Politics

23 June, 2015. 17:13 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A REPORT PUBLISHED under the supervision of the US and British governments has concluded that Baby Boomers have doomed us all. The planet has been damaged beyond repair, says the report, by the people who were born immediately after World War II to the mid 1960's. Their way of life has been...

15 June, 2015. 11:39 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Federal Opposition has requested an urgent independent investigation into claims that Australian authorities tried to stop Channel Ten panel-host, Waleed Aly, from airing a segment that suggests that "bribes have been paid" to people smugglers to return a boat to Indonesia. It is believed that Waleed Aly was offered a "generous...

12 June, 2015. 11:00 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described wind farms as "visually awful", saying he wishes the Howard government, of which he was a member, had never implemented the Renewable Energy Target (RET) policy. "When I've been up close to these things, not only are they visually awful, but they make a lot of...

11 June, 2015. 09:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Despite his outright support for marriage equality, The Australian Christian Lobby has this week thanked Opposition Leader Bill Shorten for his "helpful" and "important" role in stopping same-sex marriage, after Labor committed to blocking the Turnbull government's proposed plebiscite. However, many believe this defiant hamster wheel of overly politicised relationships is only just gaining momentum....

28 May, 2015. 14:58 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BOUYED BY HIS recent on-air stoush with Nationals deputy Barnaby Joyce, radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands is rumoured to be planning to run as an independent at the next federal election. The 43-year-old has reportedly set his sights on claiming his home seat, the Division of Bonner, in Brisbane's south east. The KISS FM star's hometown...

Australian Shadow Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese has jumped behind the decks at a notorious Sydney nightclub, spinning tunes as DJ Albo. Mr Albanese began his set at 3:00am last night, firing up the 500-strong crowd at a secluded warehouse party in the city's inner-west. "Albo" says he decided on a cameo set after being asked to help promote the club by a family friend...

12 May, 2015. 14:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected]   The 2014 Budget's biggest hitter, the concept of forcing young people without a job to wait six months before they could receive benefits, has failed to pass the Senate and has triggered outcry from social services groups. It appears that this, among many other things, may have been the deciding factor surrounding Joe Hockey insisting...

12 May, 2015. 14:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE FIVE FINALISTS of the inaugural "best dressed freedom fighter" have been announced at a gala event overnight in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The celebration of conflict fashion was hosted by the International Freedom Fighters' Guild (IFFG), which is also classified as a terrorist organisation by the United States. Judges whittled down over...

11 May, 2015. 11:41 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SCOTT MORRISON is emerging as the new Liberal pin-up boy, just months after being accused of violating human rights by the United Nations. The minister for social services has become the face of a new Coalition advertising campaign which markets the sprightly 46-year-old as a "softer and more approachable" politician, as opposed to...

7 May, 2015. 17:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact NEW SOUTH WALES hinge-voter MP Fred Nile is proposing new laws that would raise the legal drinking age, ban Islamic dress and force women who are thinking about terminating a problem pregnancy witness what they're about to remove on an ultrasound. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP) leader is planning to put the legislation before the NSW Upper...