The Nation

19 November, 2015. 09:15 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BURNS SPECIALISTS HAVE arrived in Sydney this morning after a 27-year-old Northern Irish national fell asleep on Bondi Beach yesterday afternoon. The tragedy comes as the man is said to have ignored warnings from fellow beachgoers. They became alarmed when the Toomebridge native removed his shirt, revealing his sickly Antrim pallor. Martin Sloan Felter was found around 5pm...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT According to the official Forbes list, Australian active-wear entrepreneur Casey Hoskins is reportedly worth over six million dollars - and she owes it all to an amazing idea she had while travelling around London late last year. "Everywhere I looked I saw people walking around the city with yoga mats. In the streets, on the tube, at cafe's," "I thought 'surely...

OBITUARY | Editor | CONTACT 1990's TV icon and beloved comic mastermind Rattus the Rat has been found dead after a suspected heroin overdose in his Surry Hills apartment this morning. An entire nation is in mourning. Rattus, best known for playing an exaggerated version of himself in The Ferals and the groundbreaking Feral TV, forever changed the face of Australia’s cultural landscape....

28 October, 2015. 13:27 IMRAN GASHKORI | Editor | CONTACT It seems the Western Sydney Wanderers have had enough. After an endless barrage of media hype over flares, the A-League cellar dwellers have decided to fire back, today announcing a bold bid to lure former WWF/WWE wrestling superstar Ric Flair to the club as a club mascot and potential owner. Flair was recently spotted...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NRL players do not deserve the riches of the new broadcast deal, frustrated clubs executives believe. The Courier-Mail can reveal club officials plan to lobby the Todd Greenberg NRL CEO to come good on the promise made by the code in 2014 that would see $2 million dedicated to helping players remove the word "youse" from...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] After more than forty-five minutes spent watching both professional and amatuer adult films through an array of online streaming services, local man Dave Amos says he is now experiencing "something that feels a lot like guilt". "I mean it's not like I've hurt anyone... What I'm feeling is more of a disappointment. A disappointment in myself," Mr Amos, a 28-year-old...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Like anyone who was required to use science fiction as an escape during their troubled childhoods, The Betoota Advocate is hyper-space-hyped for the upcoming  sequel to everyone’s favourite franchise, Star Wars, There’s been a myriad of leaks and rumours swirling on the internet, but a recent post from a Disney employee on Reddit has confirmed the presence of 5 iconic...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact APPLE CEO Tim Cook has today tweeted that he had received clarification from software statisticians of a world record in monitored physical activity being broken in the Sunshine Coast shopping district of Noosa Junction, Queensland. According to the "Steps Counter" application, two Apple Watch users have travelled over 900 kilometres by foot in only two...

29 October, 2015. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A WAYWARD BRISBANE teen has been sentenced by the local courts to attend an upcoming Neil Diamond concert after she was found guilty of theft-related charges. 17-year-old Brittany Dorst was arrested after her parents pressed charges against her as they caught her stealing cash and using the family car without prior authorisation....

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Jake Garbs is from Sydney's Northern Beaches and couldn't give a shit about anything. A place made famous by the controversial rugby league franchise known as The Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, as well as the Channel Seven TV drama Home & Away, which is unofficially set in one of the sleepy seaside localities. But unlike those successful exports, Jake Garbs has absolutely no...