Serious Danger

Oh no it was Rita Panahi’s 50th birthday and I forgot to send a card to her embarrassing party boat. Tom is joined by Rachel Withers, writer for Crikey and co-host of Spin Cycle on RRR! First up there is a new buzzword in town as warflation hits Australia. (15:25) Will another rate rise convince Aussie battlers to stop illegally invading Middle Eastern countries? Then Labor is bravely timidly quietly suggesting it is considering changing the Capital Gaits Tax discount? (42:53) Maybe Tim Wilson could write one of his awesome songs about it?

Bonus episode this week on the main feed -
“The case for change from within ft. Labor Against War’s Marcus Strom”
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Just released on Patreon - "AI Professor Toby Walsh explains data centres"
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Rally for Palestine Land Day on Sunday March 29th, 12pm State Library in Melbourne
A day to commemorate the ongoing theft of Palestinian Land
Land Day (Yom al-Ard), observed annually on March 30th, commemorates the 1976 killing of six unarmed Palestinian citizens by Israeli forces during protests against land confiscation in the Galilee. It marks a central day of resistance against ongoing Israeli occupation, illegal settlement expansion, and land expropriation.
Follow Rachel Withers -
https://www.crikey.com.au/author/rachel-withers/
https://www.instagram.com/rachelrosewithers/
https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/spin-cycle

Tuesday March 24th - “Make Politics Fun Again” fundraiser for the Greens Brunswick campaign; congrats to Adam Pulford
At Stay Gold
Me hosting, with Kirsty Webeck, Freddie Arthur, Cassie Workman and Noah Szto,
https://contact-vic.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=23887
Thursday April 9th - “Giggle For Gab” fundraiser for Gabrielle de Vietri in Richmond
Evie’s Bar & Disco
Join Freddie Arthur, Tom Ballard, Janty Blair, Scout Boxhall, Bahaa Dabbagh, Bronwy Kuss, Sammy Petersen to laugh away our troubles and poke fun at a shitty world. Plus a secret SURPRISE GUEST FROM THE UK!
https://contact-vic.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=23727
Meanjin/Brisbane we’re doing another Serious Danger LIVE!!!!
Saturday May 9th at 2pm at GoodChat Comedy Club
On sale now -
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985493899702

Tom on tour! Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle & Brisbane -
https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard
Theme by Kye Hughes
Thanks Dom for the sparkling joke

Produced by Michael Griffin
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As the war in the Middle East escalates, Tom recently called upon members of Labor Against War to take a stand and leave the party for its support of America and Israel’s illegal actions. In this special bonus episode on our main feed, Tom is joined by Marcus Strom, National Convenor and co-founder of Labor Against War. If he agrees the Labor Party is wrong, why stay a member? Has the party changed or was it always like this?
What is the rationale for advocating progress from within Labor, and, when Greens back Labor in the senate to form government, are the Greens just Labor with extra steps?
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Links -

Labor Tribune - https://labortribune.net.au/

Labor Aginst War - https://x.com/LabAgainstWar
https://www.facebook.com/LabAgainstWar/

See Tom in Canberra this weekend (most important thing happening in the world right now) and then Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane
https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/
Produced by Michael Griffin
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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald speak to Professor Toby Walsh, author of “The Shortest History of AI,” to learn all about data centres. As life becomes more and more online and AI enshittifies every aspect of existence, data centres are multiplying across the world and drinking up water and power. Is Eddington a documentary?
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Follow Toby Walsh -
https://tobywalsh.ai/
Watch Toby on Tonightly -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMe-BD3pkFE
Produced by Michael Griffin
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Tom is joined by Auspol streamer Elise Turnbull to ask whether this war with Iran is actually a war, or is it merely a sparkling collective self defence? (10:38) Then producer Griff aka Michael Griffin joins to talk about how the Nacc this week delivered zero robodebt justice. (27:47) Finally, a look at the Liberal and Greens federal campaign reviews of the 2025 elections. (45:25) Pretty sure both went well?

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Just released on Patreon - "Paddy Manning on his book Inside The Greens!"
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Follow Elise on everything - https://linktr.ee/elise.url

Tom on tour! Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle & Brisbane -
https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard
Theme by Kye Hughes
Thanks Dom for the sparkling joke

Produced by Michael Griffin
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Recorded Friday morning and releasing a day early, because things keep happening, Tom is joined by Senator David Shoebridge to discuss Israel and America’s attacks on Iran, and the aftermath as war spreads across the Middle East. Why is this illegal war happening? Why are Australian politicians of all stripes racing to support it? What is next and what can we do about it? How did it become The Pro-War, Pro-Genocide Labor Party?

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Just released on Patreon - "Paddy Manning on his book Inside The Greens!"
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.
https://www.patreon.com/SeriousDangerAU
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Follow Senator Shoebridge -
https://x.com/DavidShoebridge
https://www.instagram.com/davidshoebridge/

Tom on tour! Adelaide, Canberra, Port Fairy, Warrnambool, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle & Brisbane -
https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard
Theme by Kye Hughes

Produced by Michael Griffin
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