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11 May, 2016. 11:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MAKING OUT WITH YOUR boyfriend in a country under Shari'a Law is considered safer than riding a bicycle in the Brisbane traffic. That's because the Queensland government legalised running over cyclists this morning - just days the blitz on ride-sharing app Uber. People riding bikes in traffic has been a contentious issue...

10 May, 2016. 11:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE HAVING MUCH TO do today, one local office dweller is contemplating chucking a sicky after making the terrible mistake of listening to Radiohead's latest release, A Moon Shaped Pool, before leaving for work. The lion's share of the British group's back catalogue had at least four to five slow songs on...

9 May, 2016 17:15 IMRAN GASHKORI | Editor | CONTACT Australia's entire rugby league community has been rattled by news last week that suggests there is no such thing as 110% when it comes to physical exertion. On Wednesday night's NRL Footy Show, iconic Melbourne Storm player Billy Slater was speechless after learning that '110%' is just an expression. The news was delivered to him by...

8 May, 2016 10:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has today visited the Governor-General Peter Cosgrove to ask for a double-dissolution election. He then launched the nation’s longest election campaign since the 1960s, culminating with a July 2 poll. With the current Government's pre-election promises currently under the spotlight, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the path is clear for the "greatest years...

8 May, 2016 10:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Residents of Melbourne's outer suburbs have today insisted that the outsiders perception of the Victorian capital is nothing but a result of good marketing and incessant instagramming. Every year Victoria’s population grows by the size of a packed MCG. One hundred thousand new people are added to the state every 12 months. 92 per cent of those new...

7 May, 2016. 18:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact KNOWING FULL WELL HE shouldn't be preparing to go out 'clubbing' tonight with the boys, one 27-year-old is throwing caution to the wind and doing it anyway. Not because he's broke or just plain boring - it's because he knows he'll be talking to members of his extended family tomorrow after what's...

7 May, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN LIGHT OF RECENT REMARKS by a leading figure of Australia's entertainment industry, the organisers of the TV Week Logie Awards has decided to issue the trophy this year with an optional paper bag to go over the top of it. It comes after revelations that many winners of the prestigious gong have...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact None of the members of local bikie gang the Betoota Brotherhood MC have the heart to tell Sgt Matt Southwell, of the Queensland Special Police Service, that they are very well aware of the fact that he is obviously an undercover cop. Mr Southwell was assigned to infiltrate the outlaw motorcycle club two weeks ago, and is...

4 May, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN A RARE LAPSE OF judgement, former treasurer turned ambassador Joe Hockey was seen throwing a television off a fourth story balcony yesterday as Scott Morrison delivered his first address on the nation's chequebook. The Dick Smith brand 52-inch plasma was about to receive a National Heritage seal for being an exceptionally...

4 May, 2016 13:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In case you haven't heard, last night our Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison handed down his first budget, unveiling a plan to save billions by cracking down on multi-national tax avoidance and shaking up the superannuation system. While the 2016 budget comes across as far less psychopathic than anything Joe Hockey put on the table, it is still far...