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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT BUDGET 2017 With all this talk of tax thresholds, financial and fiscal affairs, foreign affairs and economic aid, general research, and superannuation - local man, Beau Haydon says he can't believe the price of smokes are going up again. "It's rubbish mate, they are emptying our wallets and then they'll be cheering when we drop dead," says the 35-year-old smoke detector...

INGRID DOULTON OAM | Let's Talk Sense | CONTACT THE 21-year-old female asylum seeker who set herself on fire on Nauru Island has arrived in Australia, as she remains in a critical condition with extensive burns. This is the second case of it's kind, and hopefully, it doesn't go the same way as the last one. We can only hope this victim of self-harm,...

2 May, 2016 13:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local man, Theo Fukinakakis, is comfortable enough in his status as a natural-born Australian citizen, to vocally oppose the human right of seeking asylum in his country, despite the fact his mother and late father arrived in Australia by boat in 1952. "Mate, its different. They did it the right way, moit" Between mouthfuls of Skouras...

28 April, 2016 18:15 MERV HARRIS | Culture | CONTACT There are reports this afternoon from the Betoota RSL that the open-air toilets in the club's pokie room is housing a smell that would bring a tear to the eye of even the most hardened veteran. Pokie Room attendant and former glassie, Andrew Oldham, said that patrons will simply have to deal with the stench...

28 April, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THEY DIGITALLY PRINT anything you want onto dog raincoats - an industry without a monopoly until now. For the directors of DoggyDropz, a brand new Castle Hill-based tech startup, it's been quite a lucrative corner of the canine apparel market for them. It's a $AUD94 000 a year national market and for founders...

28 April, 2016 17:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With the 2016 National Rugby League season in full swing, Fox Sports have announced that presenter and former Australian 100m national sprint title holder, Matt Shirvinton, has been replaced by former Australian long-jumper Jumpin' Jai Taurima, as a co-host of the NRL Super Saturday program. It is believed that Shirvington, who competed in the 100m, 200m and...

28 April, 2016. 10:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SOME OF HIS MATES have start squealing like a pig whenever he enters a room. Close friends introduce him to other people as "my dumb friend who can't read" and "the pig man". It's not because he loves to strap on the feedbag and eat himself into a coma, nor does he snout...

27 April, 2016 09:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT 33-year-old Marrickville man, Ryan Minto, has put his dreams of smashing the bourgeoisie on hold, until he can prove he is actively seeking employment. In order to receive this week's Newstart Allowance of $255.25, the heavily opinionated underachiever must prove that he has applied for ten or more unskilled labouring positions and notifies Centrelink that he...

26 April, 2016 17:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following the news that Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled Australia's detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island as illegal, the Minister for Immigration says he has been on the phone all afternoon trying to find another poor pacific nation to step up to the plate. Several hours ago, a five-man bench of the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After 26 years in operation, and nearly sixteen different 'rebrands' - the Australian coffeehouse-style café chain, The Coffee Club is still insisting on serving chicken salted chips as a side to every meal. 2018 saw a 'new and improved' fit-out for the Australian dining institution, with the inclusion of more modern cuisine, such as 'vegetarian' and 'steamed' options on the...