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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As Australians wade through one of the most shocking news cycles of the last decade, the expectation for every living person to become either an expert or an activist now seems to be mandatory in Melbourne. This new trend of needing to offer an opinion, uninformed or otherwise, on every single thing happening in the world is perhaps the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Melbourne man says he's learned from past mistakes as he opts to stay out of the social media discourse surrounding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. In previous flare ups between Israel and Palestine, Naarm boy Wesley Talbot was quick to show his support for Palestine but that lead to conflict between his...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACT In a groundbreaking declaration that has sent shockwaves throughout the diplomatic community, a stoned uni kid watching tiktok videos of violence in the middle east has revealed the solution to end the generational conflict raging overseas, is to simply chill out. Will Chester (22), A man that isn't really into the news and is more of a 'back of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The opposition National Party has won the 2023 New Zealand election, taking enough seats to form a coalition with several other parties. Incumbent prime minister Chris Hipkins (53) has been defeated by Chris Luxon (45). Mr Luxon thanked National voters and said they had "reached for hope" and "voted for change" by electing another straight white man named Chris. The result...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Hollywood actress Jada Pinkett Smith is this week diving deeper into past relationships on a media junket, as she continues to offer bizarre twists about her marriage for a public audience - who are now starting to regret unwillingly learning so much about Will Smith via his wife's non stop confessionals. After revealing that she and husband Will Smith...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A group of young Australians have pulled off the impossible and secured an apartment in Berlin this week and one of their new neighbours is thrilled at the prospect of living next door to some adventurous go-getters. Max Mustermann, 42, told The Advocate that he shares a common wall with the Australians. He spoke to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In a story as old as time, Hollywood star Timothée Chalamet has seen a slump in his basketball game that can only be related to the well publicised romantic developments in personal life. This follows the news that the billionaire LA socialite Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet may be dating. A source close to The Kardashians star, 25, tells the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is facing strong opposition this week after he floated the idea of replacing the country's Douglas DC-6 VIP transport aircraft earlier than budgeted. While politicians, sometimes even the Prime Minister, typically fly commercial when they can, some trips are too long for the propellor aircraft to take on in...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT 24-year-old Sydney girl, Sally Hanna, is now realising that the dream of living in a brownstone one bedroom apartment on East 73rd street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan - while earning a 6-figure salary for writing 450 words per week as a sex and dating columnist - might be unattainable. Despite living in NEW YORK, NEW YORK...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT YOU GUYS NEVER GO ON FIELD TRIPS? The entire staff group from the Japanese Embassy in Canberra have today boarded a rental coach for what will likely be the longest journey they will ever take while traveling on land. This marks the first official field trip in the history of Australia's Japanese Embassy, as they depart for a impulsive...