The AFR list of the top 10 most influential Australians - did you make the cut? Emerald and Tom are joined for a big chat with their big crush, Senator for Greensland, Larissa Waters! (15:40) They chat about the recent election wins and thoughts on the new government, the recent threats to abortion rights (30:22), and how we can fix the state of our democracy (42:32). Finally, a call to action (1:01:27).

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New Patreon episode just released - CPAC aka Conservative Coachella debrief with Cam Wilson!

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Links -

All of Larissa’s links and updates at -

https://larissa-waters.greensmps.org.au/ 

DemocracyForSale.net

AFR Top Ten Influential List -

https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/australia-s-10-most-powerful-people-in-2022-20220915-p5bih2 

Mark Latham Antony Green tweet -

https://twitter.com/AntonyGreenElec/status/1580081345073553408?s=20&t=wYRJnRKHR69owEDeBtun1Q 

CALL TO ACTION: 

The Victorian State Election is only 5 weeks away! If you haven’t as yet, check out how you can get involved with door-knocking/placard hosting/helping out on the booths 

https://victoria.greens.org.au/events 

Solidarity with Women Protesting in Iran right now!

Donate to the Center for Human Rights in Iran (https://iranhumanrights.org/)

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (https://www.iranrights.org/donate) 

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We check in on all the action and politics from Australia’s CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) 2022 with Crikey Associate Editor Cam Wilson, who fully went there and looked at all these freaks up close. 

What is CPAC for? What were the big themes? What do these weirdos believe? Where did Cam go to the toilet? What funny jokes were told about Greens voters dying? 

All these questions and more answered in this ep. CPAC RECAP!  

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The only good backflip in politics. Emerald and Tom wonder if the government is setting up to do a backflip on the stage 3 tax cuts (5:23), which leads to the question - how should we best respond when the government does the right thing (26:51)? Finally, a call to action (1:04:59).

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Links -

‘Labor’s plan to save threatened species is an improvement – but it’s still well short of what we need’ The Conversation (featuring weird sawfish monster) https://theconversation.com/labors-plan-to-save-threatened-species-is-an-improvement-but-its-still-well-short-of-what-we-need-191845 

Watch @GideonCordover do a backflip! 

https://twitter.com/GideonCordover/status/1576141320556453889 

Monday October 17th is the International Day to Eradicate Poverty

Meeting in Elder Park at 12:30pm

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/protest-break-the-poverty-machine-international-day-to-eradicate-poverty-registration-424847399007 

Join the AUWU https://unemployedworkersunion.com/ 

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Bob “Robin Hood” Katter is stealing from the policy-rich (Greens) to give to the policy-poor. 420 blaze it! Tom and straight-edge Emerald look at the new Greens moves to legalise marijuana in Australia (9:31), and what is standing in the way? Then two stories of messy drama this week (37:00) - Mehreen Faruqi pushing back against racist attacks from Pauline Hanson, and Lidia Thorpe accused of abusive outbursts. Finally, a call to action (1:11:57).

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Call to action -

Tasmania is going to the polls in local elections over the next few weeks! Check out the Greens candidates and events here: 

https://greens.org.au/tas/council-candidates

https://greens.org.au/events/tas

Greens legalise it campaign:

https://greens.org.au/campaigns/legalise-it 

Qld: Contact the Premier and ask her to protect the Lake Eyre Basin rivers and Channel Country floodplains by banning unconventional gas in the area: https://www.westernriversalliance.org.au/channel_country_risk 

Make a submission on the Royal Commission into Robodebt: 

https://robodebt.royalcommission.gov.au/ 

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The Queen never took a day off in her life! (From her gruelling work of attending a succession of parties thrown in her honour.) So we’ve taken the week off - it’s what she would have wanted. Instead, we’ve unlocked one of our favourite Patreon bonus episodes.

Emerald and Tom speak for the whole hour with comedian and host of The Glass House, Gruen, Question Everything and Wilosophy - Wil Anderson. 

Wil talks about his political philosophy, explains the idea behind the Gruen Transfer as a “hiding in plain sight” critique of capitalism, and has a good-spirited stoush with Emerald about deliberate informal voting. 

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McFlags at half mast. Emerald and Tom round up all the good-nice-dead-Queen / bad-angry-pen-King news over the last week (4:39). Then Lulu from Respect Inc joins (37:01) to talk about Sex Worker Pride, and the sometimes bizarre challenges facing the industry and its workers. Finally, a call to action (58:56).

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New Patreon bonus episode up, Tom gets into superannuation with Robert Lechte. Was Paul Keating actually bad? Subscribe to support the show and check out all our Patreon eps with guests like Wil Anderson, Tom Tanuki and Jon Kudelka.

Links -

Osman Faruqi’s piece on young people and the Australian Republican movement https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-90s-are-over-the-republican-movement-needs-a-rebrand-and-new-faces-20220914-p5bhxp.html 

Call to action -

Follow & support sex worker organisations across the country - 

NSW: Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP): https://swop.org.au/get-involved 

Vic: Vixen Collective: https://vixen.org.au/ 

Qld: Respect Inc: https://respectqld.org.au/donations/ 

SA: Sex Industry Network (SIN): https://sin.org.au/ 

ACT: SWOP program run by Meridian: https://www.meridianact.org.au/sex_worker_support_and_advocacy 

NT: SWOP program run by NTAHC: https://www.ntahc.org.au/swopnt 

WA: Sex Work Education Advocacy and Rights (SWEAR: https://www.sexworkerrightswa.org/; Magenta sex worker support: https://magenta.org.au/ 

National: Scarlet Alliance - https://www.scarletalliance.org.au/ 

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In this 82-minute* bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom gets into superannuation with Robert Lechte ( @djrobstep ), who has written on the topic for Jacobin, and likely at some point in your Twitter feed. Is super theft? Does it enshrine generational inequality? And how would you fix it? Is Paul Keating a smart financial genius or a stupid neo-lib dummy?

* Tom has a chapter on super in his book and has many things to ask and say!

Subscribe to the Patreon for all our bonus episodes including full interviews with Wil Anderson, Jon Kudelka, and a book review of a cooked novel about how a Greens government would lead to the apocalypse. But most importantly to support the show - our Patreon subscribers literally allow the show to continue. 

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Some old lady died. Emerald and Tom watched Lidia Thorpe’s “Labor Is Gammin” speech (14:03) and use it to launch into a recap some of the government’s recent crappy moves - the fake welfare increase, stage 3 tax cuts, new coal and gas, making jokes about public housing while living in a mansion, and finally refusing to renationalise Qantas. Phew.

Then it’s Australian politics’ night of nights as the Midwinter Ball is bizarre and awful (58:15), but did the Greens’ protest hit the mark?

Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU 

New Patreon bonus episode with Tom Tanuki is out, pulling apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and the state of comedy taking the piss out of lefties. Why does it suck so much? Was Sammy J specifically making fun of Emerald? Can Tom (Ballard) navigate this convo without insulting his comedy mates? Check it out on the Patreon, along with the exclusive full episodes with Wil Anderson and more.

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Links -

https://atui.org.au/2021/09/how-unions-won-the-weekend/ 

https://reneweconomy.com.au/greens-climate-trigger-bill-faces-tough-crowd-in-parliament-but-gets-billionaire-backing/ 

https://www.ussc.edu.au/analysis/support-for-and-attitudes-towards-socialism-in-australia-and-the-united-states 

Call to action -

Join a Move Beyond Coal launch party in your city or online - https://www.stopadani.com/movebeyondcoallaunch 

Support Pakistan Floods Emergency Appeal -  

https://alkhidmat.org/

CARE’s Pakistan Flood Emergency Fund - https://my.care.org/site/Donation2?df_id=33607 

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Red flags about the lack of Greens flags. Emerald and Tom discuss the Greens’ proposed National Energy Transition Authority (7:15) and what we can learn from failed transitions in America. Then Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam joins us  (34:44) to chat about the upcoming state election and the murk that is Victorian politics. Finally, a call to action (1:09:10).

Full video version of this episode available on https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU 

New Patreon bonus episode with Tom Tanuki is out, pulling apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and the state of comedy taking the piss out of lefties. Why does it suck so much? Was Sammy J specifically making fun of Emerald? Can Tom (Ballard) navigate this convo without insulting his comedy mates? Check it out on the Patreon, along with the exclusive full episodes with Wil Anderson and more.

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Follow Samantha Ratnam @SamanthaRatnam

https://greens.org.au/vic/person/samantha-ratnam 

Links -

Greens announcement on a National Energy Transition Authority Bill: https://greensmps.org.au/articles/greens-move-energy-transition-authority-parliament 

Sam Adler Bell - Life After Coal in the New Internationalist (2019): https://newint.org/features/2019/04/09/life-after-coal 

Tarence Ray - “A Way Out” article on just transition (2018): https://popula.com/2018/11/18/a-way-out/ 

CALL TO ACTION 

Donate or post about #DadVsAdani to support climate activist Ben Pennings’ legal defence against Adani: https://chuffed.org/campaign/dadvsadani 

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In a new Patreon exclusive episode for subscribers, Tom Tanuki joins us to pull apart Sammy J’s recent Greens “comedy” sketch and discuss the state of Aussie comedy that takes the piss out of lefties. Why does it suck so much? Was Sammy J specifically making fun of Emerald? Is Tonightly bad? Can Tom (Ballard) navigate this convo without insulting his comedy mates? 

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