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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT As Australia comes to terms with another bad day of numbers from the two most populous states, a new report has revealed that things are still pretty sweet over the Tasman. It's been confirmed in a new report this week that New Zealand is now just showing off. This follows the news that Aotearoa checked off 100 days without...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In the most recent headlines to take attention away from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matters movement, and the calls to stop powerful men in the arts and law from sexually assaulting their female colleagues, there have been revelations that popular daytime TV host Ellen DeGeneres is an absolute piece of work. This has come as a shock...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT The group formerly known as ‘The Dixie Chicks’, who dropped the apparently racist ‘Dixie’ part of their name last month, have again changed their name by also removing the sexist ‘Chicks’ component. The group will now be known as "The" Formed in Texas in 1989, the all-female country group originally focussed on bluegrass and dressed in cowgirl outfits, a format...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact After his embarrassing Tulsa rally, President Donald Trump has resorted to drastic measures to avoid another gaffe. The rally, held on June 20 in the BOK Centre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was predicted to have over 1 million attendees, after that many tickets were reserved. However, the actual attendance was about 6,200, after most of the tickets were reserved...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Multiple women have come forward on social media alleging that singer-songwriter-actor Justin Timberlake engaged in historical crimes against denim. The allegations suggest that the former lead singer of NSYNC completely overdid it with the sturdy cotton warp-faced textile, starting in late 2001, just prior to his break-up with Britney. While Timberlake has in the past apologised for the now famous...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In some truly shocking news, a few of the countries who have taken a noticeably anti-expert approach the Coronavirus outbreak, are in a fair bit of curry. The news follows confirmation from the likes of Brazil and the United States that they are experiencing devastating outbreaks of the Covid-19 virus. Brazil has emerged as the new poster boy...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact The relationship between China and Australia is at an all time low today as Beijing has threatened in a tersely-worded statement that if relations do not improve, China will immediately cease purchasing Australian companies, houses, resources and vast swathes of prime Australian agricultural land. Chinese entities currently own (or have 99 year leases on) the Port of Darwin, an airport in WA, a few coal...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact As tensions between Australia and China escalate, Beijing has released a statement threatening to ban Australia’s 4th most valuable export. The iconic kangaroo scrotum coin purse, which ranks just behind coal, iron ore, and other tourist trinkets which are technically made in China as a critical cornerstone of the export economy and a key indicator of economic stability ever since they were...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Local News | Contact After watching his beloved country erupt in protest over yet another completely avoidable murder of an African American man, former US President Barack Obama stepped in and delivered an address to the people that really should have come from the sitting President. In the 15-minute speech, Obama offered the world a sound, measured, and empowering response to the...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT WINNING: America's current need for a win is outmatched only by their need for new leadership. Luckily, President Donald Trump has taken to the Rose Garden to announce his latest win and how that will help the people who voted for him who still don’t have jobs. “I beat you, I beat you, I beat you,” stated Mr Trump as...