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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report has found that the gold standard of Australian cinema was back when everything was slightly blue. This study was commissioned by the film standards watchdog, Australian Registry Of Screen Enthusiasts (ARSE), in response to the growing problem of local audiences shunning local productions for the plethora of overseas content now available with the introduction of streaming...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR RETIREMENT? With very little political cut-through since they celebrated the unsuccessful referendum result like they had just won a landslide election, the Liberals are back with some cool new ideas. In an effort to help under 40s achieve housing security in the face of inflation and an out of control rental crisis, Liberal senator Andrew...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Bryan Hatton has spent the last 24 minutes wrestling with the gruelling task of taking a dump while also hyperextending his left arm in order to keep the door shut, in the Betoota Hotel mens room. It appears the door in the far-right stall has, at some point, suffered a blow from a patron’s boot on the basin-side. Mr Hatton...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The catastrophic Australian housing crisis is now starting to bleed out into every facet of society, triggering a very near collapse of the state. According to the Australian Medical Association (AMA), Queensland has failed to meet its ambulance transfer targets for the past seven years. In 2021 – 2022, ambulances spent 134,155 hours ramped outside the state's top 26...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As families begin gathering for early Christmas celebrations, the cousins who were not 18 last year are on show this time around. This was certainly the case at one family get-together in Betoota's Flight Path District over the weekend. Recently-adult uni student, Beau Meriton (18) has just returned from his first years of studying paramedics at The Diamantina College, which...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT "Fuck bro" he says. "Just pull over" This boys trip up the coast is barely a couple hours in, and backseat passenger Toby is already demanding they pull over to let him relieve himself. However, Toby's requests are widely ignored. In fact, they are actually a point of amusement for the rest of the car, who have unanimously decided that this...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Netflix TV series 'The Crown' - which has dramatised the reign of Elizabeth II from her ascension to the throne right through to the early 2000s - has this week finally released the four first episodes of season 6. As is the case with earlier seasons, the first episodes of season 6 reference real events — Diana's holiday...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The absolute chaos of a pre-school-run household has been amplified this morning, as one local husband hides from his responsibilities and leaves his wife a man down. A twenty minute 'phone holiday' at 7:30 in the morning. And in the most cowardly fashion, he's done it on the ensuite toilet. A neutral zone where he realistically can't be interrupted by...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT 2nd-year electrical apprentice Alexei James (18) has today reached a crossroads in life. With a couple thousands bucks saved up, and the repayments on his second hand holden ute under control, the young fella is now at the point where he must decide whether he wants to experience independence, or if he wants his workmates and fellow motorists to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With Sydney growing into an unsustainable megatropolis, and more and more people commuting up to two hours each ways to work in the city, the argument for a speed rail network to Newcastle is as serious as it's ever been. The conversation around a bullet train has existed since the 1980s, with ambitious town planners pointing to Japan as...