Peter Dutton had some thoughts on Macklemore. Emerald is on holiday so Tom’s guest host this week is welfare and anti-poverty activist Kristin O’Connell. Kristin and Tom do some more election debrief (3:00), then discuss the new Albanese Cabinet and their welfare record (16:28), before we meet the new opposition leader and his goons (55:13). Finally, a call to action (1:04:40).

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

Links -

Lech Blaine’s piece for The Monthly, Teal & Loathing  

​https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2022/may/lech-blaine/teal-and-loathing-campaign-trail 

AUWU WELFARE EXCUSE BINGO CARD 

https://twitter.com/AusUnemployment/status/1532254835722326016  

CALL TO ACTION: Help hold stinking landlords to account by filling out this mould survey - https://www.healthyhousing-cre.org/dampness-mould-2022 

Follow the Australian Unemployed Workers Union ( @AusUnemployment), Kristin (@Kristin8x) The Anti-Poverty Centre (@antipovertycent) 

The Greens National Conference next weekend - Serious Danger will be there live! https://contact-ag.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=11876&reset=1 

Produced by Michael Griffin

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU

https://seriousdangerpod.com

Peter Dutton had some thoughts on Macklemore. Emerald is on holiday so Tom&rsquo;s guest host this week is welfare and anti-poverty activist Kristin O&rsquo;Connell. Kristin and Tom do some more election debrief (3:00), then discuss the new Albanese Cabinet and their welfare record (16:28), before we meet the new opposition leader and his goons (55:13). Finally, a call to action (1:04:40).
Full video version of this episode available on<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU"> https://www.youtube.com/c/SeriousDangerAU</a>&nbsp;
Links -
Lech Blaine&rsquo;s piece for The Monthly, Teal &amp; Loathing &nbsp;
​<a href="https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2022/may/lech-blaine/teal-and-loathing-campaign-trail">https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2022/may/lech-blaine/teal-and-loathing-campaign-trail</a>&nbsp;
AUWU WELFARE EXCUSE BINGO CARD&nbsp;
<a href="https://twitter.com/AusUnemployment/status/1532254835722326016">https://twitter.com/AusUnemployment/status/1532254835722326016</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
CALL TO ACTION: Help hold stinking landlords to account by filling out this mould survey - <a href="https://www.healthyhousing-cre.org/dampness-mould-2022">https://www.healthyhousing-cre.org/dampness-mould-2022</a>&nbsp;
Follow the Australian Unemployed Workers Union ( @AusUnemployment), Kristin (@Kristin8x) The Anti-Poverty Centre (@antipovertycent)&nbsp;
The Greens National Conference next weekend - Serious Danger will be there live! <a href="https://contact-ag.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=11876&amp;reset=1">https://contact-ag.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=11876&amp;reset=1</a>&nbsp;
Produced by Michael Griffin
Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Patreon @SeriousDangerAU
<a href="https://seriousdangerpod.com">https://seriousdangerpod.com</a>

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 & Instagram @SeriousDangerAU /  patreon.com/seriousdangerau /  seriousdangerpod.com 

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.&nbsp; &nbsp; / Produced by Michael Griffin / Twitter &amp; Instagram @SeriousDangerAU /&nbsp; <a href="patreon.com/seriousdangerau">patreon.com/seriousdangerau</a> /<a href="seriousdangerpod.com"></a>&nbsp; <a href="seriousdangerpod.com">seriousdangerpod.com</a>&nbsp;

A podcast about our broken political system and its greatest threat: the Greens.

Serious Danger

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 & Instagram @SeriousDangerAU
patreon.com/seriousdangerau
seriousdangerpod.com

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. &nbsp;&nbsp; Produced by Michael Griffin Twitter &amp; Instagram @SeriousDangerAU <a href="patreon.com/seriousdangerau">patreon.com/seriousdangerau</a> <a href="seriousdangerpod.com">seriousdangerpod.com</a>

28: Meet The New Cabinet, Similar To The Old Cabinet (ft. Kristin O’Connell)

(Note: Sorry for some unavoidable sound issues later on this ep!)

Tom is joined by guest host Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, from Common Threads and former CEO of GetUp! First up, the new hate speech laws have passed (13:16). How bad are they? What did we gain in exchange for giving up some essential rights? Next up, Invasion Day 2026 (43:59). What is the state of the discussion about Australia Day? How does it and the hate speech laws reflect the state of First Nations justice in the country?

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Just released on Patreon - "Nationalise the pub? The left politics of alcohol"

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 NINETY past bonus episodes.

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Common Threads -
https://www.commonthreads.org.au/

Follow Larissa - 
https://www.instagram.com/riss_bundjalung/ 

Support Together For Treaty - 
https://www.togetherfortreaty.org.au/ 

See Tom live -
- Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) in Perth from 23rd https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/
 - Play at Midsumma, four shows from Jan 28th https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/a-comprehensive-profoundly-queer-accounting-of-the-brief-yet-glorious-history-of-the-gay-lesbian-kingdom-of-the-coral-sea-islands-by-tom-ballard/
 - At the ETTE Media Live show in Canberra, on Wednesday Feb 4th https://fane.com.au/whats-on/ette-media-live-its-a-no-from-me/ 

Theme by Kye Hughes

Produced by Michael Griffin

https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz 

Follow us on

https://twitter.com/SeriousDangerAU

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(Note: Sorry for some unavoidable sound issues later on this ep!) Tom is joined by guest host Larissa Baldwin-Roberts, from Common Threads and former CEO of GetUp! First up, the new hate speech laws have passed (13:16). How bad are they? What did we gain in exchange for giving up some essential rights? Next up, Invasion Day 2026 (43:59). What is the state of the discussion about Australia Day? How does it and the hate speech laws reflect the state of First Nations justice in the country?
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Just released on Patreon - "Nationalise the pub? The left politics of alcohol"
The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber&rsquo;s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over NINETY past bonus episodes.
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU">https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU</a>&nbsp;
---------- Common Threads - <a href="https://www.commonthreads.org.au/">https://www.commonthreads.org.au/</a> Follow Larissa - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/riss_bundjalung/">https://www.instagram.com/riss_bundjalung/</a>&nbsp;
Support Together For Treaty - <a href="https://www.togetherfortreaty.org.au/">https://www.togetherfortreaty.org.au/</a>&nbsp;
See Tom live - - Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) in Perth from 23rd<a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/"> https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/ </a> - Play at Midsumma, four shows from Jan 28th<a href="https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/a-comprehensive-profoundly-queer-accounting-of-the-brief-yet-glorious-history-of-the-gay-lesbian-kingdom-of-the-coral-sea-islands-by-tom-ballard/"> https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/a-comprehensive-profoundly-queer-accounting-of-the-brief-yet-glorious-history-of-the-gay-lesbian-kingdom-of-the-coral-sea-islands-by-tom-ballard/ </a> - At the ETTE Media Live show in Canberra, on Wednesday Feb 4th<a href="https://fane.com.au/whats-on/ette-media-live-its-a-no-from-me/"> https://fane.com.au/whats-on/ette-media-live-its-a-no-from-me/</a>&nbsp;
Theme by Kye Hughes Produced by Michael Griffin
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz/">https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz</a>&nbsp;
Follow us on
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210: Hate speech laws & Invasion Day ft. Larissa Baldwin-Roberts

In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom talk booze! Emerald is straight edge and Tom is an occasional lush, how do they feel about alcohol in 2026? Why are young people drinking less - are they wowsers or just poor? Is it poor form to have alcohol at Greens events? What is the left position on the demon drink?
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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 EIGHTY past bonus episodes.

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Links -

Socialism and Temperance Reform -  in a 1908 edition of the Social Democrat https://www.marxists.org/archive/quelch/1908/01/temperance.htm 

Flinders study: https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/10/07/drinking-through-the-generations/ 

2023 study https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.13709 

Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-living Youth, and Social Change by Ross Haenfler

Produced by Michael Griffin

Follow us on

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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom talk booze! Emerald is straight edge and Tom is an occasional lush, how do they feel about alcohol in 2026? Why are young people drinking less - are they wowsers or just poor? Is it poor form to have alcohol at Greens events? What is the left position on the demon drink? ----------
The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber&rsquo;s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over EIGHTY past bonus episodes.
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU">https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU</a>&nbsp;
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Links -
Socialism and Temperance Reform -&nbsp; in a 1908 edition of the Social Democrat <a href="https://www.marxists.org/archive/quelch/1908/01/temperance.htm">https://www.marxists.org/archive/quelch/1908/01/temperance.htm</a>&nbsp;
Flinders study: <a href="https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/10/07/drinking-through-the-generations/">https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/10/07/drinking-through-the-generations/</a>&nbsp;
2023 study <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.13709">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dar.13709</a>&nbsp;
Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-living Youth, and Social Change by Ross Haenfler
Produced by Michael Griffin
Follow us on
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Excerpt: Nationalise the pub? The left politics of alcohol

Bond, Caleb Bond. Tom is joined by guest host Robert Simms, Greens member of the SA Legislative Council, to talk all things Festival State. First, the Adelaide Writers Week is cancelled after they cancelled the Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s appearance, which they have now uncancelled. What is going on? (9:15) Then, a look at the state of play in SA state politics and a prediction and call to action for the upcoming March election. (31:22)

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Just released on Patreon - Inside the Greens #11: Dual citizens, Trump & Gonski

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 EIGHTY past bonus episodes.

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Support Robert Simms & the SA Greens -

SA Office -
Ph: 08 8212 4888
saoffice@sa.greens.org.au

https://greens.org.au/sa/person/robert-simms-0
https://www.facebook.com/RobertSimms84
https://www.instagram.com/robsimms84/  

See Tom live -
- Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) in Perth from 23rd https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/
 - Play at Midsumma, four shows from Jan 28th https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/a-comprehensive-profoundly-queer-accounting-of-the-brief-yet-glorious-history-of-the-gay-lesbian-kingdom-of-the-coral-sea-islands-by-tom-ballard/
- At the ETTE Media Live show in Canberra, on Wednesday Feb 4th https://fane.com.au/whats-on/ette-media-live-its-a-no-from-me/ 

Theme by Kye Hughes

Produced by Michael Griffin

https://www.instagram.com/mikeskillz 

Follow us on

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https://www.instagram.com/seriousdangerau 

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Bond, Caleb Bond. Tom is joined by guest host Robert Simms, Greens member of the SA Legislative Council, to talk all things Festival State. First, the Adelaide Writers Week is cancelled after they cancelled the Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah&rsquo;s appearance, which they have now uncancelled. What is going on? (9:15) Then, a look at the state of play in SA state politics and a prediction and call to action for the upcoming March election. (31:22)
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Just released on Patreon - Inside the Greens #11: Dual citizens, Trump &amp; Gonski
The show can only exist because of our wonderful Patreon subscriber&rsquo;s support. Subscribe for $3/month to get access to our fortnightly subscriber-only full episode, and unlock our complete library of over EIGHTY past bonus episodes.
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU">https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU</a>&nbsp;
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Support Robert Simms &amp; the SA Greens -
SA Office - Ph: 08 8212 4888 <a href="mailto:saoffice@sa.greens.org.au">saoffice@sa.greens.org.au </a><a href="https://greens.org.au/sa/person/robert-simms-0">https://greens.org.au/sa/person/robert-simms-0</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RobertSimms84">https://www.facebook.com/RobertSimms84</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robsimms84/">https://www.instagram.com/robsimms84/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
See Tom live - - Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) in Perth from 23rd<a href="https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/"> https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/ </a> - Play at Midsumma, four shows from Jan 28th<a href="https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/a-comprehensive-profoundly-queer-accounting-of-the-brief-yet-glorious-history-of-the-gay-lesbian-kingdom-of-the-coral-sea-islands-by-tom-ballard/"> https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/a-comprehensive-profoundly-queer-accounting-of-the-brief-yet-glorious-history-of-the-gay-lesbian-kingdom-of-the-coral-sea-islands-by-tom-ballard/</a> - At the ETTE Media Live show in Canberra, on Wednesday Feb 4th<a href="https://fane.com.au/whats-on/ette-media-live-its-a-no-from-me/"> https://fane.com.au/whats-on/ette-media-live-its-a-no-from-me/</a>&nbsp;
Theme by Kye Hughes Produced by Michael Griffin
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28: Meet The New Cabinet, Similar To The Old Cabinet (ft. Kristin O’Connell)

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