Westfield Santa arrested in front of stunned children and parents
22 December, 2014. 13:12
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
A SANTA AT Western Sydney shopping centre has been arrested in front of horrified shoppers this morning.
In a mid-morning operation, police swooped on the suspect while he was working as a Santa at Westfield Parramatta.
Police allowed the man to change out of his costume to minimise the trauma to the children...
News Corp forecast profit jump in light of recent tragedies
20 December, 2014. 13:39
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
News Corp forecast to make company record profit in the Christmas quarter.
Multinational media outlet accused of "profiteering on the collective pain and sadness of millions".
Rupert Murdoch reportedly unapologetic but offers condolences to "loved ones".
Murdoch: "We're not the only ones reporting the news - everybody else is doing it".
TRANS-GLOBAL MEDIA ORGANISATION News...
Staff at 2UE are “sick and tired” of being asked if they work with Alan Jones
17 December, 2014. 16:30
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
STAFF AT SYDNEY radio station 2UE are growing weary of being confused with rival broadcaster 2GB.
In what's become a daily occurrence, the team at 2UE have to continually endure the eternal question asked by misinformed friends and family.
Do you work with Alan Jones?
The year, 2UE has increased its ratings share by 0.8 points...
Overweight atheist finds it easier to condemn Christianity
27 February, 2015. 15:14
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected]
AN UNUSUAL rise in international religious extremism over the last few months has dominated both news headlines and household conversation - with many educated and uneducated experts willing to offer their condemnations and explanations of the events unfolding in both Sydney, Pakistan, Syria, Nigeria and Northern Ireland.
The attacks, which all differ in...
Suburban Four-Wheel-Drive Owners Maintain Dignity With New Spray-On-Mud™
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | [email protected]
A BOUTIQUE ARTISAN goods manufacturer is launching "Spray on Mud™" for urban four-wheel-drive owners.
The Bondi Bay Collective says the new product will target those who own a SUV but only brave the frontier of their local Woolworths.
The luxury item will be available in a wide variety of colours and textures - from a red...
Bureau of Meteorology will only use male names for cyclones this season as “they want people to respect them”, study finds.
11 December, 2014. 11:30
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | [email protected]
People don’t take cyclones and tropical lows as seriously if they have a feminine name and the consequences are deadly, says the Bureau of Meteorology.
Female-named systems have historically killed more because people neither consider them as risky nor take the same precautions, the study published in the UBIMET Severe Weather Report 2014-15 concludes.
Researchers at...
“Pingers, broken dicks and benders” – 10 moments that prove Australian cricket is the loosest game on Earth
11 February, 2016. 15:45
IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | Contact
Over the winter, the nation divides itself up in to the three football codes. Some minority communities follow soccer - but like most self-respecting Australians, we do not fully acknowledge it as a sport.
It's not until the glorious summer - when men, women and children from all walks of Australian life unite...
Abbott memoir leaked as publishing giant comes under fire
9 December, 2014. 10:58
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | [email protected]
BOOK PUBLISHER PENGUIN Group has been forced to apologise after the upcoming memoir from PM Tony Abbott was leaked to the media.
Penguin believes that the material was released by a disgruntled former employee.
Pictures of what appear to be all or most of the wildly anticipated Tony Abbott memoir, How To Win...
Richard Di Natale Calls For Australia-Wide Ban On Pharrell Williams
3 June, 2016. 12:14
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT
It's been almost two years since its release, but as Pharrell Williams’ impossibly catchy party song ‘Happy’ continues to fly off the shelves of digital music stores, a growing chorus of child development experts are warning that it may in fact be doing our kids harm.
The popularity of the controversial tune, which...
ARU appoints Good Charlotte to combat NZ Haka in 2015 Rugby World Cup
Imran Gashkori | Sports Journalist | [email protected]
4 December, 2014. 10:30
Australian Rugby Union have today come out swinging with a new campaign to help the population get behind the Wallabies in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
The announcement shows the ARUs enlistment of ‘New Australians’, brothers Benji and Joel Madden, to headline the campaign with a rework of ‘I still call Australia Home’. Critics...
