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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Nicole Kidman is back on the screen in a new TV thriller about a bunch of delusional rich people with lots of baggage that they think will be fixed by immersing themselves in a high-end luxury lifestyle in a picturesque town with no poor people. Based on a book written by the same Australian author that wrote that...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT As the Taliban continue to consolidate their control over the major cities of Afghanistan, the president of their now collapsed US-backed government has left his supporters hanging at the gates of the airport - while he 'pulled a scomo'. 'Pulling a scomo' is a popular expression within the Australian vernacular, and is used to describe the actions of...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports | Contact The Prime Minister has shrugged off suggestion that he does everything last minute and/or when there's substantial public pressure, telling The Advocate this morning that everything he does has been in the pipeline at some point. Scott Morrison then went onto suggest that if the media thinks they could do a better job running the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The major cities and towns of Queensland have just enough freedom for their Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to get away with flying to Japan this week, as the rest of Australia remains imprisoned under strict lockdowns. If this little overseas jaunt took place a month ago, Anna would be public enemy one right now. That said, Queenslanders as a whole are...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today asked all Brits to remember the importance of being humble in victory, even though that is not a scenario that they will likely find themselves in for the foreseeable future. Last night, England failed to end their 55-year wait for a major international trophy as Bonucci met Luke Shaw's early goal at...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After decades of ramping up the political-patriotism every ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day to justify sending our bright-eyed young men and women to the Middle East to impress George Bush, it seems the Afghanistan War might be joining Vietnam, Korea and Iraq on the long list of foreign conflicts that only seemed to worsen the situation in these...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT A court deciding one of the largest divorce settlements in history has awarded Melinda Gates custody of 50% of the people who have taken the spicy cough jab. These people, who have become virtual zombies thanks to the tiny microchips personally added to the shots by Gates, are now legally Melinda’s property, for her to use as she...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT US President Joe Biden has expressed support for a ceasefire in Palestine during a phone call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This comes as the death toll continues to rise since violence erupted last week. Officials say 212 Palestinians have died, including 61 children and 36 women. Ten people have been killed in Israel, including two children. The UN...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact A couple of American Breakfast TV hosts hoping for some front-page gossip have had an interview take a bizarre turn this week. Speaking to Hollywood star Matt Damon, the pair of interviewers from the United States where awkwardly left to fill airtime as their guest stumbled off into the back ground for 60 seconds or so. "Hold up...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In some exciting news for middle aged dads right around the world, Denzel Washington is back... In a movie about a man with nothing to lose. The new flick has not been met with much hype, as it clearly follows the same formula as all of the recent shoot 'em ups that followed his epic 2004 action thriller, Man...