Politics

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull returned from his trip "Up North" over the weekend, with very little to talk about. "Richard Di Natale was right when he said God has forgotten about that awful, awful place - 1/3" the Prime Minister tweeted earlier today. "I mean, 2016 essentially ends at Gladstone, any further north than that and it's like I'm...

18 February, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact TAKING INSPIRATION FROM FRENCH electronic dance music heavyweights Justice and Madeon, the Member for Longman brought the house down last night at Brisbane's infamous Met nightclub. It was a marathon set, consisting of nearly 40 original mixes over three hours. You'd be forgiven for think that the political journeyman's set was in protest...

15 January, 2016 10:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In an interview with Radio National this morning, the leader of the Palmer United Party, Clive Palmer has revealed just how he is able to continue his day-to-day business and political endeavours while wearing a suit in the blazing Canberra heat. "It has been something I have had a lot of trial and error with,"...

12 February, 2016 13:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While the National Party prepares for the reshuffle that will follow the retirement of current leader, Warren Truss - it seems the most likely successor, Barnaby Joyce is already settling into his new role as Deputy Prime Minister Of Australia. The Minister for New England was today shown around his new living quarters in the Prime Minister's harbour...

10 February, 2016 13:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NSW Premier Mike Baird is under fire today for tweeting a series of offensive 'reviews' about the new Channel Nine production "Here Come The Habibs" - a comedy show that shines the light on race relations in Australia. In the barrage of tweets (which have since been deleted) Mike Baird uses the terms "Westie" and "Wog"...

9 January, 2016 15:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NSW Premier Mike Baird and his close friend, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione were by far among the most lively at a mid week Hillsong gathering in Baulkalm Hills last night, that's according to the onlookers who were able to sneak a photographs of them. It is believed Baird, who lists himself as as a devout Anglican...

5 February, 2015. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESHAUN EMMANUEL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND how Australians aren't scared to go outside, as the country is home to a disproportional amount of venomous animals. That's despite him being raised in the US gun murder capital of Washington D.C. - where you're more likely to be shot to death than graduate from college. Speaking yesterday...

1 February, 2016 13:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The fugitive known as "Boo-boo" has today handed himself in to officers at Darwin's Border Force headquarters, after spending more than half of his life on the run. After arriving in Australia in late 2015 as a prenatal asylum seeker, Boo-Boo came to the attention of authorities are being officially documented in an Australian hospital, with...

28 January, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN A POLITICAL STUNT that's shocked Australians around the country, Clive Palmer's latest attempt to keep his party from certain annihilation at this year's federal election is nothing short of spectacular. The Palmer United Blues Explosion debuted last night at Perth's iconic Astor Theatre, with the 61-year-old fronting the two-piece band with Senator...

21 January, 2016 14:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Footage obtained by the Hobart Mercury earlier today shows Independent Tasmanian senator, Jacqui Lambie, involved in a physical dispute over sale items with other shoppers in a Kmart outlet in her hometown of Burnie, in the state's north coast. The video, which has since been removed from social media, shows Lambie grappling with several other...