Mike Baird Advises Gen-Y To Find A Rich Male Partner And Never Have Kids
1 March, 2016. 16:45
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact
Nurses, teachers and other key workers have taken umbrage with Mike Baird's claim that their is no such thing as a Baby Boomer supremancy - or a housing bubble - in the New South Wales capital, and that anyone who can't afford to buy a home is too busy spending their money...
Mitchell Pearce Promises Fans That His Dog-Rooting Days Are Behind Him
1 March, 2016 11:45
IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT
26-year-old Sydney Roosters star, Mitchell Pearce has spoken candidly to the media 24 hours after his return from a rehabilitation centre in Thailand, about how the national past time of getting wasted on Australia Day is not something he should partake in.
In a television interview yesterday morning, the NRL premiership winner recounted the events of the night that lead...
Radiant Michael Caton Stuns On The Oscars Red Carpet
29 February, 2016. 15:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
SOMEBODY PINCH MICHAEL CATON, because he still thinks he's dreaming.
"When the bastards ask me what I'm wearing, I tell 'em Tarocash of Strathpine." laughs Caton.
The 72-year-old arrived in Los Angeles yesterday ahead of the 88th Academy Awards, where his latest film The Last Cab To Darwin, has been nominated for Best Foreign...
Convicted white collar criminals are being forced to watch I’m A Celebrity! behind bars
26 February, 2016. 15:34
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
PRISONS IN QUEENSLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES are under investigation today after allegations surfaced surrounding the inhumane practice of forcing tertiary-educated tax cheats and insider traders to watch Channel 10's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! came to light.
The show, featuring the bottom draw of the Australian entertainment industry, has...
Malcolm Turnbull Secures The I’m-Worried-My-Son-Might-Be-A-Poof Vote
24 January, 2016 11:35
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has today been praised by blokey dads around the nation, after he requested an investigation into a taxpayer-funded program aimed at helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or intersex (LGBTI) school students.
The Safe Schools education program is set to be reviewed following fierce criticism from some Coalition backbenchers, many of whom had...
Australian Cricketers Under Fire For Acting Like Australian Cricketers
23 February, 2016. 16:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
IN 2001, SHANE WARNE was clubbed over the rope for six runs by a little-known Zimbabwean batsman by the name of Stuart Carlisle, during a friendly one day international between our two nations.
It would've been like any other match, but Warne immortalised Carlisle the only way he could.
Watching the ball sail...
Australian Women’s Basketballer Manages To Make The News
22 January, 2016 11:35
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
The Australian Opals forward Alice Kunek is the first professional female Australian to ever feature in a mainstream newspaper since the Sydney Olympics, after painting her face black for an end-of-season dress-up day.
A photograph of Kunek, dressed as her favourite rapper Kanye West for the Melbourne Boomers' 'Silly Sunday' celebrations, was posted on social media on Sunday and prompted an angry...
NSW Government Warns Of An Outbreak Of The Redfern Bindi
19 February, 2016. 15:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
THERE'S NO NEED TO BE alarmed, that's the message from the NSW government as they battle to contain a potential outbreak of the often fatal Redfern bindi-eye.
Thought the be extinct since the early 2000's, this latest environmental disaster has got officials worried.
Two years ago, a pleasant young man from Bellevue Hill...
REPORT: Over 50% Of Former And Current AFL Players Currently Rooting A Mate’s Wife
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
As the fall-out over the dramatic ending of a friendship between two of the AFL's biggest names continues, a study by the Australian Institute Of Sport has identified the breakdown of long-standing friendships between former footballers and is very common.
In fact, the estimated number of present and past AFL stars that are currently rooting another mates' wife sits at roughly 54%.
An example of this was seen...
We got a 66-year-old farmer to review “The Life of Pablo” – This is what he reckons
17 February, 2016. 15:34
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
LIKE NEARLY EVERY OTHER GREAT country town, all the young people have left. There's little opportunity to reach for the stars when you're cutting sandwiches out the back of an outback takeaway shop. So when Kanye West's highly anticipated seventh studio album, The Life of Pablo, arrived at The Advocate's doorstep,...
