Serious Danger

A school of fish, a murder of crows and a Trumpet of Patriots. First up, Emerald and Tom take a look at the election date predictions (9:34). Then, welfare (14:33) - Greens are pitching a $7.2bn plan to massively expand and boost Youth Allowance and JobSeeker, while NACC now has decided that maybe Robodebt was bad after all. Next, Greens pitch new insurance policy, including abolishing stamp duty and making polluters contribute to increasing premiums (42:01). Does Dutton agree!? Finally, a call to action (1:05:01).

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Just released on Patreon - “Inside The Greens #8 : Iraq war & heckling Bush”

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Call to action -

There’s an election coming! https://greens.org.au/events 

Check out the platform - https://greens.org.au/platform 

Unemployed Workers Union - 

https://antipovertycentre.org/ 

Rick Morton’ story in the Saturday Paper: https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/02/15/exclusive-ten-dead-after-welfare-glitch-ignored-government 

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In this bonus series for Patreon subscribers, Tom takes Emerald through chapter 8 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 - Richard Di Natale emerges, Greens MPs start getting elected in NSW, and the Iraq war shakes up the movement, as President Bush addresses parliament and Bob Brown and Kerry Nettle address him right back! 

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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/ 

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🎵 Peggy Sue got [REDACTED] not long ago 🎵 Emerald and Tom take a look at the results from last weekend’s Victorian by-elections in Werribee and Prahran. (9:14) Then they are joined by the co-founder of Australian Greens, former senator for Tasmania, Doctor Bob Brown! (20:17) With rampant accusations that the Greens are no longer a party that Bob Brown would recognise, what does the man himself have to say? Flush out the doomerism and feel some hope as we brace for the starting pistol on election ‘25.

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Just released on Patreon - “We listened to Dutton’s Straight Talk podcast interview”

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Call to action -

March in March for Forests - Marches across the country to end native forest logging 

https://marchforforests.org/ (March 23) 

Takayna: The Heart of Lutruwita documentary - screenings are happening around the country now, or you can host one 

https://takayna.org/screenings/ 

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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald takes Tom through Peter Dutton’s recent appearance on the Straight Talk with Mark Bouris podcast. We watched it so you didn’t have to, and here’s some of the blurst bits. Are we fans now? Is he a monster? Will Mark ask him a single challenging question? And the most important question for any future PM - what’s his footy team!?

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Straight Talk episode -

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What are the odds that staffers would bet on the election results? Emerald and Tom check out the just-released AEC donations data for the 2023/24 financial year (10:19). What goss can we glean? Which party takes the most dirty cash? Then, take your blood pressure meds, cause it’s an update on Trump and Gaza (40:52). Is the US going to “take over” the Gaza Strip or is this just hot air? Why won’t the founder of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine (aka PM Albanese) speak out? Finally, a call to action (1:10:29). 

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Just released on Patreon - “We listened to Dutton’s Straight Talk podcast interview”

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Call to action -

Qld Greens Fightback fundraisers:

Elizabeth Watson-Brown for Ryan: http://elizabethwatsonbrown.com/fightback 

Max Chandler-Mather for Griffith: https://www.maxchandlermather.com/fund 

Stephen Bates for Brisbane: https://www.stephenbates.com.au/fight_back 

Larissa Waters for the Senate: https://contact-qld.greens.org.au/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=4920 

And hey, WA - you’ve got a state election coming up in a month (you’re probably across this) 

We will be covering it on the show, but now’s the time to check out events (https://greens.org.au/events/wa) and volunteer (https://greens.org.au/wa/volunteer) if you can 

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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).

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Just released on Patreon - “Is Australia left or right? A nerdy look at the stats”

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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 

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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).

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Just released on Patreon - “Is Australia left or right? A nerdy look at the stats”

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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/ 

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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?

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Links -

Redbridge & Accent Research report, “Left | Right | Out” 

https://redbridgegroup.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Accent-RedBridge-MRP-ideology-report-v2.pdf 

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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).

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Just released on Patreon - another instalment of Inside the Greens: Chapter 7: Tampa, Telstra, 9/11

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Call to action -

Invasion Day rallies -  https://antar.org.au/issues/survival-day/events-listing/ 

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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)

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Just released on Patreon - another instalment of Inside the Greens: Chapter 7: Tampa, Telstra, 9/11

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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

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