Serious Danger

Tom is joined by firefighter, Marxist, and currently one of the NSW delegates to Greens National Council, Jim Casey! First up is Jim’s experiences running against Albo in Grayndler and getting stitched up by the media. (11:00) Next, what is the future of the labour movement in Australia? How did the Greens end up invisible at the moment they are most needed? And how should the Greens react to the rise of One Nation? (56:09)
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Just released on Patreon - "The fight to close Pine Gap ft. Hannah Ekin"
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jimcasey.online

Tom’s plugs -
Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) on now at Edinburgh Fringe
Two shows in London on September 11th & 12th at the Bill Murray Brand NEW show at Melbourne Fringe in October, In The Grand Scheme of Things - 25% off flash sale until Sunday 6pm
All the details at https://comedy.com.au/tour/tom-ballard/
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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald are joined by organiser Hannah Ekin to discuss the fight to Close Pine Gap and the protest event Convergence 2026. Why is there a little America sitting in the middle of our continent? Are the ABC just a mouthpiece for the government? And is America using Pine Gap as a way to illegally conduct surveillance that breaks their own American law?

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Help Close Pine Gap -
http://closepinegap.org.au
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Emerald is back on with Tom to chat about a bunch of news! First up, Zack Polanski’s guillotine scandal sounds awful familiar… Then, Victoria suddenly has a new premier! (14:11) Then, Pauline Hanson lost an appeal against a court ruling that found she racially discriminated against Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi. But should it have been a legal matter? (31:20) Hannah Ferguson, CEO of Cheek Media, is going to be running as an independent candidate for the seat of Grayndler. (47:03) Can she take down Albo?

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Just released on Patreon - "How they teach fossil fuels in our schools with Comms Declare’s Belinda Noble"
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Justice for Palestine Legal Fighting Fund (high court challenge against Qld law banning 2 pro-Palestine phrases): https://chuffed.org/project/173177-justice-for-palestine-legal-defence
Watch Tim Read’s farewell speech -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-YsPzhceI4
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Tom is joined by two leading Greens candidates for the upcoming Victorian election - Campbell Gome for Northcote, and Brittney Henderson for Western Metro! First up, an introduction to their campaigns and a discussion about the undemocratic group voting system. (5:14) Then a deep dive into the upcoming election and the state ahead. Is Victoria really going to fall to an insane Liberal-One Nation Mad Mex hellscape? (33:42)

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Just released on Patreon - "How they teach fossil fuels in our schools with Comms Declare’s Belinda Noble"
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Donate! -
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Volunteer! -
https://greens.org.au/vic/volunteer

Come see Ellen Sandell and Max Chandler-Mather at ‘FED UP? Fair Enough!’ -
https://events.humanitix.com/fed-up
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In this bonus episode for Patreon subscribers, Tom and Emerald are joined by Belinda Noble, a former journalist who went on to work as Head of Media & Communications for Australian Red Cross and is now the CEO of climate communications charity Comms Declare. They have just released ‘From Cradle to Career,’ a report on how the fossil fuel industry has inserted itself into our schools, and the quest to remove their social license and end their stranglehold on the country. Also, is a Tim Tam slam a valid teaching tool?

Read the From Cradle to Career report: https://commsdeclare.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/From-Cradle-To-Career-Report-2026.pdf
Fossil fuel ad ban -
https://fossiladban.org/
Parents for climate petition -
https://www.parentsforclimate.org/
QCC petition re Shell Qld Museum sponsorship -
https://www.queenslandconservation.org.au/qld_museum_end_fossil_fuel_sponsorships

“It’s By Stealth, Isn’t It?” The Multi-Million Dollar Effort by Australia Fossil Fuel Companies To Get Into Schools -
https://drilled.media/news/australia-schools
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