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23 March, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT terrorist bombings in Brussels, Waleed Aly has announced his intention to deliver his opening monologue tonight on The Project through a Belgian flag filter. The 37-year-old television personality is often the voice of reason when terror takes hold around the world. His impartiality and careful explanation of...

23 March, 2016. 09:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Shortly after learning that the capital of Belgian is known as Brussels, local mechanic Todd Daisley has today declared that an entire religious community of 1.6 billion people is pure evil. The 52-year-old says he doesn't like what he's been hearing about this specific monotheistic Abrahamic religion lately. He says it's almost ruined Easter," "They...

22 March, 2016 12:45 ALEXUS CAMPBELL | Tourism & Lifestyle | CONTACT Goulburn city council is under fire today after it has been revealed that they are planning to imprison their entire town by expanding the Supermax prison to include all residents and their homes. Built in 1884 and situated three kilometres from town, Goulburn Correctional Centre has been a mainstay of the small city...

  CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Only a few months after taking part in an alleged "pub brawl" in the Lyceum hotel in Longreach, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has declared that anyone who drinks dark rum and doesn't fight, can't fight. On the tenth of May, Mr Joyce refuted claims that he had been “run out of town” – despite the...

18 March, 2016. 13:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Yesterday morning, national liquor retailer Dan Murphy’s announced that Crown Larger would be from its Premium Beer Section. The company’s CEO, Chris Stewart, said that the move came after a general consensus from franchisees who pointed out that Crown Lager was mostly bought as gifts by people who do not drink beer. However, the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT National liquor retailer Dan Murphy’s today announced that it will remove Crown Larger from its Premium Beer Section. The company’s CEO, Chris Stewart, said that the move came after countless people had attempted to return Crown Larger six packs which they had been thoughtlessly gifted over the Christmas period. "For a long time we’ve been...

16 March, 2016. 18:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In December last year, US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton claimed that GOP rival Donald Trump's slanderous comments about Islam were being used by the Islamic State as propaganda to encourage the Muslim diaspora into radicalisation. "He is becoming ISIS's best recruiter," she said. "They are going to people, showing videos of Donald Trump insulting...

16 March, 2016. 17:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN RESPONSE TO THE LATEST senseless killing in Melbourne's caffeine district, the Victorian government is set to introduce sweeping new measures to keep the public safe - similar to Sydney's controversial lockout laws. The body of Joe Acquaro, 55, was discovered on a footpath near a popular cafe, on the corner of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local man, Charlie Belmont arrives at work each morning smelling like coconut and murumuru butters - and it has nothing to do with his diet. Charlie is one of thousands of men around the country that douses his body each morning with expensive hair products that are not meant to be used as bodywash. "I've got all...

  ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S office has drafted alcohol plain packaging legislation which is due to go before parliament in the coming weeks. Samples of the new branding were released by the Attorney-General Senator George Brandis QC this morning during a press conference in Canberra. The proposed warning labels will be similar in design to the existing cigarette packets labels...