The Nation

10 October 2016. 12:25 WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Prospective home buyers, Sally Simpson and Tony Johnstone had their Saturday morning ruined by a real estate agent who could not stop going on about how busy he is. Making the trip from Betoota out to Sydney the pair was simply trying to find a new home and a change of scenery. Instead, the young...

10 October, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A GLEN INNES GREYHOUND OWNER'S world is in tatters this morning after news broke that NSW Premier Michael Baird was planning to backflip on his decision to outlaw greyhound racing - just days after the owner dug a series of mass graves. As Allen Gregory was set to become the owner of...

7 October, 2016. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE HAVING A RUN-OF-THE-MILL sob story, friendly mid-functioning drug addict Mickey Pascoe has chosen not to share it with us, saying that our interview fee is more than enough to get him a ticket on the H-line train and a medium traditional pepperoni. Speaking candidly to The Advocate this afternoon, the 29-year-old...

6 October, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact CONSTABLE MICHAEL DUXWORTH SAYS that while there's no greater thrill shooting somebody in the buttocks with a Glock 17, using a taser to transform an aggressive Falcon enthusiast into a wheezing, writhing mass kicking around in the bulldust is still pretty awesome. If you've ever been hit with one of those 21-inch extendable...

5 October, 2016. 13:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact KNOWN PRIMARILY AS THE HOME of the Royal Australian Air Force's Air Combat Group, Williamtown on the outskirts of Newcastle has played host to another screech skyward for one prominent businessman down on his luck. Earlier today, disgraced former mining magnate Nathan Tinkler was promoted to the position of manager at the local...

5 October 2016. 12:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following the spectacular NRL Grand Final between the Cronulla Sharks and the Melbourne Storm, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has come good on her pre-season promise to Greg Martin from Triple M's Grill Team to get a Maroon State Of Origin tattoo live on air.   In March this year, the Premier appeared on the...

5 October 2016. 12:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Chief Executive ANZ bank has texted Malcolm Turnbull to let him know that he wishes he'd never agreed to be his son's godfather, after appearing before the Standing Committee on Economics to answer questions surrounding problems in its wealth management division and its troubled rural lending business. This week chief executives from Australia's big-four banks...

2 October, 2016. 11:02 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact PARTS OF CENTRAL BRISBANE ARE in ruin this afternoon as the state's annual Y2K bug returns with a shocking, destructive vengeance. Often seen as nothing more than a curse put upon the great people of Queensland by the communist southern states, daylight savings time has, and will always face stiff opposition in...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The parklands surrounding the Melbourne Cricket Ground have become a makeshift morgue for Swans scarves and other supporter apparel as the Sydneysiders failed once again to bring the bacon home from the sporting capital of Australia. Yarra Park sits adjacent to the sporting complex, creating a buffer between it and the cosmopolitan East Melbourne district....

30 September, 2016. 15:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Now nearly 30 years since Powderfinger first appeared on stages and stadiums around Australia, Brisbane City Council has today unveiled a tribute to the River City rockers, one that will remain for many years to come. The statue which was commissioned by the Queensland state government, depicts eighteen-metre high bronze reproduction of...