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8 October, 2015. 10:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact With topics like What can our politicians learn from Trump?  and Is the community over-diagnosing mental illness? - Channel Nine has delivered a Logie-baiting panel show that combines the sophistication of Q&A with the cheeky wit of the NRL Footy Show. We can tell already, The Verdict is going to be great for ratings. With usually...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The AFP have today commented on what the Daily Telegraph has described as a "national embarrassment" - Australia's dramatic rise in sternly-worded letters. "Australians represent one of the largest contributors to sternly-written letters in the developed world," said high-ranking AFP official, Doug Hole "Out of the 18 million stern letters received globally in 2019, Australia was responsible for at least eight million of them," "These...

2 October, 2015. 15:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN LIGHT OF RECENT news, Australia has once again been confirmed as the greatest place on Earth. The announcement was made earlier today during a gala event in Washington D.C. hosted by out-going ambassador Kim Beazley. Australia was found to be the greatest place on the planet by a number of independent...

1 October, 2015. 10:10 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact Cowboys superstar Johnathan Thurston has been crowned "King Of The North" in a sacred North Queensland ceremony yesterday morning. Wearing his iconic blue and yellow headgear, the small-town hero was blessed by none other than Northern Australian MP, Bob Katter, in front of over ten thousand screaming fans outside of the Townsville airport. On...

BRETT SAPIAN | Automotive | Contact A Wynnum man is under the impression that nobody is able to see him while he's behind the wheel of his car. Unfortunately for 33-year-old stay-at-home son Gilbert Donoghue, he's not invisible. This morning proved to be full of embarrassment for the former forklift driver as he was caught picking his nose, inspecting what he'd retrieved,...

1 October, 2015. 16:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact New South Wales Liberal Premier Mike Baird has maintained significant advantages over the opposition, according to the latest state-based Morgan polls. Political commentators put this surge in popularity down to the 47-year-old's calculated responses to shark attacks, refugee resettlement and The Bachelor Finale. It is also believed that Baird is being aided...

30 September, 2015. 16:20 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact SUTHERLAND Shire Council will fight on the beaches to defend the reputation of the region from the spotlight of a new online webseries. The Shire’s beaches, parks and other public areas will be no-go areas for the producers of the new television show Streets Of Sydney if the council has its way, that...

29 September, 2015. 15:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact OVERNIGHT the discovery of liquid water flows on Mars has buoyed hopes that life may exist on our closest celestial neighbour. The Martian creeks leave long, opaque stains on the mountains that can reach hundreds of metres downhill in the warmer months, before they dry up in the autumn as surface temperatures drop. A phenomenon,...

29 September, 2015. 10:50 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact The National Rugby League has today unveiled the "new and improved" Provan-Summons Trophy, to be awarded to one of the two Queensland-based teams in Sunday night's grand final showdown. With the Brisbane Bronco's comfortable defeat over the Sydney Roosters on Friday night, The North Queensland Cowboys then confirmed an all-Queensland NRL decider after defeating Melbourne...

28 September, 2015. 11:00 EGBERT ADRIANSON| Melbourne| Contact Visitors arriving in Melbourne are amazed by how efficient the public transport system is, with the Victorian capital being praised by the Economist Intelligence Unit for having "The best public transport system in Victoria, and other parts of the world". "The trains in Japan are way too fast," said one businessman from Tokyo, a city...