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LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Home affairs minister and recent human-rights activist Peter Dutton is reported to be on a hunger strike while being held in Quarantine at Christmas Island Detention Centre. Dutton has been detained against his will, with no timeline for release, since March 13, after testing positive for COVID-19 when he recklessly flew back from Washington D.C and went straight to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As majority of the country is now left to self-isolate at home with almost every form of streaming services at their fingertips - there is still something missing, it has been confirmed. Even with the vast catalogues of Stan, Netflix, ABC Iview, SBS OnDemand and Kayo - Australians are still deprived of the greatest television programme of all time. The...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's leading science body, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has today made an executive call to not trick the entire nation into having false hope that this whole pandemic thing might be over. In the months since the the COVID-19 outbreak, the CSIRO has been providing research that is forming an integral part of the rapid global...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Doctors have warned city folk against travelling to rural areas to escape the COVID-19 pandemic, out of fear of taking the virus to regions that have so far avoided infection. This comes as political leaders urge the metropolitan Australian to stay at home and self-isolate in their lovely inner-city pads that are becoming rapidly less practical as the outbreak...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With coronavirus hysteria growing with every daily update from the Prime Minister - Australians are now juggling with how to manage both the waves of alarming statistics and the lack of social activities. As at 6:00am on 30 March 2020, there have been 4,093 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia. There have been 284 new cases since 6:00am yesterday. Of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With majority of the earth's population being advised to stay indoors to prevent the spread of COVID-19, it appears that many people view self-isolation as an opportunity for a bit of self-care. Millions of people around the world are rapidly reacquainting themselves with the concept of 'reading books' and 'jig saw puzzles' between video meetings - and of course...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT COVID-19 might not be the only contagion on Christmas Island. It has been reported that Comrade Peter Dutton has begun radicalising his fellow detention centre inmates with the stylings of Los Angeles rock band Rage Against The Machine. The controversial front bench MP for the Coalition government is today taking things up a notch, as he radicalises from far-right xenophobe...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Millions of dads around the country have just demanded complete and absolute silence from the other members of the household, as the Prime Minister goes live with his most recent address. "Oi shut up!" they shout, to the wife and children, who are all currently taking part in different group video chats at different corners of the family home. "Cut...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Scotty From Marketing has today front the nation with a bit more spring in his step. Looking like he'd just played a round of golf, the PM brought a more optimistic energy to today's press conference - with clear instructions and answers for a nervous country heading into uncharted waters. Scotty also debuted some more comforting terminology like...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Tasmania and Queensland have further restricted entry through their borders - allowing Australians in only if their travel is essential - in an effort to stop the community transmission of COVID-19 However, unlike Queensland, Tasmania stated it would actively turn people away rather than simply asking citizens from other states and territories to self-isolate for 14 days. This has left...