Serious Danger

Tom is joined by guest host, writer Nick Feik, of The Monthly, Crikey, Substack, and author of a spicy forthcoming Nacc investigation mentioned at the end of the show!
It’s hard to work out the current state of the war, but why is Australian media always the first to make excuses? (13:18) Meanwhile Angus Taylor’s Liberal party reaches new lows with his speech on migration and Australian values, whatever they are. (50:18)

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Just released on Patreon - "Why can’t Aussie Greens be like the UK Greens?"
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Links -

Follow Nick Feik -
https://nickfeik.substack.com/
https://www.crikey.com.au/author/nick-feik-2/
https://x.com/NickFeik
Meanjin/Brisbane we’re doing another Serious Danger LIVE!!!! With guest Max Chandler-Mather
Saturday May 9th at 2pm at GoodChat Comedy Club
On sale now -
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1985493899702

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

Produced by Michael Griffin
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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Emerald and Tom ask the question on everyone’s mind - why are the Australian Greens not experiencing the wave of support currently happening for the UK Greens, under their new leader Zack Polanski? How can the Aussie version escape its reputation as a bunch of arts degree inner-city elites? And how much of the recent UK success is a result of the place falling apart? Let’s work this out!

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‘Unprecedented territory’: are UK polls as volatile as they seem? – in charts, by Ashley Kirk in The Guardian -
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/23/uk-polls-less-volatile-than-they-seem-charts
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Tom is joined by Mehreen Faruqi, federal senator for NSW and Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens. Can the ‘ceasefire’ in the war on Iran be trusted? And why won’t Australia call out war crimes? (4:36) On that note, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested charged with five counts of the war crime of murder! But is he now commander of the culture war? (32:34) Finally, what is the new national anti-racism framework that Australian Human Rights Commission is proposing? How can we fight against Hanson and One Nation’s racism? (48:23)

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Just released on Patreon - "AI Professor Toby Walsh explains data centres"
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Follow Mehreen -
https://greens.org.au/nsw/person/mehreen-faruqi
https://www.instagram.com/mehreenfaruqi/
Comedy in the West - Saturday May 16th at Kindred Studios https://contact-vic.greens.org.au/civicrm/event/register?id=24041
Meanjin/Brisbane we’re doing another Serious Danger LIVE!!!! With guest Max Chandler-Mather
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

Produced by Michael Griffin
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Happy Easter! We will be back with a new episode next week, but we hope you enjoy this unlocked episode from our Patreon feed!

Tom and Emerald speak to Paddy Manning about his epic history of the Australian Greens movement, “Inside The Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics.”

Since July 2023 we have been recapping Paddy’s history of the Greens on our Patreon, and now that we finally are through the book, who better than its author to tell us the story of its creation, his feelings about the party, and his expectations for its future? We are going inside inside inside Inside The Greens!!!
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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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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald discuss the recent SBS ‘The Feed’ discussion -
“Is capitalism a good system or has it outlived its purpose? Six influential people debate capitalism. On the panel: content director Jack Toohey, Simran Kaur from Friends That Invest, buyers agent Eddie Dilleen, Queenie Tan from Invest with Queenie, policy analyst Cian Hussey, and member of the Victorian Socialists, Jordan van den Lamb, best known as Purple Pingers.”

Did the debate hit the mark? Let’s debate!

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Watch SBS The Feed Capitalism debate - https://youtu.be/oKGZWYLAfp4
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