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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact In great news for drought-stricken farmers, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dusted off the old Akubra and made his way west of the Sydney Fish Markets for the first time since Barnaby Joyce's frenzied by-election win. But this time, it wasn't to help ensure Barnaby Joyce was gainfully employed before he revealed to the world that he had a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Just over a month ago city worker, Claire Oakden, kicked up quite a stink in the office around the negative health problems associated with sitting desks, so much so that HR felt obliged to buy her a standing desk. Now, a mere month after Claire’s ‘sitting is the new smoking’ tirade, cracks are starting to appear in her holier-than-thou...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact 31 days spent not touching any grog were all for nothing, it has been confirmed. That's according to local accountant and prominent boozehound, Kylie Reid (30) who recently undertook the gruelling month-long abstinence from alcohol. The 8th of August marked the first Saturday arvo drinks that Kylie had taken part in since the start of July, meaning she had had...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Detectives from the New South Wales Police Major Crimes Unit have launched an investigation into a video that surfaced earlier this week which shows NRL personality Bryan Fletcher being stitched up. The footage, which allegedly shows Fletcher (44) looking to purchase a small zip-lock bag of what seems like an illicit substance from an 'Uber'...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact ALP Leader Bill Shorten recorded a resounding victory over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's government, winning four of five Federal by-elections around the country, to return the seats that he had already won last election but actually lost because his own colleagues couldn't remember where the fuck their parents were born. Hundreds of thousands of Australians went to the polls...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact A local tradesman has today given a humorous social media post a big old tick of approval. Browsing through his phone on lunch, Curtis Shayler stumbled upon a hilarious photo of a DIY fail on Facebook. So funny was the post, that it called for the dropping on a ‘b’ on the ‘ahaha’ comment that went along...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Tuesday's announcement that Usain Bolt will be joining the A-League has been met with excitement from north of Sydney to south of Lake Macquarie - as the world's fastest man confirms he has signed with the Central Coast Mariners. Bolt had long expressed a desire to play professional football, but has not been able to make that dream come true, after trialling with German...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A local USB thumb-drive has been accused of lying to it's owner this afternoon, after being successfully inserted after three rotations. The USB's owner, Sally (22, marketing, West Betoota), says she isn't even surprised anymore - and says she doubts that there has ever been anyone that has successfully inserted their thumb drive into their laptop the first time...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A diesel mechanic from Traralgon, 164km east of Melbourne, has been praised after gracing Facebook with a non-parking-ranger-related face-to-camer Facebook video. The father-of-two, Jakson Elfrign published an emotional and heartfelt video on Facebook last week and has since gone viral He implored men around the country to have more respect for women and for themselves, to stand up to other...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A country of 53 million people that apparently invented football and hosts some of the most storied EPL clubs in the world has been knocked out of the FIFA world cup by a developing Eastern European country with a population the size of Brisbane. The Republic Of Croatia, formerly known as the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, has knocked...