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EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT A family gathering has this weekend been thrown into a tailspin, as two cousins decided to throw an impromptu dance recital. It’s alleged the Davis family had gotten together for their biannual catch up, which saw family members from all areas of Queensland arriving for a BBQ.  Though the event was designed so the family could keep tabs on...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact A heroic local man has today done his bit to save a big old sea turtle from the worst of humanity. After enjoying a morning stroll down to the yuppie inner city French Quarter Markets for a  halloumi and egg roll, Will Woodward decided to tack on an $8 orange juice as well. Because, he’s hungover, and it looks like...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact Joan of Arc Ladies College alumnus Rachel Bueren (21) states she has never considered herself a feminist, but is partaking in a radical new move that is disrupting those around her anyway.  Although claiming to be living ‘below her means’ in a French Quarter sharehouse, it appears that the first year psychology student has identified another lifehack afforded to...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact It is clear as day to staff of Betoota Ponds Maccas that regular customer Aemon Trot (38) has had a flop of a day and has called for a naughty meal to lift his spirits. While usually known for his childlike joy while ordering a large double quarter pounder meal with a coke no sugar, drive thru worker Matilda...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT Bill Gates, or ‘Gatesy’ as he is known by his new mates down at the TAB, has admitted today that rejecting Clippy’s relationship advice was a mistake.  Clippy, the default Office Assistant, was introduced to widespread disdain in Office 97, annoyed users for a decade and was eventually humanely euthanised during the development of Office 2007.  “He was just trying...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact In an interconnected world that has seen comedy become a faster moving industry than ever before, dads of Australia are grateful that some classics never die. A father of six/staunch keeper of dad joke traditions, Graham Aslop (68) claims his time-tested tummy ticklers are the pride of his family. “Any time a kid gets in the way of the TV...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact In a Wonkarian effort of confectionary creativity, local Keto dieter Sian Levy has claimed to have a sore throat in order to smash another entire pack of Strepsils. The Ketogenic diet, more commonly known as the Keto diet (or the Atkins diet if you can remember the ‘00s) involves consuming three low-carb, high-fat meals a day and according to...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT After a long day at work, local bloke Ryan Peterson has found himself falling into a deep YouTube hole. It’s alleged the 27-year-old engineer had had a particularly stressful day at the office followed by a brutal gym session, which had eaten up most of his day. By the time he’d staggered through his door at 9 pm, Ryan’s...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A young man from our town's cosmopolitan French Quarter is on the same page as Andrew Bolt, something he says happens once every five or six years. Lloyd Peterson, an Arts student at South Betoota Polytechnic College, said he discovered he had the same opinion as Andrew Bolt on the Morrison Government's India Travel Ban...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | Contact In an increasingly cashless economy, it seems the only use for physical cash is to place in a teenagers birthday card. For regional cafes however, cash is very much still king meaning the ATM in the pub down the road is as good as 12th century Britain when it comes to producing said kings. Many Australians know the frustration...