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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the end of the financial year looms closer and closer, one local health and fitness professional is starting to wonder if there is anything he should be worried about. Despite being 'basically self-employed' since he received his Cert III in personal training from West Betoota TAFE in 2006, Jye Clements (33) is still unsure what this whole tax...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Public debate surrounding the national anthem's inclusiveness to Aboriginal communities has today been put to bed, as the people of Australia decide on an adequate replacement for Advance Australia Fair. This long-standing debate has returned to headlines this week, after 13 out of 34 State Of Origin players boycotted the anthem on Wednesday night out of respect for the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT An unprecedented cold front has resulted in a complete overhaul of day-to-day wardrobes in the Northern capital today. Cloud cover following heavy showers last week has Townsville cop 22° at midday, as winter rears its ugly head up North. Bureau of Meteorology forecasters say that it truly is not warm, in fact, it's so not warm that he doesn't even...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Australian Federal Police are today reporting that their highly intrusive raids of the ABC were all for nothing, after being held up at the revolving door by a valiant Barrie Cassidy. Cassidy, known for his work as host and creator of the ground-breaking Sunday morning discussion program Insiders for over two decades, reportedly took three AFP arrows to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Just days after the Australian Federal Police raided the both the ABC and Newscorp, one of Australia's most famous educational institutions has revealed it is also under investigation. The School Of Hard Knocks, more commonly known as the brutal entry college closely linked to The University of Life, is reportedly subject of a probe over the 'Labor Death Tax'...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia is bracing for more “heavy-handed” raids by the Federal Police, following the extraordinary searches of the clubhouse of prominent NRL minnows the Canberra Raiders this morning. Several officers remain inside The Milk headquarter, trawling through more than 9200 items in relation to allegations that the may have stolen the AFP's nickname. It comes just two days after the Canberra home...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Maroons have snatched game I of the 2019 State of Origin series with a thrilling second half finish in Brisbane. Two last-game tries by Dane Gagai settled the final score at 18-14. Queensland went into halftime 8-0 down after two 'no tries' from the Bunker and two almost certain tries foiled at the last minute by the vaccum sealed...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former Australian Prime Minister and respected Northern Beach elders, Uncle Tony Abbott has this evening backed backed fellow Indigenous Blues players Cody Walker, Josh Addo-Carr and Latrell Mitchell in their decision to stand silent during the national anthem. Walker and Addo-Carr have been vocal this week in saying Advance Australia Fair does not represent Aboriginal people, refusing to sing it before the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australian Federal Police officers are raiding the Lord Kidman Hotel in South Betoota over a series of slightly derogatary remarks made about the Liberal Government this afternoon by a half-pissed scaffolder named Nathan. The comments made by Nathan revealed allegations of the government being full of bloody crooks and were based off hundreds of pages of secret Defence documents leaked to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The next era of Maroons dominance looks to be underway, with Kalyn Ponga stepping into the boots of JT and Josh Papalli looking like a combination of Petro and Steve Price. After an unconvincing series win by the Blues in 2014, and another one last year - the decade of dominance came to a close around about the same...