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22 April, 2015. 13:20 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact TALES OF HORROR are emerging from the Carnival Spirit after the cruise ship was finally able to dock this morning in Sydney Harbour. The clean up has begun aboard the 292-metre vessel and already stories of the onboard conditions have shocking people around the country. The Maltese-registered ocean-liner, carrying 2500 passengers and 1500...

  CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] A MELBOURNE WOMAN who accidentally swallowed an appetiser containing gluten is calling for the resignation of medical staff after she was refused treatment at the Melbourne Mater Hospital overnight. Adrienne Prescott, 36, who describes herself as “seriously sensitive to gluten” - had been attending a private function when she mistakenly ate a smoked salmon canapé which may have contained...

21 April, 2015. 16:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected]   Hillary Clinton's announcement that she will enter the 2016 race for the White House came in a two-minute video released in a social media blitz, in which she told the US public she wanted to be their "champion". As well as stating "this is my time" - Hillary pointed out she will be...

21 April, 2015. 14:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected]   PRIME MINISTER ABBOTT has finally found that magic moment to prove his "blokieness" - by chugging back a shmiddie of light beer at a university party in an exclusive Eastern Sydney pub, The Royal Oak. However, cultural commentators have stated that Abbott's attempts at appearing blokey have blown back in his face. "He was drinking in...

17 April, 2015. 14:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] Not even two weeks after the most recent accusations of propaganda, the People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) are in the headlines again. This time they are campaigning against what they call "A sickening tradition of inhumanity" in the Australian Outback. Lamb-Clubbing. PETA spokesperson, Suja Bleedinhart, has stated that Australian farmers need...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-Large | Contact AN INDEPENDENT study conducted by Spotify and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)  has revealed what Australia's highest and lowest achieving students listen to - with interesting results. The study was part of a national snapshot conducted by the ABS into the study habits of high-schoolers. Bands with the most respondents are plotted on the graph,...

16 April, 2015. 17:55 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A CONTROVERSIAL CHINESE billionaire has set his sights on Dubbo's Taronga Western Plains Zoo this week, after placing a $A125M offer on the iconic landmark. Known for his love of hunting big game, Guangzhou textile magnate Bei Ting Gui has spent much of his fortune acquiring parcels of land around the world. It's not...

17 April, 2015. 15:15 J.P ELLIOT | Far North Queensland | [email protected] Decorated RAAF veteran Clive Bushnell has been reunited with his World War 2 service medals after a successful bidding war on the internet based auction house Ebay. Mr Bushnell says he accidentally stumbled them while researching "how to get service medals replaced". The medals, which include a Commendation for Distinguished Service, have been missing...

16 April, 2015. 2:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] A SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPH depicting a coal seam gas fracking drill, installed no more than five kilometres from the base of Uluru, has gone viral overnight. The photo was picked up by activists after a local Indigenous community member posted it on her Facebook page. Shakyraa Hansen, a traditional owner of the Pitjantjatjara nation, posted the photo...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT   Magnolia Smithers, a young mother of two from Lismore, says she is very proud to be the voice and face of the Anti-Vaccination movement Anti-Vaxxers Organise (AVO). "Vaccinations are just another government ploy to keep archaic pharmaceutical companies rich and keep us just sick enough to live with their help, but everyone already knows that," "There...