The Nation

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT Though local woman Emily Rodgers has been doing her tax for roughly several years now, she still has the sinking feeling she’s inadvertently committed tax fraud. Like most millennials, Emily was never taught any life skills in high school and had been left to navigate the adult world through trial and error - because apparently knowing Pythagoras theorem is...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Channel 9 Commentator and former Rugby League great Darren Lockyer has pulled off an incredible display of multi-tasking, it can be revealed this morning. In between standing next to the other Maroon dress shirts and interview players after Game 3, the former Bronco revealed he actually smoked the perfect brisket as well. "Yeah, I brought the pit on...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Former Wallaby great Quade Cooper has been denied the chance to become an Australian again by the Home Affairs Office because he doesn't satisfy criteria that says his work "has benefit to Australia". That's despite the Queenslander having 70 Test caps for Australia and an international career that spanned nearly a decade. "Which isn't good enough,"...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A group of Australian Boomers has today notched up a historic win. However, this time around it's a victory that working class residents and young people can celebrate. The Australian Men's Basketball Team has just beaten the star-studded US Basketball lineup 91-83, in a pre-Olympics exhibition match. Spearheaded by Patty Mills and Joe Ingles, the win has...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The city of Goulburn has today taken drastic steps to ensure the spicy cough doesn't get out of hand. With news emerging overnight that a case had made its way to the area, the Mayor has today ordered one of their own back to town to deal with this crisis. The case came from a worker who visited...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In some shocking political news this afternoon, allegations have emerged that a former Prime Minister may be in the pocket of the Chinese Government. That's according to the Murdoch Media, with the Daily Telegraph claiming that Kevin Rudd has been lobbying on behalf of the Chinese Government. These allegations follow claims by Rudd himself, that he had been...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The streets that line the Sunshine Coast are reportedly deserted this afternoon, after a frantic mass evacuation earlier today. The apocalyptic scenes come after the NRL confirmed it would be re-locating players to the area as part of a special bubble to ensure they can play out the rest of the 2021 season. That movie-style evacuation of the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Football has confirmed this morning, that it might stay on tour for just a little bit longer, with a quick trip to Italy on the cards. This comes after the game revealed it was 'Coming Rome' after an incredible conclusion to the European Football Championship, which saw the Italians beat the English on penalties. The game was sent...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT Planet Neptune has today reported no new cases of the spicy cough, marking an impressive 1.6 trillion days without an infection.   “Whatever they are doing seems to be working” said a spokesperson for the World Health Organisation. “Their borders are still open; there’s no lockdown or masks or rules about singing. It’s actually quite inspirational.”   At time of printing Neptune...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT A report commissioned by the RFS has revealed that a car’s flammability is inversely proportional to the amount of rego remaining.  “The results were quite striking” said RFS Spokesman Eddy Holmatro. “We compared the amount of rego remaining on all of the vehicle fire callouts for the past 12 months and discovered that cars with less than one week...