ALBO IS NOT WOKE!!! Emerald and Tom talk about how the welfare system is cooked and the Greens' plan to fix it (10:15). Then Andrew Hansen (from The Chaser!) joins to talk about positivity in a world of doomerism, and debuts a new song Unscrewed (42:40). Finally a call to action (1:00:55). Links - Read about the Greens’ Liveable Income Guarantee: https://greens.org.au/campaigns/liveable-income Go see Andrew Hansen: https://twitter.com/andrewjhansen GO TO A CAMPAIGN EVENT OR ELSE: https://greens....
Mar 26, 2022•1 hr 4 min
As a special treat for all our dear Patrons, we discuss and laugh at conservative writer Derek Parker’s 2014 self-published steaming pile of literature about the horrible world that would be unleashed by a Greens government, This Tattooed Land. Subscribe to Patreon to access the full 50-minute episode and help pay our producer Mike: https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU Blurb: In a not-too-distant Australia, an authoritarian Green government has taken power, and has ruled for a decade on the p...
Mar 22, 2022•2 min
Albanese’s on-a diet. Emerald and Tom are looking to be charged for contempt of court this week, as Constable Zachary Rolfe is found not guilty in the death of Kumanjayi Walker (5:55), and an appeals court found the government does not have a duty of care to stop the planet catching fire (36:51). Finally, a call to action (57:21). Links - Zachary Rolfe said his police unit had 'no rules' and did 'cowboy stuff' prior to fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-18/za...
Mar 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Mark McGowan to Kerry Stokes: U up? Emerald and Tom lament the government’s plan to increase our military by a third (5:34), then talk through the alcohol lobby’s attempt to cut beer tax (33:48). Finally, a call to action (56:12). Links - The Greens’ policy on Peace, Disarmament & Demilitarisation https://greens.org.au/sites/default/files/2022-02/Greens-2022-Policy-Platform--World--Peace.pdf.pdf Texts between Mark McGowan and Kerry Stokes revealed in Clive Palmer defamation case: https://www...
Mar 12, 2022•1 hr
The Australian’s Work From Work Anthem, with apologies to Lin-Manuel Miranda. Emerald and Tom discuss the catastrophic flooding that has hit eastern Australia (7:29), before cursing themselves by reading the new IPCC Report on climate change (27:28). Charlie Murphy from Pride In Protest joins to talk about keeping the radical spirit of Mardi Gras alive (43:58). Finally a call to action (1:05:06), followed by a special encore performance by MC Ticky Fullerton. Links - Northern Rivers floods donat...
Mar 05, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Clive Palmer has COVID lol. Emerald and Tom take us through the NSW government’s attacks on the bad mean unions this week (6:42), before moving on to good nice billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ attempt to buy AGL (27:52). Finally, a call to action (53:52). Links - Michael West: “How Scott Morrison might junk the Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield mega-bid for AGL” https://www.michaelwest.com.au/how-scott-morrison-might-junk-the-cannon-brookes-and-brookfield-mega-bid-for-agl/ Greens policy: publicly ow...
Feb 26, 2022•57 min
AVO Yemini vs. LaborPRGuy17 : The epic battle to be the biggest weirdo on Twitter. Emerald and Tom dive in to the national security posturing that stunk up Canberra this week (07:49), before comedian and Greens candidate for Richmond Mandy Nolan joins to talk Northern Rivers life, feminism, housing, vaccine mandates, and the time she taught a comedy class to baby Emerald (33:04). Finally, a call to action (1:01:34). Links - Mandy Nolan : https://www.mandy4richmond.com/ https://www.echo.net.au/20...
Feb 19, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Tom loses a political party spelling bee. We talk the Religious Discrimination Bill “wedge” and the cruelty of playing 6D chess with queer kids’ lives (4:54), and anti-fascist satirist Tom Tanuki attempts to explain Clive Palmer billboards and the Convoy to Canberra’s “Wiggles concert for cooked adults” (34:28). Plus calls to action for your ears and eyes (1:11:07). Links - From anti-vaxxers to ‘Sovereign Citizens’: A who’s who of the Convoy to Canberra protest, Zac Crellin, The New Daily, Feb 7...
Feb 12, 2022•1 hr 15 min
It doesn’t matter if the f***ing psycho c***s know the price of bread. Emerald and Tom look at political donations and how cheap it is to buy influence (6:33), before taking a look at our future psycho c*** Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (29:56). Father Bob joins and talks and sings outreach, political action, and exterminating people like Daleks (38:33). Finally a call to action (50:00). Links - “The repair man: Anthony Albanese” by Nick Bryant, The Monthly, February 2022 : https://www.themont...
Feb 05, 2022•56 min
Are you an ethical patriot or a negative nancy traitor? Tom and Emerald appreciate some Gina Rinehart poetry, then discuss whether ethical patriotism is a real thing with Australia still in a situationship with First Nations people and the UK (4:39), and finally tell you what we think about those damn, sexy centrist independents (30:21). Plus a call to action in your backyard (53:53). Links - Stan Grant piece on National Identity : https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-26/australia-day-how-do-we-d...
Jan 29, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Were the child forklift drivers for spreading dead cats? Emerald and Tom answer listener questions (3:56), then read why lefties need to learn to love the GST (22:34). Chelsea Watego joins to talk January 26 and her book Another Day In The Colony (33:55). Finally a call to action (53:00). Links - “Why lefties need to learn to love the GST” - Steven Hamilton, Sydney Morning Herald: https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-lefties-need-to-learn-to-love-the-gst-20220118-p59p27.html Greens tax policies: ...
Jan 22, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Note: This episode was recorded hours before the courageously-timed Friday 6pm announcement of Djokovic’s visa cancellation. Politicians need glam squads too. Emerald and Tom want your AMAs (2:58). The dumb Novak Djokovic visa drama (5:14) and will it help fix our real refugee horrors? If NSW is Footlose then Hillsong is Kevin Bacon (21:58). Greens candidate for Cooper in Melbourne, Celeste Liddle joins to talk fake progressives, Labor thinking it owns seats, and the Sovereign Citizen attack on ...
Jan 15, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Emerald is on holiday at the Moon family yurt. A check-in with our Patreon subscribers (1:31), before Emerald and Tom discuss RATs and how means-testing healthcare sucks (4:02). Qld Greens senate candidate Penny Allman-Payne joins to chat about her life as a teacher in regional Queensland and how we can take down Pauline Hanson (20:08). Then, our hosts review Don’t Look Up and whether films can actually create change - or if they even should (39:32). Finally, a call to action from an effete pret...
Jan 08, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Happy new year! Are the Greens the horniest party? The data says yes (2:43)! Plus Joel Birch from The Amity Affliction joins to talk metalcore, mental health and masculinity, and how run-ins with the law got him into politics (17:46). Then, the Golden Take award (38:38) for “best” take of 2021! Finally, a call to action (55:45). Links - Australia Talks ABC survey on dating and prejudice: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-15/sex-dating-and-prejudice-why-we-are-a-nation-sharply-divided/11694038 ...
Jan 01, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Is the tooth fairy exploiting our children for profit? Emerald and Tom are joined by special guest host Scott Ludlam (2:03), former Greens federal senator for Western Australia. The trio discuss the future of work and the four-day work week (3:43), then move on to mining and the challenges of the transition to renewables (25:04). Finally, Scott leads our call to action (43:20) with an update on Julian Assange’s extradition fight. Happy boxing day! Links - Scott Ludlam’s book Full Circle - https:...
Dec 25, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 5
What are you getting your landlord this Christmas? Emerald and Tom talk pork barrelling (6:41) and how voters are being taught to embrace corruption that benefits them. Then Dr David Caldicott joins (18:29) for a rollicking chat about pill testing and drug reform. After, they check out the Greens new Drug Reform policy and talk about the ineptness of current drug laws (44:29). Finally, a call to action (52:33). Merry non-denominational seasonal festivity! https://junkee.com/nick-mckim-war-christ...
Dec 18, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 4
First up we send off Peter Cundall, Australia’s favourite greenie grandpa communist. Emerald and Tom catch-up on the Sydney local council elections (6:08). Then, we tackle some real life and death stuff - death tax fear-mongering (10:03) and what’s behind Australia’s declining birth rate (19:56). Later the federal Greens leader Adam Bandt joins to discuss the upcoming election, getting rid of LNP and One Nation, and how a Greens balance of power could fix our country (31:19). References - Conver...
Dec 11, 2021•59 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Tom has some news about the future of the show after The Australian’s tough reporting. We eulogise Greg Hunt’s saucy Twitter antics (6:47), then move on to Labor’s recent run of capitulation (9:10), most recently with the Political Campaigners charity org law (15:00). Later we are joined by Max from Blockade Australia to talk direct action (25:07), then a chat about the political threats to protest in Australia (39:18). And we wrap up with a Call To Action (53:26). P.S. Class War “Demo 2019” - h...
Dec 04, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2
First episode! Emerald and Tom introduce the show (2:48), before moving on to Morrison liar accusations and how they’re not the home run Labor thinks (19:12). Then brand-new WA federal senator Dorinda Cox joins to discuss her political origins, attempts to stop the Scarborough and Betaloo mining developments, and her senate inquiry into missing and murdered First Nations women and children (30:11). Finally the week’s call to action (50:42). P.S. The robot Tom couldn’t think of is Voltron. P.P.S....
Nov 27, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Serious Danger is a podcast about our broken political system and its greatest threat: the Greens. Join traitorous SJWs Emerald Moon and Tom Ballard as they discuss the #auspol news of the week, chat to key figures from the left movement, and talk about how to win a future for all of us. This is NOT an official Greens party podcast, but it IS the official podcast of trying to not go insane while experiencing the sh*tshow that is Australian politics. Produced by Michael Griffin Twitter & Inst...
Nov 12, 2021•2 min
