The Nation

7 February, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SYDNEY HAS BEEN living in sin for far too long, according to Mike Baird and the powerful Christian lobby. A report commissioned by the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) found that late night drinking, dance parties and homosexuals are damaging the traditional family model more than an alcoholic, problem gambling Catholic parent ever could, or...

6 February, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BLAKE DENHERT ALWAYS sits at the back of the train, in the quiet carriage. You might've seen him staring demurely out the window as he makes his hour long commute to his shitty job. Headphones in. Unfortunately, his job is fulfilling and there's plenty of opportunity for him to grow and learn as...

5 February, 2015. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESHAUN EMMANUEL DOESN'T UNDERSTAND how Australians aren't scared to go outside, as the country is home to a disproportional amount of venomous animals. That's despite him being raised in the US gun murder capital of Washington D.C. - where you're more likely to be shot to death than graduate from college. Speaking yesterday...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT ST GEORGE-Illawarra back Josh Dugan has been chosen to lead the first White Trash XVII to take on the Silver Spoons a fortnight after the season returns for the unfortunately-named Downer NRL Auckland Nines. The sport's newest representative clash is one that officials are hoping will become as tribal as the annual State of Origin series, and...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN A THINLY-VEILED attempt at telling every woman he has on social media that he now exercises, a 29-year-old Brisbane legal profession said he can't wait to start rooting again, using his soon-to-be chiselled body as a potent sexual weapon, which none of them are going to be able to resist. Concluding that the lack of physical intimacy and...

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...