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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the excitetment of the 2024 Paris Olympics heats up, all eyes remained firmly fixated on the noisy minority of inner-city Brisbane yuppies who have made the preparation for our own games far more difficult than it need to be. This comes months after the NIMBY anti-Olympics movement stamped their feet right through a local council election that nearly...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Freshwater Strategy Poll of 1,003 of Australia's wealthiest voters, conducted for Australian Financial Review, has found that the Liberal-National Party coalition is in front of Labor for the first time since the 2022 election. The poll shows Prime Minister Albanese's government is less popular Peter Dutton's Liberal-National Coalition, which now leads 51 per cent to 49 per cent...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As of Monday morning, Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee for the 2024 US Election. This comes after the incumbent President Joe Biden declared that he will be leaving politics at the conclusion of his current term. It's an announcement that has had the Republicans running around in circles, after the Democrats waited until after last week's...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The owners of an abandoned coal mine spewing out dangerous emissions on the fringe of Australia’s biggest city have today moved to assure everyone that everything is sweet. “Hahaha chillllllllll guys,” laughed a spokesperson for South32, who owns the mine in question.  “It’s all sweet, don’t worry about it.”  “Trust us, it’s fineeeeee,” explained the operator of the Appin Mine, whose...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT 25-year-old Elsie Mayer (Flight Attendant, Betoota) has today learnt that she's the girl that everyone is going to be forced to make an effort with. After dating her new boyfriend Nathan for about three months, Elsie was today debuted to his wider circle. And it seems that this circle hasn't really had to worry about newcomers for a while While...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland's 2024 State Election race must be tighter than the newspapers are letting on, as the LNP Opposition today stands accused of unprecedentedly dirty tactics in their campaign to win government. The Opposition is reported to have utilised shady AI technology to produce a fake video of the current Labor Premier on the foreign social media platform TikTok. The Queensland...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A growing number of senior Democrats - including Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Steny Hoyer - are reportedly 'sweating' today, as they wait on the result of a critical opinion poll regarding the party's replacement presidential candidate for the November election. Following President Joe Biden's abrupt departure from the the 2024 race, droves of senior Democrats have quickly backed...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT At 5 ft 3 and 52 kilos, local art teacher Dolly Bennett (62) looks like the last person in Betoota who would be looking to get initiated into an outlaw motorcycle club. She volunteers at the local refugee centre. She has two adult daughters who are now beginning their own journeys into motherhood. She goes walking every afternoon and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Days after surviving an attempted assassination, former US president Donald Trump has once again been swept off stage by secret service guards, minutes after he took to the stage to make his first speech since the shooting. While addressing the crowds at the Republican National Convention (RNC) today, Trump was expected to officially accept his party’s nomination. He had only...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Three CFMEU branches, including the notorious Queensland branch, have been put into administration by the Labor government this week, as the fall out continues following reports from Nine newspapers about the union’s misconduct and links to bikie gangs. As a proud supporter of the trade union movement, the Honourable Member for the North Queensland Federal electorate of Kennedy, Bob...