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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact In case you haven't been watching the news, it seems the War On Drugs is nearly over. And in a weird turn of events, it looks like our cops and legislators will be the winners! This comes after nearly 40 years of them losing the war by a very large margin, to the point where most people were wondering...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The NSW Government is this week bending over backwards to keep the pokie machine cartel afloat, after avoiding desperate calls for reform by recommending a new 'cashless' system that has been trailed on 14 people. This issue of Australia's cancerous poker machine culture became a state election issue last year, as the ousted NSW Premier was suddenly hit with...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Australia's most beloved supermarket giant says that they are once again facing unfair criticism for just trying to have a go. Woolworths, which is one of the two supermarket chains that dominate the Australian grocery duopoly, is now enduring unfair backlash from within. This time it's not coming from the exploited Australian farmers, or the furious price-gouged customers - but...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Not even a week after Federal Parliament passed laws banning the use of social media for Australians under the age of 16, and it seems the new legislation is already working! This comes after a crudely constructed bong was discovered behind the sheds at one of Betoota's cricket ovals. For those readers who may have been born after the turn...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact In terrific news for Peter Dutton, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has doubled down on the central bank's stance that interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer - causing even more pain for Australian voters. Bullock has also warned some Australians will have to sell their homes to cope with high inflation and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A local dad has spent the last few days in quiet contemplation, after learning that the most talented man in Australian television will now be permanently hanging up the lapel microphone. Rugby league and TV icon Paul 'Fatty' Vautin has this week confirmed that he will not be appearing as a member of the Channel Nine commentary team for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact ABC Chairman Kim Wilson has received vast amount of helpful and interesting correspondence from random men on the internet today. It is believed this very measured and constructive feedback began flooding into his email inbox almost seconds after making very public criticisms of American podcaster Joe Rogan at the Australian National Press Club. When asked by an Australian journalist why...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A former high school classmate has today shared his most recent criminal predicament with a vast social media network of 970 people. However, as someone who still uses Facebook as a public journal of his every thought - these posts can be viewed by anyone with an account, regardless of whether or not he has accepted their friend request. With...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact WORKED FOR TRUMP I GUESS? The Western Australian Liberal Party has somehow found themselves more fucked than they were after the 2021 landslide state election. The demoralising loss to Labor Premier MArk McGowan left the Coalition with only two seats, as voters rejected the WA Liberal Party as an unhelpful bastion of culture wars - and one that was...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact As the Albanese government rushes to legislate social media age limits, Parliament is today debating the different what-ifs surrounding these landmark bill. Several Opposition MPs have raised alarm about the privacy implications of this world-first legislation, with lesser-known backbenchers bending over backwards to paint an Orwellian conspiracy that seems to concern them more than the safety of children. Albanese's Minister...