Politics

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese still in isolation for the rest of the week, the Labor Party are doing their best to run a campaign without wheeling out any politicians who may remind the voters of the disastrous 2019 election. With Bill Shorten and Chris Bowen handcuffed to the desks in their electoral offices, only to be let free...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs news spread that opposition leader Anthony Albanese had tested positive for covid shortly after visiting the Byron Bay Bluesfest, his supporters have been assured that he’ll still continue to campaign from home with the help of his trusted technology. Posting that he was ‘feeling fine’, Albanese will have to stay in isolation for several days as part of...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactThough the debate between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and opposition leader Anthony Albanese was largely unknown to anyone other than Sky News enthusiasts, quotes from the showdown have quickly spread, and it appears that Morrison has yet again, put his foot in his mouth. This comes as quite the embarrassment as not only was he playing on his own...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACTPrime Minister Scotty From Marketing has backed his handpicked Liberal candidate, Katherine Deves, despite intense internal pressure for her to stand aside over her views on transgender people. Deves is running in the seat of Warringah, once the safest Liberal stronghold in the nation, until Tony Abbott was voted out for the Independent Zali Steggal in 2019. It is not...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some heartwarming news, women’s sport is finally getting the media coverage it deserves, having received virtually no attention save for the odd few articles about Ash Barty. Now largely dominating the news, women’s sports corporations are said to be ‘beyond excited’ that their work is finally being acknowledged, having always played second fiddle to male athletes. This is...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Prime Minister Scott Morrison has effectively abandoned his promise to establish a federal anti-corruption watchdog, citing his reason as Labor’s lack of support for his amendments - and how he would never win an election again if we all knew how corrupt the government really is. Although Scotty pledged to legislate a federal integrity body in parliament before the...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Although gotcha journalism has suddenly fallen out of vogue, that didn’t stop opposition leader Anthony Albanese from struggling when met with a standard question. In a press conference earlier today, Mr Albanese was outlining his plan to end offshore detention by turning the boats back when a journalist interrupted the opposition leader to ask him a standard question about...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT With gotcha journalism taking a bigger public chastising than most MAFS participants, Australians are realising they are fed up enough with journalists to side with the Australian Greens. Long acknowledged as one of the reasons it’s not cool to care about the environment, the Australian Greens are the third largest Australian political party by vote which is why they...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAnd with news that has shocked absolutely no one, former Liberal member George Christensen has officially made the move to One Nation, plummeting the room's IQ levels into the negatives. This comes as a natural career progression for Christensen considering he’s managed to tick off all the entry requirements needed to become a One Nation...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In bad news for Labor's election campaign, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs Kristina Keneally has tested positive for COVID-19. Ms Keneally shared the news on social media yesterday saying she “woke up feeling rotten” and will be out of action for the next week, while she isolates at HOME in LIVERPOOL which is where she LIVES. Prior to becoming infected,...