Politics

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Governor-General Peter Cosgrove has experienced the horrid feeling of his soul being consumed upon, after shaking hands with a gliding, wraith-like dark creature employed by the Australian Ministry of Immigration as the guard of Nauru Prison. The Minister, who originates from the Division of Dickson, has been in the role of Dementor for the Ministry of Immigration since 21 December 2014, after He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named...

4 April, 2017. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact After being dumped by Sky Television late last week after a string of controversial comments, former Labor leader Mark Latham has vowed to take his Outsiders programme online - using the power of the internet superhighway to reach his devoted followers. The 56-year-old has reportedly constructed a home television studio in his...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact One Nation senators yesterday claimed that race-hate speech laws are protecting Muslim criminals, because everyday citizens are unable to abuse every Muslim come across. Following on from this, party leader Pauline Hanson called out “lefty” thought police, while also denying she had ever been a racist. While delivering a statement to Parliament today condemning political correctness in the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Ahead of dinner with their Maamaan (grandmother), Senator Sam Dastyari has berated his younger cousin, Ashkan for doing exactly what he told him not to do. Ashkan, under strict instructions from his federal politician cousin, was told to either bring his mum's Holden Astra or park down the street a bit, where other people from work won't be...

28 March, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Coming just a day after labelling ABC radio presenter Wendy Harmer a 'disabled commercial failure', former prime ministerial hopeful Mark Latham has confirmed that he just doesn't give a fuck anymore. Speaking to The Advocate this morning via telephone, Latham said he 'doesn't have a filter' and won't apologise for speaking his mind. "Oi,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In a stark contrast to fellow One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts' comments that suggest the soon-to-be natural disaster of Cyclone Debbie doesn't actually exist, party leader Pauline Hanson has today blamed the major parties for not preventing this national emergency, like she would have. Speaking to the media from the safety of Parliament house in Canberra today, the red-headed...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts has stood by his comments that some “girls” enjoy being cat-called, and has demanded that these 'so-called experts' show him empirical evidence that says otherwise. Roberts is yet to be convinced that women don't like being wolf-whistled at by tradesmen or hungover blokes in commodores, further more he says some even enjoy being told...

21 March, 2017. 17:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact White House press secretary Sean Spicer addressed the media a short time ago regarding the ongoing FBI investigation into potential Trump team links to Russia and claims of a wiretap on his administration orchestrated by Barack Obama. During his statement to the press, Spicer was asked about both the record-low approval ratings and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Tony Abbott has today praised Malcolm Turnbull for crumbling to the right-wing factions within the coalition, and readdressing the liberal party echo chamber issue of amending the racial hatred language section of the Racial Discrimination Act. The former Prime Minister, who attempted to change 18C and remove the limits on freedom of speech when talking about black and brown people, told the...

21 March, 2017. 14:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A senior and respected Queensland politician is set to die later this year as both Clive Palmer and former Queensland premier Campbell Newman look to settle their differences in the MMA octagon. The Ville Resort-Casino has agreed to host the June 12 fight between the two stalwarts of state and federal politics,...