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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent study conducted by the Licensing Inquiries and Testing For Australian Management (LitFam) ombudsman shows the New South Wales' state government has gone completely the wrong way about dealing with rates of alcohol-related violence in the CBD. The LitFam report identifies key strategies used to prevent the rise in one-punch, two-punch, all-in, and coward punch assaults throughout Australian...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN AN EFFORT TO further protect Australia from outside threats to our way of life, the Department of Immigration has announced today that one aspect of the citizenship test will require a candidate to mix a glass of cordial and make fairy bread. Should the potential new Australian make a particularly weak glass of cordial, they...

10 February, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER INDEPENDENT MEMBER FOR New England Tony Windsor has ridden time on one of the most feared bulls in all of South West Queensland, Bone Crusher. The Cordillo Downs Invitational attracts some of the biggest names in amateur corner country rodeo, with the likes of Windsor and other assorted country glitterati making the...

5 February, 2016. 11:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Media icon and hedonistic functional alcoholic, Karl Stefanovic, has revealed his newest business venture on breakfast television this morning: The Logie Smugglers. In what can only be described as a blatant conflict of interest and a shameless promotion of his own brand, the Today Show Co-Host debuted his new line of male swimmers on-air shortly before...

3 February, 2016 11:45 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT Usman Khawaja is still not on the radar of prominent Australian ODI selectors, despite being fully dressed in cricket attire and practicing shots with the team physio outside of Eden Park this afternoon. "We haven't seen much from him yet," said chairman of selectors Rod Marsh. "He'll show his promise when he develops a little bit," Usman Khawaja...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AS NETFLIX COMES through on its promise to shut the door on Australian VPN users,  consumers have hit back, saying that they wouldn't have to circumvent geo-blocking if the local catalogue was as comprehensive and satisfying as the American one. The Australian version of Netflix has six times less content and costs more. One local subscriber has...

31 January, 2016. 14:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN DECEMBER 2005, Craig Gower was fired as Panthers captain. What started out as just other Sunday, ended with him visiting his local Tarocash - to find a suit to wear to the NRL disciplinary hearing that was going to happen on Monday. There were a series of incidents at a charity golf event, which ended up...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The list is here, the 2016 top ten richest Australians, according to Forbes. This year includes a few Forbes debuts, and few surprising ones at that. With the winding down of Australia's mining boom, we have seen an increase in other rising Australian industries - such as transport, sport, finance and blogging. Forbes’ 10 richest Australians 10. David Hains $1.8 Billion...

29 January, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE WARNINGS FROM fellow beachgoers, a 29-year-old Englishman has inconvenienced everybody around him by getting stuck in a powerful rip current at Manly Beach this morning. Chatty banker and term deposit specialist, Matteo Thompson, said he thought the lifeguards over reacted to the situation, blaming their use of hyperbole in their warnings to...

28 January, 2016 15:45 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT Sydney Roosters and NSW Origin halfback, Mitchell Pearce has made headlines today after he received a suspension and a hefty fine for simulating a sexual act on a female partygoers dog, while on a bender. In a video released by several predatory news outlets, including ours, last night - the third-generation rugby league superstar appears...