Seven Network under fire for broadcasting ‘creepy’ footage of Oscar Pistorius walking on nubs
4 July, 2016. 13:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
SWATHES OF CHILDREN ARE receiving counselling and thousands of other ordinary Australians were "extremely creeped out" by footage broadcast by the Seven Network that showed Oscar Pistorius walking around on his nubs.
Originally aired on Seven's investigative journalism program Sunday Night, the highly confronting images of the disgraced athlete sent a shockwave...
Wyatt Roy is listening to Yellow by Coldplay on repeat as political career ends
3 July, 2016. 19:09
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RETREATING TO HIS PARENTS HOME on Queensland's methamphetamine coast, former MP Wyatt Roy has locked himself in his bedroom to contemplate life while listening to Coldplay.
Faced with having to re-enter society as a normal working human being, Roy says he's not quite ready.
"How can Bob Katter have a 10% swing toward...
Greens campaigner regrets wearing Birkenstocks on such a cold day
2 July, 2016. 17:45
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AS THE SUN SETS ON another ordinary election day, one young Melbourne greens campaigner is facing the prospect of having to catch the tram home in Birkenstocks.
Only problem is it's very cold.
Kate Lewis said she had a bit of a brain snap when she pulled on her German riding boots this...
Joe Hockey officially endorses Malcolm Turnbull with touching tweet
1 July, 2016. 13:34
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IF YOU THINK THERE'S ANY bad blood inside the Liberal Party, think again.
After months of radio silence, Abbott Treasurer Joe Hockey has come in from the cold on the last day of campaigning and officially thrown his support behind Malcolm Turnbull.
Tensions between Hockey and Turnbull have thawed recently as the North...
Stay-At-Home Daughter Briefly Looks Up From iPhone To Ask Dad Who She Should Be Voting For
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In a new low for democracy, local daughter Amelia Standen (22) has essentially just doubled her 60-year-old father's voting power.
After managing to avoid ingesting any form of political media during the last six weeks of intense campaigning by both major Australian political parties, Amelia has taken several moments to switch off" from social media and ask her conservative...
NSW Blues Hire Sally Robbins As Team Counsellor Ahead Of Game III
31 June, 2016. 11:35
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Blues coach Laurie Daley has today announced the newest inclusion to the NSW Origin management team.
Former Olympian Rower Sally Robbins, has been hired by the NSWRL to 'help bring about a bit of ticker' in the most unsuccessful Australian representative sports team of this millenium.
Daley says Robbins has proven experience in 'having a...
Gold Coast Praised For Going 5 Months Without Racist Public Transport Incident
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Queensland's Gold Coast has been praised today by both minority groups and local politicians for managing to last 5 months without a video surfacing of a racist public transport incident.
Gold Coast mayor, Tom Tate, says he is very proud of his city for not making national headlines over picking on random strangers on a...
Local Man Too Occupied with Underperforming Footy Sides To Give A Fuck About Election
30 June, 2016. 13:35
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Local man, Will Chapman (26) doesn't know how his mates can be so 'into this political shit' at the moment, especially considering the current Manly Sea Eagles match-fixing saga.
As a staunch fan of both Manly, the NSW Blues and the Wallabies, this health and fitness professional from Avoca Beach has nothing to smile about,...
Nick Kyrgios fined for acting like a Canberra boy at Wimbledon
30 June, 2016. 12:32
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
YOU'RE NOT FROM CANBERRA UNLESS you've headbutted an ADFA warrior during a big Mooseheads session or received some sort of ban from Workies.
Or you've told some wok-eyed ATP tennis umpire to go and get fucked.
The 21-year-old was been fined $3,380 for unsportsmanlike conduct in his opening Wimbledon match for calling out Swedish umpire Mohamed...
Euthanasia becomes legal for people who drank prosecco the night before
29 June, 2016. 9:04
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
IF YOU'RE WAKING UP FROM a long hard night on the prosecco, there's some light at the end of the tunnel.
Childbirth and femoral fractures are considered less painful than a hangover induced by the fancy-sounding fizzy pop - with some comparing it to having your head split in half with a...
