Serious Danger

Bob “Robin Hood” Katter is stealing from the policy-rich (Greens) to give to the policy-poor. 420 blaze it! Tom and straight-edge Emerald look at the new Greens moves to legalise marijuana in Australia (9:31), and what is standing in the way? Then two stories of messy drama this week (37:00) - Mehreen Faruqi pushing back against racist attacks from Pauline Hanson, and Lidia Thorpe accused of abusive outbursts. Finally, a call to action (1:11:57). 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 Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like 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 - Tasmania is going to the polls in local elections over the next few weeks! Check out the Greens candidates and events here:  https://greens.org.au/tas/council-candidates https://greens.org.au/events/tas Greens legalise it campaign: https://greens.org.au/campaigns/legalise-it  Qld: Contact the Premier and ask her to protect the Lake Eyre Basin rivers and Channel Country floodplains by banning unconventional gas in the area: https://www.westernriversalliance.org.au/channel_country_risk  Make a submission on the Royal Commission into Robodebt:  https://robodebt.royalcommission.gov.au/  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Queen never took a day off in her life! (From her gruelling work of attending a succession of parties thrown in her honour.) So we’ve taken the week off - it’s what she would have wanted. Instead, we’ve unlocked one of our favourite Patreon bonus episodes. Emerald and Tom speak for the whole hour with comedian and host of The Glass House, Gruen, Question Everything and Wilosophy - Wil Anderson.  Wil talks about his political philosophy, explains the idea behind the Gruen Transfer as a “hiding in plain sight” critique of capitalism, and has a good-spirited stoush with Emerald about deliberate informal voting.  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out all our bonus Patreon eps with guests like Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka, and deep dives into topics like Aussie political sketch comedy, internal Greens party shenanigans, and whether a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Visit Wil’s website: https://wilanderson.com/  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

McFlags at half mast. Emerald and Tom round up all the good-nice-dead-Queen / bad-angry-pen-King news over the last week (4:39). Then Lulu from Respect Inc joins (37:01) to talk about Sex Worker Pride, and the sometimes bizarre challenges facing the industry and its workers. Finally, a call to action (58:56). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  New Patreon bonus episode up, Tom gets into superannuation with Robert Lechte. Was Paul Keating actually bad? Subscribe to support the show and check out all our Patreon eps with guests like Wil Anderson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka. Links - Osman Faruqi’s piece on young people and the Australian Republican movement https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-90s-are-over-the-republican-movement-needs-a-rebrand-and-new-faces-20220914-p5bhxp.html  Call to action - Follow & support sex worker organisations across the country -  NSW: Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP): https://swop.org.au/get-involved  Vic: Vixen Collective: https://vixen.org.au/  Qld: Respect Inc: https://respectqld.org.au/donations/  SA: Sex Industry Network (SIN): https://sin.org.au/  ACT: SWOP program run by Meridian: https://www.meridianact.org.au/sex_worker_support_and_advocacy  NT: SWOP program run by NTAHC: https://www.ntahc.org.au/swopnt  WA: Sex Work Education Advocacy and Rights (SWEAR: https://www.sexworkerrightswa.org/; Magenta sex worker support: https://magenta.org.au/  National: Scarlet Alliance - https://www.scarletalliance.org.au/  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this 82-minute* bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom gets into superannuation with Robert Lechte ( @djrobstep ), who has written on the topic for Jacobin, and likely at some point in your Twitter feed. Is super theft? Does it enshrine generational inequality? And how would you fix it? Is Paul Keating a smart financial genius or a stupid neo-lib dummy? * Tom has a chapter on super in his book and has many things to ask and say! Subscribe to the Patreon for all our bonus episodes including full interviews with Wil Anderson, Jon Kudelka, and a book review of a cooked novel about how a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. But most importantly to support the show - our Patreon subscribers literally allow the show to continue.  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some old lady died. Emerald and Tom watched Lidia Thorpe’s “Labor Is Gammin” speech (14:03) and use it to launch into a recap some of the government’s recent crappy moves - the fake welfare increase, stage 3 tax cuts, new coal and gas, making jokes about public housing while living in a mansion, and finally refusing to renationalise Qantas. Phew. Then it’s Australian politics’ night of nights as the Midwinter Ball is bizarre and awful (58:15), but did the Greens’ protest hit the mark? Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  New Patreon bonus episode with Tom Tanuki is out, pulling apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and the state of comedy taking the piss out of lefties. Why does it suck so much? Was Sammy J specifically making fun of Emerald? Can Tom (Ballard) navigate this convo without insulting his comedy mates? Check it out on the Patreon, along with the exclusive full episodes with Wil Anderson and more. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Links - https://atui.org.au/2021/09/how-unions-won-the-weekend/  https://reneweconomy.com.au/greens-climate-trigger-bill-faces-tough-crowd-in-parliament-but-gets-billionaire-backing/  https://www.ussc.edu.au/analysis/support-for-and-attitudes-towards-socialism-in-australia-and-the-united-states  Call to action - Join a Move Beyond Coal launch party in your city or online - https://www.stopadani.com/movebeyondcoallaunch  Support Pakistan Floods Emergency Appeal -   https://alkhidmat.org/ CARE’s Pakistan Flood Emergency Fund - https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?df_id=33607  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Red flags about the lack of Greens flags. Emerald and Tom discuss the Greens’ proposed National Energy Transition Authority (7:15) and what we can learn from failed transitions in America. Then Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam joins us  (34:44) to chat about the upcoming state election and the murk that is Victorian politics. Finally, a call to action (1:09:10). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  New Patreon bonus episode with Tom Tanuki is out, pulling apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and the state of comedy taking the piss out of lefties. Why does it suck so much? Was Sammy J specifically making fun of Emerald? Can Tom (Ballard) navigate this convo without insulting his comedy mates? Check it out on the Patreon, along with the exclusive full episodes with Wil Anderson and more. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Follow Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam https://greens.org.au/vic/person/samantha-ratnam  Links - Greens announcement on a National Energy Transition Authority Bill: https://greensmps.org.au/articles/greens-move-energy-transition-authority-parliament  Sam Adler Bell - Life After Coal in the New Internationalist (2019): https://newint.org/features/2019/04/09/life-after-coal  Tarence Ray - “A Way Out” article on just transition (2018): https://popula.com/2018/11/18/a-way-out/  CALL TO ACTION  Donate or post about #DadVsAdani to support climate activist Ben Pennings’ legal defence against Adani: https://chuffed.org/campaign/dadvsadani  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a new Patreon exclusive episode for subscribers, Tom Tanuki joins us to pull apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and discuss the state of Aussie comedy that takes the piss out of lefties. Why does it suck so much? Was Sammy J specifically making fun of Emerald? Is Tonightly bad? Can Tom (Ballard) navigate this convo without insulting his comedy mates?  Full episode along with all our bonus episodes (including the full Wil Anderson ep) available on Patreon at - https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU Seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robo-justice! Emerald and Tom talk about the state of renting, and the new Greens’ proposal for a rent freeze to make it less totally cooked (4:47). And speaking of being cooked, our cooker correspondent Tom Tanuki returns (36:39) to update us on a SovCit child abduction, the freedumb folks, and Avi Yemini’s visa troubles. Finally, a call to action (1:14:20). Bonus Patreon full episode with Tom Tanuki coming this week, pulling apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and the state of comedy taking the piss out of lefties. Why does it suck so much? Was Sammy J specifically making fun of Emerald? Can Tom (Ballard) navigate this convo without insulting his comedy mates? Out this week on the Patreon, along with the exclusive full episodes with Wil Anderson and more. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Links - Read about the Greens’ plan for a national rent freeze https://www.maxchandlermather.com/rent_freeze  Follow Tom Tanuki on Twitter @tom_tanuki https://youtube.com/c/TomTanuki  https://tomtanuki.net/  CALL TO ACTION:  Tom’s hosting a trivia night fundraiser for Ellen Sandell’s state campaign this Thursday night https://victoria.greens.org.au/smec_soc_20220901  Join and share the Greens campaign to protect the coast from Labor’s deep sea drilling:   https://greens.org.au/campaigns/no-new-oil-gas-exploration  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scotty From Multitasking has so many jobs! Emerald and Tom are joined by Elizabeth Humphrys (12:02), author of How Labour Built Neoliberalism: Australia’s Accord, The Labour Movement and the Neoliberal Project. What is neoliberalism and when did it take over Australia? Is Paul Keating actually bad? Will the upcoming Jobs & Skills Summit be the Accord 2.0? Finally, a call to action (1:00:59). Subscribe to our Patreon to keep the show alive and hear bonus episodes like our full hour-long interview with Wil Anderson -  https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Follow Elizabeth on Twitter @anintegralstate All her links - https://linktr.ee/anintegralstate   Toohottowork.org   Order Elizabeth’s book here - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1360-how-labour-built-neoliberalism ‘The Hawke-Keating agenda was Laborism, not neoliberalism, and is still a guiding light’ by Wayne Swan - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/may/14/the-hawke-keating-agenda-was-laborism-not-neoliberalism-and-is-still-a-guiding-light  Tom talking to Wayne Swan about neoliberalism on his other podcast (and it makes Wayne tetchy) - https://likeimasixyearold.libsyn.com/206-wayne-swan  CALL TO ACTION - Check for Greens events in your area - https://greens.org.au/events  If you’re outside the ACT, email your state MP and ask them to raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years old - https://www.changetherecord.org.au/RTA_EmailMP Don’t NAB our future campaign - https://chuffed.org/project/ss4c-dontnabourfuture  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Members of the 47th Parliament have begun disclosing their interests, and they’re… interesting. In this bonus Patreon ep Emerald takes Tom through the few things no politician can apparently live without, who’s a landlord and who has crypto, before our hosts disclose their own interests. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Subscribe to our Patreon to help keep the show alive and listen to bonus episodes featuring Wil Anderson, insider party politics, a review of a book about a Greens-government destroying the world, and more! Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.