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2 February, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE SEASON DEBUT OF Australia's Got Talent raised eyebrows across the country last night as many where left wondering if the show did intended to showcase niche skill and expertise. That was until this morning, when the show's producers released a statement that this year, the show will feature more light entertainment and...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AS NETFLIX COMES through on its promise to shut the door on Australian VPN users,  consumers have hit back, saying that they wouldn't have to circumvent geo-blocking if the local catalogue was as comprehensive and satisfying as the American one. The Australian version of Netflix has six times less content and costs more. One local subscriber has...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A reporter for the "House Of Pop Cult" news and media organisation, Pedestrian.tv, has had her employment terminated during a group WIP meeting this morning, on the grounds that her idea of news was not in line with the company's advertising portfolio. Kate Winters, an aspiring news journalist who dreams of one day working for the ABC, says she was...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The list is here, the 2016 top ten richest Australians, according to Forbes. This year includes a few Forbes debuts, and few surprising ones at that. With the winding down of Australia's mining boom, we have seen an increase in other rising Australian industries - such as transport, sport, finance and blogging. Forbes’ 10 richest Australians 10. David Hains $1.8 Billion...

29 January, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE WARNINGS FROM fellow beachgoers, a 29-year-old Englishman has inconvenienced everybody around him by getting stuck in a powerful rip current at Manly Beach this morning. Chatty banker and term deposit specialist, Matteo Thompson, said he thought the lifeguards over reacted to the situation, blaming their use of hyperbole in their warnings to...

27 January, 2016 14:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As loyal monarchist, Jane Wu says her biggest concern about the possibility of Australia becoming an independent republic is the fact the Queen Elizabeth II might stop visiting our nation every 5-10 years. "It's a worry, if we remove her as our head of state, we'll lose the holiday as well as the flag. But...

It’s another sunny Australia Day in this great southern land, and what better way to forget about our country’s dark history of whitewashing and brutality than with a list of the most nostalgia tingling ABC shows from the 1990s. Who cares about the Stolen Generation and our nation's revisionist take on what happened after whites claimed this land as their...

25 January, 2016. 15:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact POLICE IN SYDNEY ARE BREAKING UP illegal warehouse parties with ACDC, young revellers have been reporting. The underground electronic dance music party scene has exploded in recent years, aided only by the NSW government's lockout laws and the oversupply of veterinary-grade ketamine. One issue police have had with these gatherings is that they're completely...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FOR some New South Wales farmers, January has been a time of great celebration, with unexpected and unprecedented rainfall loosening the drought's stranglehold on many primary producers. For others, the scarcity of water remains, as their communities are inexplicably bypassed by the heavy downpours that have flooded neighbouring regions. But for one Hunter Valley farmer, the rains...

The 26th of January, Australia Day. It's a day to celebrate Aussie pride! A couple of lamb chops and some cold beer. It's a national holiday, a time to recognise what really makes this country great on the anniversary of the British landing. While this year the holiday lands on a Tuesday everyone's getting the Monday off, so it's a four day...