Serious Danger

We all live in a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape, a yellow-bellied submarine-buying hellscape. Emerald and Tom are joined by Izabella Antoniou, Greens candidate for Summer Hill, to chat next week’s NSW state election (10:05). They go through the state of the campaign, what the different parties are offering, what it’s like being a candidate, why doorknocking is good, and WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE GREENS ON SATURDAY MARCH 25TH!!! Finally, a call to action (55:13). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like the 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 - Read policy, learn about candidates and volunteer to help Greens in the NSW election - https://greens.org.au/nsw  Volunteer for the Greens in Summer Hill - https://greens.org.au/nsw/volunteer/state/SummerHill  Follow and vote for Izabella Antoniou - https://twitter.com/Izo_ang   https://www.instagram.com/izabella.antoniou/  https://greens.org.au/nsw/person/izabella-antoniou  Please sign petition to save Barak Beacon Housing Estate from demolition - https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/view-sign-e-petitions/details/12/485  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.

Gaping holes threaten our national flag! Emerald and Tom go through this week’s Greens negotiations with the government about the safeguard policy and Reconstruction Fund, and ponder if this is an existential threat for the Labor party (8:24). Then Nick McKim, Senator for Tasmania, joins (32:25) to talk interest rates and the Reserve Bank’s follies, before moving on to his offshore detainee evacuation bill and the cowardice shown by government (49:25). Finally, a call to action (1:05:26). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like the 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 - Tom chats to Jacobin - https://jacobin.com/2023/03/millennials-generational-politics-capitalism-inequality-democratic-socialism-australia  Four day work week - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/09/australia-four-day-work-week-labor-greens-senators-support Nick / Greens’ submission to Review of RBA - https://consult.rbareview.gov.au/public-submissions/view/98  Follow Nick on Twitter and see his commentary over the last week -https://twitter.com/NickMcKim  Palm Sunday is happening on Sunday April 2nd - March for Refugees, find your local event here - https://aran.net.au/palm-sunday-2023/  NSW ELECTION IS ON 25 MARCH! Contact your local campaign or branch to sign up as a booth volunteer. Also check out - https://greens.org.au/events Email your Labor MP telling them to support the Greens’ proposals including a rent freeze, minimum housing standards and more investment in social housing. If you’re in Queensland, join the Weekend of Action next weekend (18-19 March)! Max’s office is organising doorknocks in key marginal Labor seats around Brisbane  (Moorooka, Ipswich, Nundah) and has also offered to help branches outside Brisbane organise and resource their own events - https://www.maxchandlermather.com/housing_weekend_of_action  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.

In a bonus episode for our wonderful Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom take a look at International Women’s Day. From its activist roots, has it been ruined by TERFs, pinkwashing and corporate exploitation? Has it gone from an important day of awareness, to cake in the meeting room at 2? Has it become Mother’s Day? And then, they discuss whether quotas are an identity politics distraction or a useful tool to address the issues women face. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like whether the Greens have the woke mind virus, 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  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.

Australia’s first hip hop treasurer has a birthday buddy! Emerald and Tom take a gander at the superannuation changes the government has put forward (7:15). Are they simply an excuse to keep stage 3 tax cuts, and why was The Today Show briefly on the side of good? Then they get into Mardi Gras / World Pride (29:44), and ask whether it is still a meaningful event or just a way to sell toothpaste. And the whole Lidia Thorpe protest. Finally, a call to action (57:04). Correction - Sorry, we got activist and key Stonewall protester Marsha P. Johnson’s surname wrong  Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like the 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 - Sandy O’Sullivan on the Lidia Thorpe protest - https://indigenousx.com.au/pride-and-protest/  Help the Greens in the NSW State Election! Donate - https://greens.org.au/nsw/donate  Volunteer - https://greens.org.au/nsw/volunteer  Join an event - https://greens.org.au/events  Follow and support Pride in Protest - https://www.facebook.com/PrideInProtest/  CHEEKY COMPETING PODCAST PLUG - Tom released an ep of his podcast with climate expert Polly Hemming from The Australia Institute about just how cooked the Safety Mechanism/carbon offsets are - https://tomballard.com.au/259-polly-hemming/   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.

Why even bother holding the NSW election, the winner of all seats will clearly be the Liberal Democrats. Emerald and Tom start by celebrating some good news - a successful major four-day workweek trial from the UK (7:13)! After a quick recap of the state of play in the upcoming NSW state election (11:22), Emerald welcomes Greens NSW Upper-House candidate Lynda-June Coe to discuss her campaign and why she’ll be a kick-ass activist member. Finally, a call to action (48:21). Tom had big tech issues and originally we were going to put an apology here for his bad sound, but we tried using a spooky new AI tool to improve it and I think it’s fixed it enough that the audience won’t complain? Just as long as no one tells them, shhh! Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like are the Greens too woke, 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 - Liberal Democrats manifesto - https://twitter.com/JohnRuddick2/status/1623799413130010624  Four-day work week trial! - https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-worlds-biggest-four-day-workweek-trial-has-ended-and-the-findings-are-overwhelmingly-positive/z4samz5h5  Greens policy platform for NSW election - https://greens.org.au/nsw/policyplatform2023  Lynda-June Coe - https://twitter.com/LyndaJune1  https://greens.org.au/nsw/person/lynda-june-coe-0  Get involved in the NSW state election, even if you’re not in NSW - https://greens.org.au/nsw  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.

In a special woke bonus for all our woke Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom unpack a recent Age article about whether the Greens are being overtaken by woke youths. Is that a fair assessment or are there rats in the ranks? What does woke even mean, what are the views of Greens members, and how does it differ across the states? Is there any cure for this woke mind virus!?! Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like 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  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.

Bill Shorten’s failure kink meets Valentine’s Day. Greens have done another CPRS! 13 more years of inaction! First they did a CPRS by saying science is real (11:51), then they did yet another CPRS by saying housing investment should be spent on housing (34:26). Finally for these LNP-loving, humanity-hating hypocrites, a call to action (56:23). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like 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  Call to action / links - Write to your local MP or senator, especially if they are Labor, and let them know you support the Greens amendments and want negotiation, not attacks War powers reform - https://warpowersreform.org.au/  Rachel withers article ‘A Perfect Storm’ - https://www.themonthly.com.au/the-politics/rachel-withers/2023/02/15/perfect-storm  ABC story on dodgy carbon credit offsets - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-14/carbon-credits-projects-papua-new-guinea-logging-four-corners/101936714  Write to your local MP and ask why Defence Minister Marles has given a new promotion and a million-dollar salary to Kathryn Campbell, the ARCHITECT OF ROBODEBT!?! - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/22/public-servant-grilled-over-robodebt-scheme-appointed-to-aukus-role-worth-900000-a-year  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.

Terri Butler, having defeated Max Chandler-Mather and Jordan Peterson, sets her sights on an easy target: child journalist Leo Puglisi. Lidia Thorpe quit the Greens (11:36)! Emerald and Tom unpack the news, and what it means for First Nations rights, Voice, the Senate, the Blak Greens, and for the Greens going forward. Then they go through some good news that’s worth celebrating (52:04), like a Federal enviro minister’s first coal mine rejection ever, and Alan Tudge, the worst dumbest loser in Australian politics, quitting to spend more time at home being worthless scum. Finally, a call to action (57:02). Everything went wrong recording this week, so please excuse some minor tech issues. Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like 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 - Tom’s performing at “LEFTIES UP LATE” - a comedy fundraiser for the Albury Greens on Friday February 17th - https://contact-ag.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=12927&reset=1  Merri-bek Councillor James Conlan explains quitting in solidarity with Lidia - https://twitter.com/JamesMConlan/status/1622800489753755648  The Guardian’s (slightly dodgy) article on the Blak Greens’ response to Lidia’s departure - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/08/greens-first-nations-conveners-side-with-lidia-thorpe-and-say-they-do-not-support-voice-to-parliament CALL TO ACTION: Join a phonebank to support the Greens NSW election campaign from anywhere in the country -  https://contact-nsw.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=12915&reset=1  See other campaign events: https://greens.org.au/events  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.

“The Greens can never form government.” But Max Chandler-Mather has detailed a plan to do it by 2040 - and last year’s election has them two seats ahead of schedule! In this bonus hour-long episode for our Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom unpack the plan, ponder whether it is feasible or just crazy talk, and ask whether Greens even want to be a party of government. Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like whether laws 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  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.

Culture wars that melt in your mouth, not your hand. Emerald and Tom talk animal rights (7:51). What is the Greens view? Can you be progressive and eat meat? Should hunting be outlawed (34:07)? And what’s the deal with the Animal Justice Party (41:37)? Finally, a call to action (53:00) with the Royal Society of Podcasters who Can’t Acronym. Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  New Patreon bonus episode now out - oh no are the greenies trying to take your lawn away too now!? Maybe? Emerald and Tom discuss the anti-lawn movement and how lawns are a colonial-era environmental menace in a warming world. Take back the golf courses!  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Michael Berkman, Wil Anderson, Cam Wilson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like 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 - Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - https://www.rspca.org.au/support-us  WIRES Wildlife Rescue - https://www.wires.org.au/  Sea Shepherd - https://www.seashepherd.org.au/get-involved-2023/  Animals Australia - https://animalsaustralia.org/  Good take on chocolate-gate - https://thelatch.com.au/mms-tucker-carlson/  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/style/mms-maya-rudolph-super-bowl.html  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.