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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In less than half an hour, the first US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will be underway, as the candidates approach the final leg of the 2020 election campaign. The showdown will be broadcast live on free-to-air right across Australia, as the nominees square off publicly for the first time at Case Western Reserve...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Trump Administration have today dismissed the bombshell revelations that the President has evaded federal income taxes for the better part of two decades, arguing that the radical left don't even understand how business works. Yesterday, The New York Times today revealed that President Trump paid just US$750 in federal income taxes in 2016, the year he won the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With 44 days until the American presidential election, the same old issues that never change are once again at the forefront of political debate in the United States. Gun control, the separation of church and state, and the minimum wage are being bandied around - with one side of politics arguing nothing should change, and the other major party...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Sir David Attenborough has spoken out today, revealing that he's been overwhelmed by the reaction to his joining of the Instagram platform. Speaking exclusively to The Advocate this morning the British naturalist said he's enjoyed 'hopping on the Gram,' but has been a bit taken aback by all of the women hitting on him. The voice of nature...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT President Donald Trump has accused the 'left-wing fake news media' of exaggerating the US COVID-19 death toll to undermine his chances of re-election. His comments follow months of failing to properly implement any form of consistent pandemic lock down across all states, despite warnings from medical experts that measures such as closing businesses and social distancing are key to...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT US President Donald Trump has caused quite a stir today, after revealing he has already put forward a nomination for the next Justice of the Supreme Court. Speaking this morning Australian time, the President announced that he had formally nominated Meat Loaf to fill the void left by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The passing of the pioneering judge had...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT As the global pandemic rolls on, up to 25,000 Australians are still reportedly trapped overseas, with no clear path to return home. Since international borders shut in March, thousands of Australians have understandably been unable to return home, prompting calls for the nation to up it's quarantining capacity before Christmas. With that causing a bit of attempted political...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The scenes of wildfire devastation and apocalyptic smoke coming out of America may appear familiar to Australians, many of whom are still recovering for the 'Black Summer' bushfires that destroyed close to ten percent of the bushland across the nation's eastern seaboard through December and January. American firefighters are currently overwhelmed by a furious climate-change aided wildfire season, with...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT British author JK Rowling has been dealt a devastating blow today, after the world's Year 4 students revealed they are boycotting her Harry Potter series. The surprising move comes as #RIPJKRowling trends on Twitter, with various twitter accounts declaring Rowling's career dead, apparently. The latest controversy surrounding the author who got a generation of children to read in...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact Planet Earth has been left spinning dizzily on it’s axis this week after it was revealed that a celebrity couple has decided to give their child a stupid name, eschewing normal celebrity protocol of bestowing upon their offspring a sensible, non-teasable, traditional name, like Clancy or Errol.   Ed Sheeran and wife Cherry Seaborn have named their daughter Lyra...