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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Inner-Sydney police officer, Taylor Square (35) knows he's not the world's greatest copper, but that hasn't stopped him from putting his head down and bump and grind his way to the top of the NSW Police Force. Taylor says he loves what he does, ever since the first backyard party he ever broke up on his first ever shift...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT Eyes were rolled and sighs were sighed at the Saturday arvo pissup at Deano's joint last weekend when notorious shit-stirrer Mark claimed to not be a fan of successful Australian Hip Hop group Hilltop Hoods. Mark, who has previously claimed that pizza is "not that great" and dogs are "over-rated" - made the controversial statement during a lull...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It's the race that stops the nation, but at the ABC Ultimo Kremlin, it's just another day. Especially at Triple J. The station-wide policy at the Australian youth broadcaster dictates that horseracing should never be mentioned, unless a horse dies during the Melbourne Cup - in which case the entire workplace are required to stand for a minute's silence. A...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With only one sleep until the Melbourne Cup, Racing Victoria have today come out strong in its efforts to unite the nation around the race that stops it. This comes after the racing industry reported a 7.5 per cent decline in Spring Carnival betting, a noted dip from the record-high numbers that were recorded this time last year. Speaking...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has backed senior police who insist officers exercised "fine restraint" during violent clashes with protesters outside an international mining conference in Melbourne this week. That is despite the fact that hundreds of people are still lying in dark rooms across Melbourne with wet clothes on their pepper-sprayed eyes. Anti-mining protesters stepped up their action on Wednesday...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While it would be a bad look to offer his congratulations and sympathy publicly, Prime Minister Morrison has reportedly passed on his warm words of support to the Woolworths Australia. This follows the revelations that the supermarket giant have underpaid nearly 6000 staff members as much as $300 million since 2010 after a review of its latest enterprise agreement. While...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Living up to her self-proclaimed title of ‘natural born hustler,’ Instagram influencer Leagan Smiles (@leagansmilesalot) has come up with a way to boost her social media engagement. In the wake of Instagram removing visible likes on posts, Smiles claims to have considered viral stunts, asking people to comment and going for a swim and never returning as ways to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Senator Matt Canavan has today been forced to declare any income he has made outside of politics by renting his massive 'fivehead." The iconic cinema chain has today put out a press release outlining the terms of the partnership. "As of next month Senator Matt Canavan's forehead will use the IMAX film system. We feel his enormous noggin is the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Mining industry cannot really expect any sympathy for the hostile crowds they have been exposed to this week, after deciding to host an international conference in the wokest city in the Southern Hemisphere. That's according to the rest of the nation, who can't really understand why they didn't host this in a town where people have warmer feelings...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Almost every suburban dad that ever planted bamboo in his garden over in the post-Don Burke gardening renaissance of the early 2000s, is seriously regretting it. That's according to a recent report by the independent amateur horticultural body Fathers And Registered Greenthumb Males Enthusiastically Dedicated to Aesthetic Descisions (FARGMEDAD). Lead researcher, Professor Frida Herb says what seemed like a really...