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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Critics of federal Labor's policy-light election pitch have been largely silenced today after the Opposition announced a new landmark policy today in Canberra. Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese detailed a new policy of letting the government routinely shit the bed and then blame the dog. All the while, Labor just stands to offer an alternative to the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The defacto leader of the Democratic Peoples' Republic Of Western Australia (DPRWA) has said it is a 'source of sadness' for him that people on the east coast, in particular the rich neoliberals that occupy the high ground in Sydney like pimples on a fat man's arse, like to call him un-Australian because he...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact From tomorrow, people in New South Wales will be fined $1000 if they do not immediately leave their homes and spend money to stimulate the economy. The move comes as both the state's leader, Dominic Perrottet and his federal counterpart Scott Morrison, criticise the wider Australian public for hiding from the virus and staying at...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A city worker who does something in town with a computer in exchange for money has said he's obviously suffering from long COVID as he battles his way through wave after wave of lethargy and general malaise. That is despite Roland Jones, who is entirely disposable to his employer, having seven pints of Guinness last...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Police in Sydney's airport corridor are on the hunt for suspects today after 42 000 rapid antigen tests were stolen last night from a warehouse in Mascot. In particular, police are asking the driver of a black 1968 Dodge Charger to come forward to help detectives with their inquiries into the matter. The state's Premier Dom...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has once again resisted calls to make rapid antigen tests free for all Australians because doing so would harm the private businesses that bought them all. In a speech today to business leaders in Canberra, Mr Frydenberg explained that the government's policy of "Can Do Capitalism" is working and simply...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Going to hospital can be quite scary, especially for those who don't believe in modern medicine. So in an effort to make sure his followers get the best possible advice and care, popular television food critic Pete Evans has released his own line of signature hand-powered ventilators that his disciples can use on each other...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been able to salvage the nation's reputation abroad once again - this time, with a late-night phone call to his Croatian counterpart in an effort to put this Novak Djokovic affair to bed. In a morning press conference in Canberra, Mr Morrison explained that the Croatian President Zoran Milanović was...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A primary producer from our town's fertile north left quite the impression on a French Quarter radiologist last Saturday night as the two enjoyed a bite to eat then a walk and talk. Drawing on his best material, cattle farmer Fergus Sterling told The Advocate that he often gets a good reaction telling the story...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local city worker has taken time out of his busy week of being undervalued and overworked at some mid-tier domestic law firm to tell The Advocate that he went to a wedding the weekend before last and managed to not get the spicy cough that's going around. That's despite his best efforts, says Declan...