

No mention that the poor have all the cards stacked against them. Low wages, insecure and casual employment, minimal job security, no family trusts or outrageously generous superannuation entitlements for the wealthy to fall back on.

Luck equates with being high-born and well-off. The unlucky comprise all the rest. But that's OK. We can just call them lazy and the gods of wealth and entitlement are easily appeased.

Hasbeen would like to see the dole 'cut off' from welfare users like people in this documentary.

I am just wondering how these 'dole bludgers' would manage to feed their innocent children if there was no money coming in?
Imagine the increased crime rates as these people steal to survive?

Horror of horrors. Personally I thought the program was as unreal as a so called reality show is. You put people in front of a camera, their 15 minutes of fame looms and they exaggerate posing for what the camera crew expect. The pregnant woman smoking dope and losing her children already. The man refusing to move and let in the eviction people. Geesus... it happens for sure. But look at the overall impression of the street, neat green and tidy. It illuminated one thing, drugs and alcohol are the food for unhealthy and mentally ill people. That's true. No wonder other Mt.Druit residents were annoyed, not a good example of the suburb, but at least the 'actors' in this drama had an exposure, they will in most part thoroughly regret once the programme aired. They do get social services, the charities, to help them. But these were not consulted were they?

PS. I've met people like this, and as one poster remarked, they lie and exaggerate. Anyone who has worked for social services or charities, knows that people abuse the system it is their way of surviving. They are dishonest and parasites. There are genuine ones though, who through no fault of their own, are beset with real disabilities or mental health issues. I once went to St.Vinnies for help with electricity. Never been there before,and while waiting to be seen, the people there were relating on why they didn't pay cheap rent as the house was haunted. I couldn't believe it myself but when I questioned them feigning interest in the occult. The three of them, non of whom lived together, admitted they often saw ghosts. They blame the rich, or the employer who won't employ them. Even the government. Face it there are some very very sick people in our society. And there is bugger all we can do for them, the children God forgot, or has given up on.

So 'Hasbeen' openly admits to having seen only a little of 'this garbage' and then proceeds to offer 'expert' commentary on it and society as a whole. Clearly shows a complete ignorance of what people go through. By the way 'Hasbeen' if you'd watched the whole thing maybe you'd know that many were on the Disability Support Pension and one young bloke with many hurdles to overcome actually got himself a job. Still, keep feasting blindly on those negatives you seem to love so much.