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July 14, 2015. 10:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local man, Nick Mallet, has landed himself in the uncomfortable position of having to remain in a platonic friendship with a female acquaintance that he very much wants to have sex with. "I really stuffed up, I pulled the 'Netflix and chill' card too early" says the 26-year-old, who hasn't had intimate...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A FREMANTLE WOMAN says her recent trip to India failed to live up to expectation after being repeatedly exposed to poverty, leprosy and general human suffering. While admitting she's a relatively inexperienced traveller, Rachael Cromwell described her holiday as "a living hell" and "not what the pamphlets promised". Ms Cromwell said she was prepared to forsake some...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A Canberra man has been arrested and transported to Goulburn Supermax today, after an AFP raid on his eco-friendly home in the Australian capital. "We have reason to believe this man has close links to the CEFC, and in particular, their solar power division," said AFP spokesmen, Ken Nagas. "New laws state that this man's keen interest...

10 July, 2015. 15:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S LIKE TINDER, but for people who want to fight. That's the message this morning from the NSW government as they look in to alternative measures to clamp down on the scourge of alcohol-fuelled violence. Police minister Stuart Ayres says the new app, which will be available for download within weeks, aims to...

July 10, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A Breeza man has said he is "not overly concerned" about the news that his own government approved the highly contentious Shenhua Watermark coal mine in his local electorate, despite his vehement protests. Berrick Blackett, a fourth-generation sorghum farmer, says he'll just have to wait and see how the project plays out -...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Bryan Hatton has spent the last 24 minutes wrestling with the gruelling task of "taking a dump" - while also hyperextending his left arm in order to keep the door shut, in the Betoota Hotel mens room. It appears the door in the far-right stall has, at some point, suffered a blow from a patron's boot on the...

9 July, 2015. 12:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FARMER'S FRIEND AND agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce has revealed today that he will unfortunately have his hands tied up for the rest of his political career. From today, Joyce can choose to have his hands tied by Chief Government Whip Scott Buchholz should he feel the need to stand up for the region...

7 July, 2015. 16:05 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact OLYMPIC legend Dawn Fraser has launched a vile tirade on polarising Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios after his Wimbledon loss. And now everyone has stopped talking about how much of a wanker Kyrgios is. Fraser, a four-time gold medallist and one of the country’s most celebrated athletes, was questioned about Kyrgios’ performance in...

7 July, 2015. 16:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE TOUR DE FRANCE race director has revealed that the higher than average rate of accidents this year has lead to a surge in interest from US audiences. Overnight, roughly 100km into the third stage, French rider William Bonnet clipped the wheel of countryman Warren Barguil and tumbled on to the bitumen,...

  CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Hundreds of thousands celebrate this week, as NAIDOC week begins in both schools and workplaces, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians pay tribute to the country's first nations people. Their achievements, contributions and culture. However, in the leafy enclave of Pymble - in Sydney's North Shore, Stephanie Rathbone is confused. "I've been hearing about this NAIDOC thing all...