The Nation

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAs the nation continues to be hit with rain, it’s become even easier to distinguish between type A and type B personalities, by not only their choice of umbrella, by how long they've owned it for. For example, local woman Amelia Barlowe, 32 is known for relaxed, easy going nature and penchant for living in the moment, which is...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The coach of the Spanish Men's Football team has today come under fire for a disgraceful act after the full time whistle in this morning's game. Coach Luis de la Fuente has been accused of assaulting star Spanish forward Alvaro Morata, shortly after Spain's victory in the Euro 2024 Semi-Final. Fresh off the back of bundling a disappointing...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After months of social unrest that has followed the October 7th attacks on Israel, and subsequent IDF military campaign in Gaza, Australia has appointed a special envoy to combat antisemitism and preserve "social cohesion", amid rising community tension over the war. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced lawyer and businesswoman Jillian Segal would head up the envoy to advise the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Local tradhusband Martyn Hessman has mustered the courage to ask his wife, Sarah, if he can go to the pub this weekend. Martyn, a kept man, spends his days cleaning the house, preparing gourmet meals, and tending to the children’s every need. But this weekend, he’s dared to dream of a night out with the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Archbishop of Brisbane has called for wariness amongst his congregants, as the Queensland State election campaigns begin. In just over three months time, Queenslanders will return to the ballot and take part in democratic process of choosing who will lead their government. With youth crime high on the agenda for the Queensland media and state opposition - polls have...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights resident has returned home this morning to his seven-figure shitbox on Rothery Road to find a fucking cockatoo chewing through the cladding on the side of his home. The home belongs to Stan and Mandy Roughton, a young couple that have given their all to buy a home that has a usable...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's two media most profitable media brands are coming into the new Financial Year at full steam, while every other new publisher undergoes brutal staff cuts. In the past fortnight, Australia's last remaining news organisations have finally started cutting the bone by laying off hundreds of reporters - with no real plan to combat a media cycle poisoned by...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact French Quarter resident and self-proclaimed progressive, Tarquin Clarke, admitted he would happily let U.S. President Joe Biden run the US Government but wouldn’t trust him to drive his kids to school. Clarke, a father of two and an active member of the Betoota progressive community, shared his thoughts during a recent neighbourhood gathering of likeminded...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights couple are wondering how childcare centres get away with such outrageous and immoral terms as they enrolled their eldest child this morning. At over $200 a day before the 'generous' childcare subsidy, CleverMinds on Rosebank Road is at the upper end of childcare centres in Betoota. While there are many others to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local Territoryman Cobra Henderson is currently enduring splitting headache and a chest full of horrors over his drunken behaviour, after a big night of the piss in the Top End. "Eight Hours at Shenannigans will do it" says Cobra, as he massages his sweet-soaked temples. "Crikey we gave it a nudge" "Who knows what I said, who knows who I ran...