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Adam Bandt’s fake drug tweet is based. Emerald and Tom react to Terri Butler’s accusations that the Greens are populist (7:41) and delve into a chat about what populism means, whether it is a good or bad thing, and whether the Greens are doing it.  Finally, a call to action (45:59). New Patreon bonus episode out! Emerald and Tom go through MPs’ register of interests and all the cooked stuff they’ve claimed so far this term. Subscribe to Patreon for access, and don’t miss last week’s 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  Links - “Greens turned to populism to win my seat: Terri Butler” Latika Bourke, Sydney Morning Herald ​​https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greens-turned-to-populism-to-win-my-seat-says-terri-butler-20220802-p5b6q0.html  “We need to reclaim populism from the right. It has a long, proud leftwing history” Thomas Frank, The Guardian  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/12/we-need-to-reclaim-populism-from-the-right-it-has-a-long-proud-leftwing-history  Read Tom’s interview with Max in Jacobin https://jacobin.com/2020/10/australia-greens-left-wing-vote-conservative-queensland  CALL TO ACTION  Refugee Action Collective’s Melbourne Let Them Stay rally Wednesday 24 August at 4:30pm  Join Emerald at the Qld Greens’ snap rally calling on Qld Parliament to RAISE THE AGE this Tuesday (8am 16 August) https://www.michaelberkman.com.au/raisetheage_rally  XR WA Perth Stops for Climate critical mass rally - https://actionnetwork.org/forms/perth-stops-for-climate/  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.

Tom’s back! And he’s VERY TALL? Our hosts discuss their alarming size discrepancy, Max Chandler-Mather’s dress code faux pas (4:06) and Lidia Thorpe dissing the Queen (13:37), then get into a juicy chat about the big on the Government’s climate bill and whether it represents a win or a cowardly failure for the Greens (16:15).   Plus a bonus excerpt from our chat with comedian and ABC host Wil Anderson (44:43) about his political philosophy, advertising, capitalism, and informal voting. Subscribe on Patreon to access the full 57-minute interview with Wil, and help pay our producer Mike: https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  CALLS TO ACTION - Tom’s fundraiser COMEDY IN THE WEST is on Saturday August 13th: https://victoria.greens.org.au/mari_soc_20220713   Support the Tomorrow Movement: http://tomorrowmovement.com/  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.

What would you say during your first speech to the nation? Emerald’s guest co-host this week is Jim Malo, Deputy Editor at Pedestrian and “prolific poster.” They talk about some great speeches from the new Greens MPs and get into the bizarre pomp and circumstance of parliament (2:29), before making predictions for how this new one will go (26:47). Next, they delve into the Manly pride jersey controversy muck (38:38) before finally, a call to action (57:54). New Patreon bonus ep now out! Play Rusted-On Bingo with its creator, cartoonist Jon Kudelka! Sign up for it and more exclusive episodes at - https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Links - Support the Greens: watch and share our new MPs’ first speeches next week (Penny: Monday, Max & David: Tuesday, Barbara: Wednesday https://www.facebook.com/AustralianGreens/events)  Read Pedestrian (especially the political stuff): https://www.pedestrian.tv/ Follow Jim @thejimmalo on Twitter “Don’t blame Pacific Island cultures for queer fear. Blame colonisation” - Jioji Ravulo in the Sydney Morning Herald  https://www.smh.com.au/sport/don-t-blame-pacific-island-cultures-for-queer-fear-blame-colonisation-20220727-p5b50c.html  The “Susanne Lister” essay Emerald mentioned is actually Susanne Luhmann’s chapter “Constructing Gender, Regulating Sexuality” In Feminist Issues: Race, Class and Sexuality (2017) - from pages 139-142. It’s here if any nerds want to read it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RJUlNObQqzOAk6H1QtDCzsTL4m-Pu08o/view?usp=sharing  Support LGBTQ+ people: Donate to Black Rainbow, Australia's leading Indigenous suicide prevention and mental health support source for LGBTQ+ people: https://giveeasy.org/charity/appeal/black-rainbow/default  Donate to Switchboard, which provides peer-driven support services for LGBTIQA+ people, their families, allies and communities: https://www.givenow.com.au/switchedonforswitchboard  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.

Julie Bishop (“J.Bish”) is putting the gas in gaslighting. Emerald is joined by guest host Cam Wilson, associate editor for Crikey. They start by talking TikTok, digital surveillance and the ethics of big tech (8:11). Then the big question - why is the Australian media so cooked? (28:24) Finally, a call to action (1:01:17). New Patreon bonus ep now out! Play Rusted-On Bingo with its creator, cartoonist Jon Kudelka! Sign up for it and more exclusive episodes at - https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Links - @cameronwilson on Twitter http://wilson.cam/  https://www.crikey.com.au/author/cwilsoncrikey-com-au/  Donate to Digital Rights Watch to support research, advocacy and campaigns on privacy and digital rights: https://donate.digitalrightswatch.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 special Patreon subscriber-only episode Tom and Emerald play Rusted On Bingo - the game for Labor Hacks who are terminally online - with the game’s creator himself, cartoonist Jon Kudelka.  Can we get 4 squares in a row and avert 10 years of climate inaction?! Subscribe on Patreon to access the full hour-long episode and help pay our producer Mike: https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Play along with the Rusted On Bingo Card: https://www.kudelkashop.com/uploads/1/2/6/3/126358960/s154890851459384776_p631_i2_w1786.jpeg?width=1600  Visit Jon’s website: https://www.kudelka.com.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.

Queenslander, QUEENSLANDER! Emerald and Tom learn that COVID isn’t actually over yet, even if government support payments soon will be (5:58). Then, the LNP don’t even know who they are any more since Australia broke up with them (33:53). But they sound an awful lot like the ALP? Finally, a call to action (56:47). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Links - Tom’s “Comedy In The West” Greens fundraiser - https://victoria.greens.org.au/mari_soc_20220713    INTERNAL DEMOCRACY & PARTY EVENTS Check your inbox for voting ballots on internal elections in Vic Greens & NSW Greens - Vic state election November 2022, NSW state election March 2023   Online organising skills training workshop run by Tas Greens:   https://contact-tas.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=12279&reset=1  NSW forum on reviving democracy through local politics with Sylvie and Jonno https://contact-nsw.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=12271&reset=1  Forum on decentralising power in the Qld Greens with Clare Scrine, Gemmia Burden & Jonno Sri  10am-21pm Sunday 31 July - email Gemmia via convenor@qld.greens.org.au for more details and the Zoom link ONLINE ACTIONS Email your MP about plans to transfer 20 children to a maximum security prison in WA using this form: https://socialreinvestmentwa.good.do/banksiahillaction/Banksia-hill-action/ Sign the Greenpeace petition against Woodside's North West Shelf extension:  https://acthubspot.greenpeace.org.au/nws-extension?utm_medium=social&utm_term=social+share&utm_source=twitter  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.

Emerald’s back! And she’s brought a reading list! It’s 2009 all over again as the difficult Greens are facing criticism for threatening not to wave in Labor’s dogshit climate policy (7:14). Are targets important or a distraction? Then it’s quizmaster Emerald’s favourite time of the half-decade as census results are out. Can you beat Tom’s knowledge of weird census data? (39:57) Why does religion still hold such control over Australia, despite its drastic decline? Finally, a call to action (1:12:13). Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU  Links - Download the census data: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/snapshot-australia/latest-release  ABC article showing decline of Christianity alongside rise of ‘no religion’: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-28/census-2021-data-shows-a-changed-australia/101177152  Emerald’s holiday reading list: Straight Edge: clean living youth, hardcore punk and social change - Ross Haenfler How to Vote Progressive in Australia - ed.  Dennis Altman Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power - Amy Sonnie and James Tracy A Threat of the First Magnitude - Aaron J Leonard Women and the Subversion of the Community - Mariarosa Dalla Costa & Selma James Chavs - Owen Jones  Call to action - Magabala Books (Indigenous publisher): https://www.magabala.com/  COMEDY OUT WEST - Tom’s fundraiser comedy gig for the Greens campaign for Western Metro, happening on Saturday August 13th victoria.greens.org.au/mari_soc_20220713  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.com Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trudeau forgot “Tony” Albanese’s name. New member for the seat of Brisbane, Stephen Bates joins Tom as co-host. Stephen fills us in on his month as a member-elect (2:48) and this week’s “Parliament School” in Canberra (9:15), before giving his take on the government’s crossbench staffer cuts (12:52). Then they discuss the recent Blockade Australia actions in Sydney and if protest is the only way to create change with the climate clock ticking (23:50). Finally, a call to action (1:08:27). P.S. In honour of the Grindr ads - “member-erect” Stephen lol Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU Links - Serious Danger Ep 24 discussing the state of abortion rights in Australia: https://youtu.be/VCvKN0YaYWk  Serious Danger Ep 2 discussion and interview with Blockade Australia: https://youtu.be/6oYhCEMpBqY  Support Blockade Australia: https://www.blockadeaustralia.com/  @BlockadeAus @CounterActOz  Get involved with Stephen’s new office and hassle him till he fixes this broken country: https://greens.org.au/qld/person/stephen-bates Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU seriousdangerpod.com Support the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom, Alison and Emerald run their flag takes up the flag pole. This week Tom is joined by co-host Alison Pennington, Senior Economist at the Centre for Future Work. Alison gives her read on the Greens (13:55), before they delve into the economy (22:35) - inflation, recession, wages, interest rates, and just how screwed are we? Finally, a call to action (1:15:42). Links - Follow Alison Pennington on @ak_pennington  Check out the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work here:  https://australiainstitute.org.au/about/branch/centre-for-future-work/  Jim Stanford’s Debunking video on the current inflation crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DgwM7nruQg  Benjamin Clark’s piece on reforming the RBA: https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/06/20/sally-mcmanus-reserve-bank-board/   Join your union: australianunions.org.au/join  (Remember that not all unions are affiliated with the ACTU; if you work in retail, join the RAFFWU: https://raffwu.org.au/ ) Check out Tom’s stand up special for the BBC, “Solastalgia” here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018nhw Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU https://seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s our first ever live episode, recorded at Greens National Conference 2022! Drunk on power after the Greenslide, Tom gives a rousing call to arms (2:40). He’s then joined by former Young Greens co-convenor Elizabeth Thompson (14:02) who age-shames Tom then talks about the young energy in the party and the trans culture wars of the recent election. Finally the member for The Gabba in Brisbane Jonathan Sri joins to chat direct action, getting arrested and the future of the movement (33:18). New bonus episode with Emerald now up for Patreon subscribers! It’s a raucous chat about the behind-the-scenes workings of the Greens party. We need your help to make the show sustainable, please join at https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  Links - Future Greens events in your area - https://greens.org.au/events  Elizabeth Thompson on Twitter - @thomsonwithap98 Jonathan Sri - https://www.jonathansri.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/jonno.sri  Twitter - @jonathan_sri  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU https://seriousdangerpod.comSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.