Serious Danger

Apologies, an earlier version of this episode had sound issues, this is an updated file. Emerald will play Bob Katter, Tom can be Rachel Withers. Then it’s a new episode of Seriously Disappointing, our weekly show where we recap the Labor disappointments and cowardly moves of the last seven days. In this instalment - Shorten resigns, census debacle, EPA watered down, and bad polling (18:38). Then a look at the Greens new proposed National Renters Protection Authority (44:08). Who watches the watchdogs? Finally, a call to action (1:06:05). ---------- New ep just released on Patreon - Should Greens be afraid of Advance Australia? 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  ---------- Come see Serious Danger live in NSW this November! NEWCASTLE https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/serious-danger-live-from-the-peoples-blockade-tickets-1007274644577  SYDNEY https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/serious-danger-live-in-sydney/171132  Charlie Lewis in Crikey on the history of Labor blaming everything on the Greens’ CPRS vote: https://www.crikey.com.au/2024/09/04/the-greens-cprs-blocking-2009-labor/ 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, Tom takes Emerald through the patriots fighting to destroy the Greens scourge facing our nation - Advance Australia! The anti-Get Up! Has set their sights on taking down the Greens at the upcoming federal election. Who are these people? Should the Greens be afraid? Will YOU take the pledge? ---------- 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  ---------- 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.

Bill “would you prefer we do nothing!?!” Shorten is back at it. Emerald is joined by guest co-host Jordon Steele-John, Greens senator for Western Australia. First up they discuss the dangerous new cuts to the NDIS (8:25). Then the government and the ABC join forces to attack the union movement and the Greens in response to CFMEU corruption allegations (29:39). Do you think that potential Green voters will warm to the image of Max Chandler-Mather giving full-throated support to a militant union that has enabled the infiltration of organised crime into its business? (Try saying that 3 times fast, aka doing a Sarah Ferguson on 7.30 impression.) Finally, a call to action (1:03:39). ---------- Just released on our Patreon - a deep dive (lol) into Harold Holt’s vanishing act! 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  ---------- CALL TO ACTION: Find a local Greens event https://greens.org.au/events or sign up to volunteer on your local campaign https://greens.org.au/volunteer  Sign and share the petition to bring dental into Medicare: https://greens.org.au/campaigns/dental-medicare  Follow Jordon on Twitter/X @ SenatorJordon, and Instagram @ jordonsteelejohn  Get a brat themed ‘vote greens’ t shirt and help raise funds for Qld Greens campaigns in Redcliff and Sandgate: https://contact-qld.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=17423  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom’s new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID 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.

Krazy Katter vs the Satanic Olympics. Emerald and Tom unpack the anti-labour Labor party’s CFMEU-busting legislation that was rushed through Parliament this week (11:52). Then they are joined by Remah Naji, the newly announced Greens candidate for the Brisbane inner-south seat of Moreton (39:27). “Colourful” MP Graham Perrett has announced his resignation, and Remah is a former Labor member who realised that the ALP was standing in the way of change. As a first generation Palestinian migrant and community organiser, what is her plan to get some real representation for Moreton? ---------- Just released on our Patreon - a deep dive (lol) into Harold Holt’s vanishing act! 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  ---------- CALL TO ACTION -  Donate to Remah’s campaign for Moreton so she can hire organisers: https://remahformoreton.com/donate  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom’s new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID 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.

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald takes Tom on a deep dive (!) into the life and unexplained death of Harold Holt, Australia’s 17th Prime Minister. Who was the man himself? What happened on that fateful day when he went swimming and never came back? What are the best conspiracy theories? And how hack is it to make jokes about the swimming pool named after him? ---------- Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over fifty bonus 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  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.

A short little ten minute debate about Raygun. Emerald and Tom answer a listener question about writing to your MP and what is the best way to get them to listen (11:35). Then it’s a smorgasbord of Labor cowardice and disappointment. First, Vic Labor has abandoned their commitment to raise the age of criminal responsibility to fourteen (17:31). Next, federal Labor seems set to reject a full ban on gambling advertising (28:51). Also, Labor has backtracked on their promise to revise religious discrimination laws (37:41). Then a look at the new AUKUS 2.0 agreement and how America is altering the deal and we should pray they don’t alter it any further (44:11). Finally, a call to action (1:07:40). ---------- Coming this week on Patreon - a deep dive (lol) into Harold Holt’s vanishing act! 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  ---------- CALL TO ACTION -  Remind your (Labor) MPs that normal people don’t want children in prison - take action on raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility: https://www.changetherecord.org.au/raisetheage  Gambling problem? Get help and resources to support someone at https://www.gamblinghelponline.org.au/  Join the movement against AUKUS - https://antiaukuscoalition.org/ https://ipan.org.au/  Vote Greens in the NT election on Saturday August 24th! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-14/nt-election-2024-greens-chances-record-candidates-key-seats/104140194  https://greens.org.au/nt  Check out our ep - 135: What’s Gonna Happen in the NT Election? ft. Asta Hill, Greens Candidate for Braitling See Tom live at the Edinburgh Fringe -https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-good-point-well-made  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom’s new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID 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.

OUTRAGE as Greens-aligned comedian makes a joke that the media deliberately pretends is an opinion (and it’s not about Tom for once). Emerald and Tom go over the Labor government’s brave choice to be cowards about gambling advertising reform (8:25). Next up, why has the government bravely decided to ditch a Makratta truth-telling commission? (36:57) Finally, a call to action (1:00:52).  ---------- Just released - chapter 5 of our recap of the history of the Greens by Paddy Manning. This ep - the 1996 election and little Johnny Howard arrives! 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  ---------- CALL TO ACTION -  Email your MP: support all the recommendations in the inquiry into online gambling and its impacts on people experiencing gambling harm - https://www.agr.org.au/onlinegamblingreform  CHEEKY OTHER PODCAST PLUG: Tom’s appearance on Pod Save the UK with Nish Kumar and Coco Khan, live in Edinburgh  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/pod-save-the-uk/id1683411536?i=1000664680993 See Tom live at the Edinburgh Fringe -https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-good-point-well-made  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom’s new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID 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.

In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom takes Emerald through chapter 5 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 - Paul Keating does Paul Keating things, the Greens give preferences to the Tories, the 1995 Qld and 1996 Tas elections, Peter Singer, and the 1996 federal election brings the arrival of PM John Howard.  —-  Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out over fifty bonus 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  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.

Unf*** the f***ing future you f***ing ****ed ****-brained ****s. Emerald and Tom take a look at the Albanese government’s cabinet reshuffle. (10:46) It’s not a house (ing minister), it’s a home (affairs minister), or whatever the right joke is. Then Emerald is joined by Australia’s first Greens senator, Jo Vallentine! (25:30) Have the Greens lost sight of their push for peace, and will Australia’s complicity in the attacks on Gaza change that? Finally, a call to action. (1:01:46) —-- Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out FIFTY 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  —-- CALL TO ACTION -  Listen to our series reading Paddy Manning’s “Inside the Greens” on Patreon - especially chapter 3.5 - for more about Jo Vallentine and her time in the Senate.    Buy tickets to the Missing Peace webinar on the Greens’ commitment to peace with Jo Vallentine and Bob Brown Wednesday 7 August: https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/events/the-missing-peace-talking-about-nonviolence/  Tickets are $8, bursaries available   Tim Hollo’s blog in the Green Institute - “Peace is a Process; Nonviolence is Action”: https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/peace-is-a-process-nonviolence-is-action/  —-- See Tom live at the Edinburgh Fringe -https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tom-ballard-good-point-well-made  Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom’s new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID 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.

AI Steven Miles dances as democracy faces a turning point. Emerald and Tom unpack the Greens’ controversial new “buy a house to have a place to live” policy that aims to stabilise housing prices. (9:57) If you aren’t turning a profit, why even bother!? Then an update on the US election and Vice Brat Kamala’s presumed ascension to Democratic Presidential candidate, while America continues to refuse to be normal. (34:35) Finally, a call to action. (1:04:52) New Patreon ep just released - chapter 5 of our recap of Paddy Manning’s book Inside The Greens. Did you know Whitlam worked with the Greens?! —-- Subscribe on Patreon to support the show and check out FIFTY 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  —-- CALL TO ACTION -  The Albanese government has approved areas of Commonwealth waters for offshore gas exploration and carbon capture and storage, in moves to keep fossil fuel production going past 2050. Help Save Our Songlines! - https://www.saveoursonglines.org/ Donate to the NT Greens - https://my.greens.org.au/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=2453  —-- Serious Danger merch - https://seriousdanger.bigcartel.com/  Check out Tom’s new special - https://800PGR.lnk.to/BallardID 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.