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Due to the nation's controversial and oppressive gun restrictions, no one has died as a result of a mass-shooting from an automatic or semi-automatic weapon on Australian soil today, for the 8499th day in a row. North Betoota cinema attendant, Christina Upton can't believe it has been a whole 23 years, 3 months and 8 days since a heavily armed white...

1 December, 2015. 9:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A ROUTINE FLIGHT between Sydney and Melbourne was interrupted this morning by a fracas said to have been sparked by a man eating a banana with his mouth open. The Tiger Airlines Airbus was diverted to Canberra and the man who allegedly threw the punch was taken off the plane by waiting...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The 22-year-old receptionist at Sydney law firm, Ogilgemer-Maher, is a having a really good day. As a recent university graduate, Annabelle Rockham says she finally feels comfortable in her entry-level position at the 100-person strong Martin Place office. "I've been here for about four months and since then I had only had a couple conversations with co-workers who weren't delegating...

Story via Business Insider 24 November, 2015 16:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It is amazing that Australia's largest online retailer has not been completely hijacked by the ever-growing international gay market. That's according to a new report released by the Business Insider yesterday. The iconic swimwear company, known locally as Budgy Smuggler, is well known for their iconic "Banana Hammock" style male swimmers. However, their product appears...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact WORKING HARD TO MAKE his living and seeking shelter from the rain in his New Farm apartment, a Brisbane legal professional says that despite his exclusively private education and six-figure salary, he "can still really identify" to Jimmy Barnes' immortal classic Working Class Man. The song first appeared on the 1985 album For the Working...

23 November, 2015. 9:26 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact WHEN ONE OF HIS mates joked that he should get behind a bar, they would have never imagined that 21-year-old Mahmood Al-Edwij would do just that. While he was raised a Muslim in Sydney's western suburbs, the naturalised Australian citizen said he's having the time of his young working in the city's red...

22 November, 2015. 9:26 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Australian wine is best served as punch, that's according to world leading connoisseurs. The news comes after rioters in Europe have been caught using Australian red wine to vandalise cars and other auto-equipment. Just last week, a crime group from north-east London admitted to using cleanskin Aussie red to strip the paint off...

21 November, 2015 11:45 HARRY MANTER | Contributor | CONTACT With Woolworths' ANZAC day advertising bungle still fresh in our memories, the supermarket chain has again courted controversy with the timing of its new social media campaign. The campaign dubbed ‘Fresh Food Filters’ allows Facebook users to superimpose a translucent green tint and the Woolworths logo over their profile picture as a way to raise awareness...

20 November, 2015. 9:14 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BRISBANE'S GOLDEN SON Bernard Fanning is emerging as the frontrunner for the River City's mayoral election race next year, despite not formally announcing his candidacy. Political commentators have outlined that the recent surge in the former Powderfinger frontman's electoral popularity is due to the underlying fact that neither Labor hopeful Rod Harding...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With the ongoing European refugee crisis remaining a divisive political issue, over 2.8 billion people have shown their support for a young Middle Eastern family who were forced to give birth in an unhygienic agricultural premises, after being denied refuge by an entire city. Yusuf and Maryam, both 14, say that their pleas for asylum fell on deaf ears...