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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Meanjin/Brisbane we’re doing another Serious Danger LIVE!!!! With guest Max Chandler-Mather

Saturday May 9th at 2pm at GoodChat Comedy Club
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Tom on tour! Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle & Brisbane -
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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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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 -
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