The Nation

18 March, 2016. 16:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact POLICE IN NARCOTICS HOTSPOTS will be keeping an eye on people using ATMs this weekend, looking for people withdrawing $300 - the average cost of a decent bag of cocaine. The leafy Sydney suburbs of Bondi, Double Bay and Lakemba will be under the microscope, while New Farm, Hawthorne and Banyo have...

18 March, 2016. 13:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Yesterday morning, national liquor retailer Dan Murphy’s announced that Crown Larger would be from its Premium Beer Section. The company’s CEO, Chris Stewart, said that the move came after a general consensus from franchisees who pointed out that Crown Lager was mostly bought as gifts by people who do not drink beer. However, the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SYDNEY NEEDS TO BE less desirable and more dangerous according to a new political party hell bent on helping young Sydneysiders buy a house in the harbour city. Following a city planning model similar to Brazil's Rio De Janeiro, The FairGo Party plans to destabilise Sydney to the point where people will actively feel afraid,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT National liquor retailer Dan Murphy’s today announced that it will remove Crown Larger from its Premium Beer Section. The company’s CEO, Chris Stewart, said that the move came after countless people had attempted to return Crown Larger six packs which they had been thoughtlessly gifted over the Christmas period. "For a long time we’ve been...

16 March, 2016. 17:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN RESPONSE TO THE LATEST senseless killing in Melbourne's caffeine district, the Victorian government is set to introduce sweeping new measures to keep the public safe - similar to Sydney's controversial lockout laws. The body of Joe Acquaro, 55, was discovered on a footpath near a popular cafe, on the corner of...

  ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S office has drafted alcohol plain packaging legislation which is due to go before parliament in the coming weeks. Samples of the new branding were released by the Attorney-General Senator George Brandis QC this morning during a press conference in Canberra. The proposed warning labels will be similar in design to the existing cigarette packets labels...

15 March, 2016. 15:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Fears that some of Australia's most important climate research institutions will be gutted under a Turnbull government have been realised with deep job cuts for the scientists that have been working to save life on Earth. It is estimated as many as 110 positions in the CSIRO's Oceans and Atmosphere division will go,...

15 March, 2016. 13:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE LOGAN IKEA SUPERSTORE is in lockdown after federal politician Clive Palmer wandered off from his minders, sparking a desperate search by workers and his own staff. Police and emergency crews have arrived and ushered shoppers out while they began cordoning off the area. Palmer's staff are concerned he may encounter a member while...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has today announced that they do not care how many people actually watch their Sunday night line up of British soap operas -  they will continue to broadcast "Call The Midwife" and "Doc Martin" out of respect to a small faction of viewers who claim to be intelligent enough to...

13 March, 2016. 18:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A new report by the Australian National University has indicated that 70% of ACT residents were under the impression that the nickname "The Bush Capital" was in reference to the high-quality standard of homegrown marijuana that is present throughout the territory. "I mean, it's not a lie that Canberra has some of the best...