Comedian Rob Sitch has given a very revealing interview with Andrew Bolt, leading the conservative columnist to warn he might not be welcome back at the ABC.
Sitch appeared on The Bolt Report to discuss his ABC series Utopia, which lampoons Australian government bureaucracy.
It didn’t take long for the comedian to open up to the Sky News presenter after Bolt attacked socialists and utopian thinkers.
Comedian Rob Sitch has given a very revealing interview with Andrew Bolt (pictured), leading the conservative columnist to warn he might not be welcome back at the ABC
Sitch (pictured) appeared on The Bolt Report to discuss his ABC series Utopia, which lampoons Australian government bureaucracy
‘If you can’t organise a picnic, don’t tell me you’re going to reorganise society,’ said Bolt.
Sitch replied by saying he likes reading ‘any book that reminds me how stupid I am’, before going on to defend Friedrich Hayek, an economist often hailed by conservatives.
‘They’re trying to point out that price signals matter, markets matter, most order is emergent, it’s not top down,’ said the Utopia co-creator.
‘I’d better interrupt you at this stage because the way you’re talking you won’t be able to go back to the ABC, you’ll reveal yourself as a conservative,’ replied Bolt.
‘I’d better interrupt you at this stage because the way you’re talking you won’t be able to go back to the ABC, you’ll reveal yourself as a conservative,’ replied Bolt (pictured, left)
Utopia (pictured) is a comedy series which airs on the ABC and satirises the inner workings of government via the fictional Nation Building Authority
The exchange came after the television personalities had a laugh at the expense of Malcolm Turnbull’s Snowy Hydro 2.0 scheme.
Sitch also expressed his disillusionment with Australian politics in general, saying the ‘pantomime’ of politics dismays him.
Other targets of Sitch’s sharp wit were Melbourne’s East West Link road project, the National Broadband Network, desalination plants and partisan comedy.
Utopia is a comedy series which airs on the ABC and satirises the inner workings of government via the fictional Nation Building Authority.
Sitch told Bolt he does occasionally ask retired politicians for factual advice on his show.
Road to Socialism? Rob Sitch defended conservative economist Friedrich Hayek (pictured, stock image) prompting Bolt to mistakenly say ‘Road to Socialism’ when refering to his best-known work Road to Serfdom before quickly correcting himself