

Serious Danger
Emerald Moon & Tom Ballard
Serious Danger is a podcast about our broken political system and its greatest threat: the Greens. Join traitorous SJWs Emerald Moon and Tom Ballard as they discuss the #auspol news of the week, chat to key figures from the left movement, and talk about how to win a future for all of us. This is NOT an official Greens party podcast, but it IS the official podcast of trying to not go insane while experiencing the sh*tshow that is Australian politics. / Produced by Michael Griffin / Twitter & Instagram @SeriousDangerAU / patreon.com/seriousdangerau / seriousdangerpod.com
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Mar 2, 2024 • 1h 11min
115: Pigs, Pride & TAS Politics ft. Tabatha Badger
Katter and Wilkie aren’t as happy as a pig in mud. Emerald and Tom look at the debate over whether the NSW police should march at the Sydney Mardi Gras, following recent police murders and the poor history of the police towards the LGBTQIA+ community (12:31). Are cops tops? Then they are joined by Greens candidate for Lyons in the upcoming Tasmanian election, Tabatha Badger (38:31)! What are the key issues this election? Is Erica Betz really still at it? What is it with unnecessary stadiums? Finally, a call to action (1:09:50). ---------------------------------------- Full video version of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU New Patreon ep with Jesse Noakes talking forced evictions and homeless out now.Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over 30 full-length fortnightly bonus episodes, with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Lee Rhiannon, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Gabbi Bolt, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like boomers v gen Z, the history of the party, co-operatives, Taylor Swift, when Friendlyjordies owned us, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - Tasmanian Greens election platform: https://tasgreensmps.org/policy/ Volunteer for the Tasmanian Greens: https://greens.org.au/tas/volunteer Follow/ get in touch with Tabatha Badger: https://greens.org.au/tas/person/tabatha-badger @TabathaBadger on IG / TabathaBadgerGreens on FB Donate to support travel and other costs for family to attend the ongoing coronial inquest into Kumanjayi Walker’s killing, and to continue to seek justice: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-family-of-kumanjayi-walker Support Pride in Protest: https://linktr.ee/PrideInProtest Remember we’ve announced we’re doing a live show in Naarm/Melbourne on Saturday April 6th at 1:30pm at the Comedy Republic https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:304/38:910/ We’re coming back to MEANJIN/BRISBANE!!! We’re doing a live show at Good Chat Comedy Club on Saturday April 27th at 2pm. Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/serious-danger-w-emerald-moon-tom-ballard-live-in-brisbane-tickets-843371164857 Produced by Michael Griffin https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/ Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 29, 2024 • 10min
Teaser: ABC Burrup Woodside Update, Public Housing & Homelessness Crisis ft. Jesse Noakes
In this Patreon bonus, Jesse Noakes returns to the show. First he gives Emerald and Tom a predictable update on Disrupt Burrup and ABC. Then they talk about the state of public housing and homelessness in Western Australia, the evils of evictions into homelessness, and the particular damage this is causing First Nations communities. Warning that this episode contains frank discussion of dark themes including suicide. Remember you can always call Lifeline on 13 11 14Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald’s sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand’s small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - Stop Evicting Families https://www.stopevictingfamilies.org/ Listen to Jesse’s podcast, The Last Place on Earth https://www.patreon.com/TheLastPlaceonEarth Jonathan “Jonno” Sriranganathan’s site - https://www.jonathansri.com/ We’ve announced a live show in Naarm/Melbourne on Saturday April 6th at 1:30pm at the Comedy Republic https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:304/38:910/ We’re coming back to MEANJIN/BRISBANE!!! We’re doing a live show at Good Chat Comedy Club on Saturday April 27th at 2pm. Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/serious-danger-w-emerald-moon-tom-ballard-live-in-brisbane-tickets-843371164857 Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 24, 2024 • 55min
114: Colesworth Grifties
Taylor Swift came to town and all I got was this lousy $65 t-shirt. Emerald and Tom talk Colesworth and the reactions to the “Superpower” episode of Four Corners about the supermarket duopoly (13:39). Is everything fine now that the CEO quit? Is anything going to be done to fix this? Finally, a call to action (51:56). ---------------------------------------- Full video version of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAUSubscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over 30 full-length fortnightly bonus episodes, with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Lee Rhiannon, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Gabbi Bolt, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like boomers v gen Z, the history of the party, co-operatives, Taylor Swift, when Friendlyjordies owned us, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - Contact your Labor MP and ask them to end tax handouts for property investors. Polling on NG changes (Guardian says “lukewarm support”, actually 44% for, 21% opposed https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/13/guardian-essential-poll-any-changes-to-negative-gearing-get-lukewarm-support) Cheeky plug: Tom wrote a thingy for Crikey about the Stage 3 tax cuts https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/12/14/stage-three-tax-cuts-progressive/ Remember we’ve announced we’re doing a live show in Naarm/Melbourne on Saturday April 6th at 1:30pm at the Comedy Republic https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:304/38:910/ We’re coming back to MEANJIN/BRISBANE!!! We’re doing a live show at Good Chat Comedy Club on Saturday April 27th at 2pm. Tickets on sale now: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/serious-danger-w-emerald-moon-tom-ballard-live-in-brisbane-tickets-843371164857 AND - sending our love to cartoonist and friend of the show Jon Kudelka, who’s dealing with some intense health news right now. Thinking of you, Jon! We unlocked our Patreon episode with Jon in which we played Rusted-On Bingo a while ago; check that out here -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZiZ1_lLEWw Produced by Michael “The Grifftie” Griffin https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/ Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 17, 2024 • 1h 7min
113: Is Negative Gearing Political Poison? ft. Adam Bandt
Auspol choo-choo-chooses wuv. Emerald and Tom welcome back Adam Bandt, leader of the Australian Greens! First up are the proposed Greens amendments to the government’s Help To Buy program to impose rent caps and limit negative gearing and capital gains tax (16:55). Is it juvenile student politics to not give property barons backrubs? Then an update on Israel’s destruction of Gaza and the imminent ground invasion in Rafah (45:17). Did you know that there are Labor MPs who privately commend Adam then vote for war!?!?! Finally, a call to action (1:02:50) and Abbie Chatfield, call us. Amy MacMahon you’re the best of us, get well soon please. ---------------------------------------- Full video version of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAUSubscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over 30 full-length fortnightly bonus episodes, with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Lee Rhiannon, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Gabbi Bolt, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like boomers v gen Z, the history of the party, co-operatives, Taylor Swift, when Friendlyjordies owned us, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - We’re doing another live show in Melbourne! Whee! Saturday April 6th, 1:30pm at Comedy Republic All tix are $28 Guests TBC (lots of cool comedians kicking around the traps…) Tickets are on sale now: https://www.comedyrepublic.com.au/event/38:304/38:910/ Call Steven Miles’ office on (07) 3719 7000 and tell him to: Call off the $2.7 billion Gabba rebuild now Protect East Brisbane State School and Raymond Park SA Danger Dogs - come along to the SA Greens Dunstan Campaign Launch on Sunday Feb 25th from 2:30pm It’s happening at The Republic in Norwood Greens candidate Katie McCusker is campaigning to turn Dunstan Green at the upcoming by-election Join Katie and Greens MLCs Tammy Franks and Robert Simms as we launch our campaign Little Tommy’s going to be there as MC RSVP here: https://contact-sa.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=14865&reset=1 Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 15, 2024 • 3min
Teaser: Inside The Greens - Chapter 3
In this bonus for Patreon subscribers, Tom takes Emerald through chapter 3 of author Paddy Manning’s epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics.” In this installment - Green Independents, the Labor-Green accord, Bob Brown grows in power, the homophobes flip out, Christine Milne gets a W, and Graham Richardson is a C. Also, Paul Keating sucked. ---- Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald’s sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand’s small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - Buy Inside The Greens - https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/inside-greens Paddy Manning - https://twitter.com/gpaddymanning Lee Rihannon’s Inside Inside The Greens website - http://www.inside-insidethegreens.com.au/ Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerau Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 10, 2024 • 1h 15min
112: Do we have a right to disconnect from work?
The podcast discusses various topics including tax changes, climate trigger mechanism, new megamine approval, Right to Disconnect provisions, and the need for a call to action. It also touches upon dental work costs, flaws in federal parliament, emotional and political implications of tax cut changes, flaws of Stage 3 tax cuts, political ideologies, climate impact bill, and the right to disconnect from work with implications for work-life balance and compensation for contact outside of work.

Feb 3, 2024 • 1h 13min
111: AI Midriff-gate ft. Greens Brisbane Mayoral Candidate Jonathan Sriranganathan
Newington College weirdos say NO GIRLS ALLOWED! Emerald and Tom look at the Nine scandal using AI on a photo of Vic senator Georgie Purcell. Is a person to blame or SOCIETY? And what’s this about duck hunting? Then former councillor and Greens Lord Mayor candidate for the Brisbane council Jonathan “Jonno” Sriranganathan joins, direct from the public library. What are his plans for taking over Brisbane and making it into woke-topia? What can we do to help? Finally, a call to action. ---------------------------------------- Full video version of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAUSubscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over 30 full-length fortnightly bonus episodes, with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Lee Rhiannon, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Gabbi Bolt, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like boomers v gen Z, the history of the party, co-operatives, Taylor Swift, when Friendlyjordies owned us, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - Read more about the Greens campaigns for Brisbane City Council on Jonno’s website: https://www.jonathansri.com/key_priorities Donate to the mayoral campaign: https://www.jonathansri.com/donate Follow Jonno on socials - Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jonathan_sri Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonno.sri YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jonnosri/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathan_sriranganathan/ Short documentary “Jonno” by Zach Sullivan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj-YCAVz9Yc The actual duck hunting news - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/29/victoria-government-duck-hunting-ban-rejection-criticism Cam Wilson on the AI scandal - https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/02/01/adobe-photoshop-generative-ai-women-politicians/ Email your Federal MP and Senators asking them to reinstate funding to UNRWA, and instead support measures to prevent genocide in Gaza, including cutting military support to Israel: https://apan.org.au/action-reinstate-unrwa-funding/ Serious Danger Merch!!! - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/ Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAUSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 1, 2024 • 6min
Teaser: We watch the Sky News ‘Liberals In Power’ Doco
In this bonus for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom have watched the OTHER hard-hitting expose - Sky News ‘Liberals In Power: The near-decade of conservative rule in Australia’. What do the filthy scumbags have to say for themselves? Was ScoMo always THIS gross? Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison - f**k marry kill? ----- Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Lee Rhiannon, Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like intergenerational warfare, Taylor Swift, Ralph Babet, THE GIANTS movie and the life of Bob Brown, when Friendlyjordies owned us, war crimes, vaping, psychedelic-assisted therapy, killer robots (with Emerald’s sister!), a debrief of the 2022 federal results, whether the Greens are too woke, the 18-year plan for Greens government, whether lawns should be banned, Greens memes, bad takes, Joe Hildebrand’s small brain, CPAC, Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - The full doco on Youtube - https://youtu.be/s79Qj5qvIDY Serious Danger Merch!!! - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/ Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAUSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 27, 2024 • 1h 19min
110: Scowl-bo & the Three Stages of Tax Grief
Bev McArthur saves the flag from Green wokists. Emerald and Tom unpack the government’s proposed changes to the stage 3 tax cuts. What are the changes? What were the most effed up reactions? Is Pauline Hanson high? Does Albo ever stop scowling (Scowlbo) and did he forget how to be a politician? Finally, a call to action. Full video version of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAUSubscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over 30 full-length fortnightly bonus episodes, with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Lee Rhiannon, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Gabbi Bolt, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like boomers v gen Z, the history of the party, co-operatives, Taylor Swift, when Friendlyjordies owned us, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - Greens launch Coles & Woolworths whistleblower site https://greens.org.au/supermarkets-story Submissions close Friday 2 February Do you think blocking anyone with any ideological disagreement whatsoever is what allows Van Badham to write such good takes? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/25/the-stage-three-tax-cuts-are-finally-being-reversed-the-rich-complaining-labor-broke-its-promise-just-sound-vulgar Serious Danger Merch!!! - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/ Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAUSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jan 20, 2024 • 1h 2min
109: Australia Day or Groundhog Day? ft. GetUp! CEO Larissa Baldwin-Roberts
Julia Gillard takes a bold stance for women’s rights. Emerald and Tom are joined by GetUp! CEO Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, to talk about the state of Australia and Invasion Day post the Voice. As the annual culture war unfurls and the attacks on Gaza continue, what does 2024 hold for GetUp! and the movement? How can we create real change and not just preach to the converted on wanky insider podcasts? Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAUSubscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over 30 full-length fortnightly bonus episodes, with guests like Geraldine Hickey, Max Chandler-Mather, Lee Rhiannon, Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Gabbi Bolt, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like boomers v gen Z, the history of the party, co-operatives, Taylor Swift, when Friendlyjordies owned us, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Links - https://twitter.com/Riss_Bundjalung https://www.instagram.com/riss_bundjalung/ Find out what GetUp! Is up to at getup.org.au SOME LIKE IT (LESS) HOT - COMEDY FUNDRAISER FOR MANDY NOLAN feat. TOM BALLARD Come and laugh help raise some cash to turn Richmond Green on Wednesday January 24th @ Mullumbimby Ex Services Club Tickets here - https://www.mandy4richmond.com/some_like_it_less_hot LIST OF RALLIES ON INVASION DAY AROUND THE COUNTRY https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/invasion-day-rallies-protests-australia-january-26/ More on the ANTAR website https://antar.org.au/issues/survival-day/events-listing/ Serious Danger Merch!!! - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/ Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAUSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.