Serious Danger

New record - only 89 seconds till Doomsday! Tom is joined by guest host, the Chief Political analyst at The Australia Institute, Amy Remeikis! What is the state of Auspol and the upcoming election? (15:41) Next, the opposition has proposed a government efficiency portfolio, just like Daddy Elon’s DOGE, because they are soulless opportunist ghouls who believe in nothing (34:18). Then Greens want 50c fares, Future Made In Aus & nature laws looking likely, and Labor delays gambling reforms, because they are soulless opportunist ghouls who believe in nothing. Finally, a call to action (1:08:03). ---------- Just released on Patreon - “Is Australia left or right? A nerdy look at the stats” The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU   ---------- Call to action - Vote Greens next Saturday February 8th at the by-elections in Victoria!  Werribee - Rifai A. Raheem Prahan - Angelica Di Camillo Save the Maugean Skate - https://www.et.org.au/save_the_maugean_skate  PLEASE take our 2025 Listener Survey (literally 5 minutes) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0t7kV3e9sJ9aqhrCYSSf51KsAD_eqWKF-wjasGfQUeUSjwQ/viewform?usp=sharing  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  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/@seriousdangerauSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Albo and Tom attend the Triple J 50th anniversary party. For this Invasion Day, Emerald and Tom are joined by Senator Lidia Thorpe (6:43). What is the state of Australia and its national day in 2025? How has the aftermath of the referendum and Trump’s victory emboldened racism? What is the current relationship with Lidia and the Greens? And, sizzle, an exclusive about her plans for the future. Finally, a call to action (52:48). ---------- Just released on Patreon - “Is Australia left or right? A nerdy look at the stats” The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU   ---------- Call to action - Lifeline’s 13YARN on 13 92 76 (24 hours/7 days) to talk with a First Nations Crisis Supporter  First Nations Futures and the #WealthBack campaign https://www.firstnationsfutures.com/  https://blaksovereignmovement.com/  Invasion Day rallies -  https://antar.org.au/issues/survival-day/events-listing/  PLEASE take our 2025 Listener Survey (literally 5 minutes) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0t7kV3e9sJ9aqhrCYSSf51KsAD_eqWKF-wjasGfQUeUSjwQ/viewform?usp=sharing  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  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/@seriousdangerauSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom takes Emerald through “Left | Right | Out : How voters perceive their own politics and the relative positions of political parties in a left/right ideological - An Accent Research and RedBridge Group report.”Stats nerd alert, time to get deep into voter intentions, how people see each party, how each party voters see each other, all the good stuff! What can this tell us for the 2025 election and beyond? ---------- The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  ---------- Links - Redbridge & Accent Research report, “Left | Right | Out”  https://redbridgegroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Accent-RedBridge-MRP-ideology-report-v2.pdf  PLEASE take our 2025 Listener Survey (literally 5 minutes) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0t7kV3e9sJ9aqhrCYSSf51KsAD_eqWKF-wjasGfQUeUSjwQ/viewform?usp=sharing  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerauSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Advance Australia vs Serious Danger. Emerald and Tom turn on tethering and chat about the government’s election announcement to ‘finish’ the NBN (13:21). Fibre to the what now? Then a look at the rest of this week’s election news (33:31) - Dutton launches the LNP campaign, and Greens discuss power sharing, education and climate policies, while Labor and LNP are getting their muckraking agencies together. Finally, a call to action (1:02:16). ---------- Just released on Patreon - another instalment of Inside the Greens: Chapter 7: Tampa, Telstra, 9/11 The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU   ---------- Call to action - Invasion Day rallies -  https://antar.org.au/issues/survival-day/events-listing/  PLEASE take our 2025 Listener Survey (literally 5 minutes) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0t7kV3e9sJ9aqhrCYSSf51KsAD_eqWKF-wjasGfQUeUSjwQ/viewform?usp=sharing  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  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/@seriousdangerauSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Clive Palmer tries to own the Teal. Emerald and Tom are back for 2025, and oh no - Labor just announced a Bruce Highway upgrade policy, which means the 2025 election year is underway! (12:31) When will the election be? Does road spending win votes?  Then, a look at the state of the race. (33:27) Will the Greens grow their seats? And with a minority government looking likely, Adam Bandt has announced a plan to lend support - in exchange for dental and mental in Medicare. Finally, a call to action. (57:54) ---------- Just released on Patreon - another instalment of Inside the Greens: Chapter 7: Tampa, Telstra, 9/11 The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU   ---------- Call to action - Rising Tide continue to take very good and necessary action for the climate, and we should support their civil disobedience.  There’s a fundraiser for the Rising Tide blockade folks and Canberra -  https://chuffed.org/project/support-the-rising-tide-173  Clothing the Gaps’ petition about Jan 26 https://www.change.org/p/australia-day-jan-26-not-a-date-to-celebrate Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  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/@seriousdangerauSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Emerald takes Tom through chapter 7 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 instalment - the aftermath of the 2001 election, a Labor member exodus to the Greens after the Tampa scandal, Bob Brown makes a captain’s call on Telstra, and then 9/11 comes along and changes everything. ---------- The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  ---------- Links - Buy Inside The Greens - https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/inside-greens  Paddy Manning - https://twitter.com/gpaddymanning  Inside Inside The Greens - a rebuttal - https://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.

Happy new year! New episodes back next week Sun 12th Jan, but we’ve unlocked a Patreon recent episode, enjoy! In this bonus for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom watched the 2022 film How To Blow Up a Pipeline, adapted and fictionalised from the 2021 non-fiction book by Andreas Malm. Is property destruction the answer to the climate crisis, or should the movement embrace non-violence? Speaking of, is property destruction violence? Are the book and film dangerous? What can the movement learn from it? And is it a good watch? ---------- The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over FIFTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU  ---------- Links - Official website -https://howtoblowupapipeline.film/ Film currently streaming on Stan 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.

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, live from the Newcastle Comedy Club during the Rising Tide blockade, it’s a special Boxing Day panto! As a young man getting into green politics, former senator Scott Ludlam wrote the play Atomic Oz - “The story of the nuclearisation of Australia and how ordinary people can get in its way. Played out on a giant map of Australia, the show travels from 1947 to 2001 in a circus sideshow of military, industry and Prime Ministerial figures doing their stuff with the assistance of the Public Relations aide and their pet monstrosity 'the Friendly Atom'. This 45 minute show, packed with comedy, song, dance routines and pyrotechnics, is about celebrating our community’s desire for the 21st century to be nuclear free.” Emerald and Tom are joined by youth protester Rosie and NSW Legislative Councillor Sue Higginson for a live reading of an extended excerpt from the play! Cue flashback music! ---------- The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over FIFTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU   ---------- Links - Thanks and apologies to Scott Ludlam! https://scottludlam.com/  Find the full Atomic Oz script and some pics on our Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/atomic-oz-play-112345465  Support and attend the Rising Tide People’s Blockade -  https://www.risingtide.org.au/  See a show at the Newcastle Comedy Club -  https://newcastlecomedyclub.com.au/  Follow Sue Higginson - https://www.suehigginson.org/  Produced by Michael Griffin Follow us on https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau  https://www.tiktok.com/@seriousdangerauSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world unites to hate on Aussie national heel Raygun. Emerald and Tom take a look at the coalition’s costings for nuclear power, delivered on the last day of school on the back of a beer coaster (11:41). Meanwhile, Tanya Plibersek approves a bunch of coal mines and hopes we won’t notice. Then, culture war! (44:23) Sydney Greens councillor Matthew Thompson tried to end the practice of reading the lord’s prayer before parliament, and opposition leader Peter Dutton wants to stop having Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island flags at gov press conferences. Do symbols matter? Finally, a call to action (1:09:30). We’ll be back with regular episodes on Jan 12th, but new Patreon bonus episodes are still coming over the break! ---------- Just released on Patreon - another installment of Inside the Greens: Chapter 7: Turning the Corner: heading towards the 2001 election, Lee Rhiannon, tensions between NSW and the federal party The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU   ---------- Call to action - Share information about where to get your drugs checked this summer - Victoria, Qld and NSW: https://www.theloop.org.au/welcome  Follow and share content from: CanTest in Canberra CheQpoint in Brisbane & GC  @pilltestingaustraliaofficial Tom’s ASRC GIG @ MICF 2025 - https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/stand-up-for-refugees-a-benefit-for-the-asrc/  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  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/@seriousdangerauSupport the show: http://patreon.com/seriousdangerauSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🎵If you’re gonna keep jacking up the rent / We’re gonna burn down the real estate agency 🎵Emerald is back and has Taiwan travel tips. Then she and Tom look at the recent anti-semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes in Australia (11:29). What is going on, and is there a double standard? Then, Adam Bandt and the federal Greens are pushing for a new approach with Labor - collaboration to “keep Dutton out” (40:07). Is this good politics or naive “change from within” kowtowing? Should Labor tell the Greens to get stuffed? Finally, a call to action (1:08:08). ---------- Just released on Patreon - another installment of Inside the Greens: Chapter 7: Turning the Corner: heading towards the 2001 election, Lee Rhiannon, tensions between NSW and the federal party The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber’s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over SIXTY past bonus episodes. https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU   ---------- Links - Jonathan Sriranganathan on Greens strategy - https://www.jonathansri.com/newgreens1/  And his band Rivermouth’s full song Notice to Leave - https://rivermouthband.bandcamp.com/track/notice-to-leave  Jewish Council of Australia - https://www.jewishcouncil.com.au/  Islamophobia Register Australia - https://islamophobia.com.au/  Tom’s ASRC GIG @ MICF 2025 - https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/browse-shows/stand-up-for-refugees-a-benefit-for-the-asrc/  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  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.