Politics

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Ahead of dinner with their Maamaan (grandmother), Senator Sam Dastyari has berated his younger cousin, Ashkan for doing exactly what he told him not to do. Ashkan, under strict instructions from his federal politician cousin, was told to either bring his mum's Holden Astra or park down the street a bit, where other people from work won't be...

28 March, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Coming just a day after labelling ABC radio presenter Wendy Harmer a 'disabled commercial failure', former prime ministerial hopeful Mark Latham has confirmed that he just doesn't give a fuck anymore. Speaking to The Advocate this morning via telephone, Latham said he 'doesn't have a filter' and won't apologise for speaking his mind. "Oi,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In a stark contrast to fellow One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts' comments that suggest the soon-to-be natural disaster of Cyclone Debbie doesn't actually exist, party leader Pauline Hanson has today blamed the major parties for not preventing this national emergency, like she would have. Speaking to the media from the safety of Parliament house in Canberra today, the red-headed...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts has stood by his comments that some “girls” enjoy being cat-called, and has demanded that these 'so-called experts' show him empirical evidence that says otherwise. Roberts is yet to be convinced that women don't like being wolf-whistled at by tradesmen or hungover blokes in commodores, further more he says some even enjoy being told...

21 March, 2017. 17:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact White House press secretary Sean Spicer addressed the media a short time ago regarding the ongoing FBI investigation into potential Trump team links to Russia and claims of a wiretap on his administration orchestrated by Barack Obama. During his statement to the press, Spicer was asked about both the record-low approval ratings and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Tony Abbott has today praised Malcolm Turnbull for crumbling to the right-wing factions within the coalition, and readdressing the liberal party echo chamber issue of amending the racial hatred language section of the Racial Discrimination Act. The former Prime Minister, who attempted to change 18C and remove the limits on freedom of speech when talking about black and brown people, told the...

21 March, 2017. 14:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A senior and respected Queensland politician is set to die later this year as both Clive Palmer and former Queensland premier Campbell Newman look to settle their differences in the MMA octagon. The Ville Resort-Casino has agreed to host the June 12 fight between the two stalwarts of state and federal politics,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A man who spent his young adulthood handing out speeding fines and telling people to not swear around him - has not made a smooth transition into being a likeable Liberal Party politician, it has been confirmed. It has been revealed today that the Federal Minister for Immigration and Member for Dickson in North Brisbane,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT At 27-years-old, Liam Softchunt has been an employee of the Labor Party for just over ten years. Despite only ever wearing high-vis a few times while visiting construction sites with his former employer, now-Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, Liam is a staunch advocate for industrial solidarity. His affinity with the plight of the worker is epitomised by the Eureka stockade t-shirt...

13 March, 2016. 13:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact While conservative West Australian political leaders begin squabbling and arguing over what went wrong during the weekend election, a One Nation candidate has quietly returned to his old life shooting pigeons at Perth's Jandakot Airport. Deverill Slacks, a 47-year-old avian pest control specialist from Armadale, spoke to The Advocate about his 'devastating'...