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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The iconic Politis Milk Bar in Betoota's Flight Path District has been an institution of extremely strong coffee and $2 scratchies since the late 1960s. The family business is still run by the first Greeks to set up shop in the light industrial suburb, after landing in Brisbane from Kythira following the conclusion of World War II. Thousands of other...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Joel Brighton came down with the flu earlier this week, his skin has been crawling, his bones aching, but no matter what remedies he takes, he just can’t seem to feel better. That was until his dodgy mate Brayden came over to watch the footy, bringing with him some of the ‘good’ Codral. “Mate, no wonder you’re still feeling...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local GWS foundation member Lewis Druitt (35) has absolutely fucked the chook this morning. After an emotional weekend watching the Richmond Tigers absolutely ambush the Giants with a record beat down in the Grand Final, Lewis has also just learnt some vital information that most tourists should probably know about Melbourne . The Little Expansion Team That Could quickly became...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Greater Western Sydney is not very making a sound this evening, as the region's AFL expansion club shoulder the humiliation of a 17.12 (114) to 3.7 (25) flogging in their first ever Grand Final appearance. The Richmond Tigers are now celebrating two flags in three seasons, after breaking their 37-year-drought in 2017. Today's sunny Saturday afternoon at the MCG was...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Have you been watching this shit? He's just slotted like four of them. More to come.

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT To the average diner, Phil Pierce looked like every other patron at the iconic Woodbine Sizzler, as he selected a dinner plate and moved past the losers at the soup station. But as he turned left towards the slow-moving traffic at the salad bar, it quickly became clear to all that he wasn't here to check out the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Scott Morrison has responded to impassioned pleas by the people of Biloela at the United Nations by declaring the mandatory detention of children debate is subjecting Australian children to “needless anxiety”. Morrison was asked for his response to people of Biloela who had accused the political classes of failing the younger generations of Australian born Tamils. Morrison told reporters he...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Australians that we can all relax today, after building an understanding between his government and 99.9% of the world's scientists urging our country to acknowledge the Climate Change emergency. This comes after Morrison told the UN that critics "willingly overlook or ignore" Australia's work on climate change, simply because of how much coal...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT A young couple from Betoota’s French Quarter have been accused of parting ways with traditional relationship conduct after travelling to Europe together and not posting a single picture of the two of them together. An anonymous Facebook friend of the couple says this behaviour suggests the two of them might have secret dating account profiles they don’t want sabotaged...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A construction site in deep Betoota Ponds is today once again graced with the pinging noises of a first-year apprentice's iPhone addiction. With only one portaloo between thirty blokes on site, ground zero for the new Ponds Shopping Arcade is not the best place to work if you want hide away. However, with a lull in work as the boss...