Politics

21 August, 2015. 15:07 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AUSTRALIA'S FIRST OPENLY libertarian politician smoked a cigarette in parliament today, stating that he should be able to do so. Senator David Leyonhjelm says the laws that prohibit smoking in public buildings are just another example of how frivolous government legislation is keeping the people in shackles. "There shouldn't be a law that...

18 August, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Prime Minister Abbott has announced a "hygienic compromise" today after Labor's insistence that Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon should resign or be dismissed from the inquiry into trade unions, following the revelation that he had booked to speak at a fundraiser in support of the NSW Liberal Party. The Federal Government has made...

16 August, 2015. 13:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A spokesman for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims that asylum seekers at Nauru detention centre were water-boarded were "down right incorrect" and "false". The government has explained that the guard at the centre of the waterboarding allegations got his aquatic-boardsport terminology mixed up. In a report published by the Abbott Government earlier...

14 August, 2015. 14:44 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Bronwyn Bishop said she "actually enjoyed the experience" after she was spotted on a commercial flight today. Mrs Bishop was returning to Sydney from Canberra this afternoon when she told her fellow passengers that flying commercially wasn't as bad as she thought it was. "Normally I wouldn't be looking...

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...

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...

3 August, 2015. 14:50 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER SPEAKER OF the House Bronwyn Bishop says her exile to the backbench is a "blessing in disguise". The 72-year-old university dropout plans to teach up-and-coming Liberal members how to act like a Coalition minister, by teaching them how to properly spend tax-payer money. While many of her colleagues have lauded her selflessness by...

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...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Samuel White-Kelly from Indooroopilly in Brisbane’s south-west, says he is not concerned about being liked by his high school peers. The 16-year-old is occasionally “flushed” and very often “noogied” by bigger classmates, however, it seems no one cares. Not even him. “It’s because of me being me. But no one does anything about it. The teachers think I deserve it. I'll...