The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AS THERE'S NOW ALMOST THREE TIMES as many genders as there was twenty years ago, the current toilet signage found throughout the world is coming under fire from everyday people. While being insensitive to melange sexualities and genders, the signs have also come under attack for not reinforcing a positive body image because of how...

BRUCE BACHETTO | Traffic | CONTACT Local police have warned they will be targeting drivers listening to trance this Easter break. The ban, which specifically aims to prevent people from listening to Darude's Sandstorm while driving, will run until Tuesday - after a spade of incidents involving the popular 90's tune. Shoalhaven man, Nathan Wells had a brush with death earlier this year...

24 March, 2016. 16:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A traumatised and stateless Australian-based Syrian refugee has today assured her host, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, that she is not too keen on joining or even sympathising with the terrorist organisation that took everything she has ever known away from her. "I heard Mr Turnbull's comments that suggested people should be wary...

24 March, 2016. 10:39 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN and construction has started on the controversial expansion of Betoota Airport, giving hope to the local chamber of commerce but sending other members of the community into a rage. One of those raging against the plan is local mum-to-be Jeanie Kyte. After reading an article her 34-year-old stay-at-home-mother...

22 March, 2016 12:45 ALEXUS CAMPBELL | Tourism & Lifestyle | CONTACT Goulburn city council is under fire today after it has been revealed that they are planning to imprison their entire town by expanding the Supermax prison to include all residents and their homes. Built in 1884 and situated three kilometres from town, Goulburn Correctional Centre has been a mainstay of the small city...

22 March, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BE CAREFUL OF WHO YOU connect with on social media, because one day, you could end up friending somebody like Dennis McGuvy. He has his favourites, then he has the ones he's saved to his external hard drive. "Summer is truly a magical time for me," said Dennis, breathing heavily. "People don't forget a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT WAS THE TRIP of a lifetime for the former prime minister, who arrived safely this afternoon in Sydney. After dedicating much of his life to the Australian public, John Howard thought it was about time to let down whatever hair he had left. "I was looking into doing those riverboat cruises you see on television...

21 March, 2016. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MINOR PARTY STAFFERS HAVE been observed cleaning windscreens at traffic lights around Canberra today as the possibility of a double dissolution election becomes greater. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced he will bring the budget forward a few days, sparking wild rumours that a double dissolution election is almost certain to take...

21 March, 2016. 11:28 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S NOT HAUNTED and nobody was gruesomely murdered there. Nor is it under the flight path of the local airport. Located the Brisbane blue-ribbon suburb of Ascot, this charming Queenslander is only moments from the city. It's on the market for nearly a million dollars less than the neighbouring property - but that's problem. The neighbours. After...

21 March, 2016. 8:28 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact GRADUATING AT THE TOP of your class isn't easy, no matter what you do. But for one Sydney law graduate, it came quite naturally. 24-year-old Sophia Ellis-Walter was admitted as a lawyer by the Supreme Court of New South Wales a month ago and since then, she's barely had enough time to sleep,...