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12 August, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact After nearly six hours of debate yesterday, the Coalition party room voted not to allow a conscience vote, instead binding MPs to support traditional marriage. However, it appears Prime Minister Abbott is concerned he may have put a few lifelong friends off-side with the decision, and has spent the last twelve hours...

11 August, 2015. 11:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Despite a thrilling 27-19 win against New Zealand in Sydney on Saturday night, The Qantas Wallabies have today announced that an integral playmaker has been stood down from all duties pending an investigation into what has been described as a "horrific above the shoulders offence". In front of 73 824 fans, Wallabies veteran...

8 August, 2015. 13:06 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports | Contact AUSTRALIAN selectors have shocked the sporting world today by announcing that Shane Watson is set to replace the out-of-form Steven Smith for the next Ashes test at The Oval in London. Only a month ago, Watson was dumped from the team after his 36-month-long form slump was finally too much for Coach...

6 August, 2015. 11:59 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact HE'S THE ONLY Member of Parliament to make the BRW Rich List. With an estimated net worth of around AU$200 million, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull may be forced into a political role he never wanted. The harsh reality that Mr Turnbull is facing right now is that he's the only representative who can afford...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact POLICE in Brisbane are calling it “fightin' in a bottle”, a type of rum known on the streets as cane champagne or biff syrup that’s making users handsome and psychotic while giving them a superhuman ability to make ripper calls and punch people senseless. The dark spirit, which cops say is prevalent in the rugby...

2 August, 2015. 13:14 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE CONTROVERSIAL THROAT-SLITTING haka has been given the all clear by World Rugby ahead of the Rugby World Cup, which is due to kick off in London in just over four weeks time. The move comes after a number of national rugby boards from around the world asking for the sport's governing body to...

28 July, 2015. 15:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IMMIGRATION MINISTER PETER Dutton has confirmed that US rapper Tyler, The Creator has been banned from entering the country. The decision was handed down this morning after the government agreed that the 24-year-old "was not of good character" and potentially harmful. While many speculated that the controversial artist was barred from entering the...

27 July, 2015. 16:09 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THERE IS A PART of Northern Australia that's still untouched by the outside world. Outsiders who dare to visit are often greeted with hostility. They have their archaic views mocked and their livelihoods called in to disrepute. As a young man from neighbouring Charleville found out the hard way in 2004. He travelled to this tiny lost pocket of...

  July 22, 2015. 11:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONALISTS are being universally laughed at this week after it was revealed that their official anti-Islamic rally anthem belongs to one of the most well-known Muslim rock stars of all time. Protests across Australia took place over the weekend, with clashes between anti-Muslim and anti-racism demonstrators. The Reclaim Australia...

22 July, 2015. 16:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FAMILY MEMBERS OF Bill Shorten have plenty of reasons to rejoice this afternoon, after the search for the missing opposition leader ended in the best possible way. Shorten was reportedly lost in the political wilderness for nearly seven months, but has returned to lacklustre form today by releasing a policy that is the ying to...