The Nation

17 January, 2017. 10:15 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Facebook and partner company Instagram have come under fire this afternoon from an out-of-work Betoota tennis coach today as yet anther one of his 'topless' holiday pictures was removed. Speaking to The Advocate this afternoon, Glenn Morrison of Kiora Cresent explained that he felt personally victimised by the multinational corporations. "I can't help...

17 January, 2017. 10:15 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Two North Betoota mates formed a pact overnight to clear each other's browser history in the event that either of them dies. Ernie Collins and Bernard Stevenson relocated to town late last year from Darlinghurst, on Sydney's Upper East Side. They're classic blokes who love a stitch-up as much as the next bloke...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The cheeky and much loved Queensland Police Service have released a side-splitting video of some of their officers doing the Harlem Shake, after taking 44 months to realise what it was. The video features officers from the Toowoomba Local Area Command doing the shake, which took the world by storm in 2013, 44 months ago. The...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report from the Fred Hollows Foundation has found that supermodels, porn stars and actors have some of the worst eyesight in the world. The charity, that aims to 'put an end to all avoidable blindness' have conducted a study into why hot people often look like they haven't visited an optometrist for a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A gaggle of North Betoota gym junkies are rejoicing this morning after discovering that nearly every new year resolution member has since lost interest in changing the direction of their lives. Arriving shortly before 6 AM, local orthodontist Greg Lootmahn was expecting to see the usual January smorgasbord of portly Betootanese residents flogging themselves to death on...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Thousands of Australian country-pop-rock and enthusiasts and generally proud Australians have taken to the streets of Adelaide this afternoon to protest the incarceration of the former Australian Idol runner up and Australian heartland rock singer Shannon Noll. Noll was arrested outside a Hindley Street strip club in Adelaide early this morning, and charged with two...

13 January, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Nine Network has gone into lockdown this afternoon after footage was leaked to an online news outlet that showcased presenter Amber Sherlock belittling and berating colleague Julie Snook over an apparent wardrobe clash. Every employee at the North Sydney studio was called into auditorium shortly before lunch, where it's being reported that...

13 January, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Fed up with being greeted by the unmistakable waft of beer piss each time he visited the loo in his own pub, a Central Betootanese publican spat the dummy last week and took to his toilets with a jimmy bar. Gilbert Coolidge even filled up the piss trough with plaster of Paris,...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Since retreating to her husband's native Wee Jasper two years ago, Alex Winter has made it abundantly clear to her Sydney friends that each time she makes the trip upstate for a visit, they need to strap in for a big one. This weekend marks the first time she's made the trip solo after giving...

12 January, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Kicking off his sandshoes the moment he walked through the door, Marcus Coffey made a beeline for the couch his mother bought him at Logan IKEA just last week. The local off-site construction logistics manager is absolutely rooted. Not because he's dealing with the unions all day. Not because Bowral fucked up and...