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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A straight white inner-city media personality who has somehow been gifted a platform as a social commentator has today found a demographic of people that could be arguably oppressing him. After only really engaging in the Australian culture wars as an ally of whichever twitter user appears to have the most social capital, Ben Miles (28) is ready...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A 19-year-old electrician's apprentice wearing a Unit flat brim has been given a Friday early mark today. That's judging by his excited violations of Queensland road rules. Ryan Breeston was seen giving her some as he hit the Bruce Highway exit ramp, pulling out of near bumper-to-bumper traffic on his way home. It is not known how Ryan was able...

LOUIS BURKE | Budget | CONTACT With the ABC looking at losing further $84 million in funding under the coalition's 2018 budget, leader of the ABC Michelle Guthrie has stepped in and assured dedicated viewers these cuts are unlikely to make Q&A any worse. Since 2014 the broadcaster has lost a cumulative $254 million in government funding, forcing them to adapt in order to serve...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT American producer, actor, writer and musician, Childish Gambino has this week released a music video for his new single This is America. Reaching up to 50 million views in just days. The video is a social commentary on current issues, including police violence, racism and gun crime - and has been ricocheted around social media by a youth audience...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Today marks the second day of Beef Australia after a crowd of over 25,000 passed through the Rockhampton showgrounds in the first 24 hours of Rockhampton Beef Week. Every busted cocky between Kyogle and Weipa have made their way to the Central Queensland town to network, innovate and fornicate - in what looks to be the biggest beef...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The three-times married South-African-Canadian-Californian billionaire Elon Musk has reportedly opened up today about his experiences as a 'late bloomer'. It is believed Musk's well documented interests in both women and technology comes from the 2001 American tech-crime thriller, Swordfish. Starring John Travolta, Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman, the film centers on Stanley Jobson (Jackman), an ex-con and computer hacker who is targeted...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local skateboarder has made it clear that he's got a mate 'inside' - and the he worries about him from time to time. And it's not because his mate is soft, but because he's got a hot head. Aside from skating 'street' - there isn't much that indicates that the local skater, Tim Mattingly (29), has ever broken the...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local bad boy 15-year-old is on top of the world today, after successfully pulling off his older brother's ID at a local bottle shop. Alex Britten has rocked up to a local park in South Betoota at dusk this afternoon, in preparation to get as drunk as humanly possible before the school holidays end. After finding roughly eight dollars...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Charlotte experienced a lot of things in her last 4 months in the Northern Hemisphere. Aside from the cuisine, fashion and sightseeing - she's also learnt what a real Winter feels like. With the temperature dropping below 15 degrees in Betoota this afternoon, Charlotte isn't even bothering with long sleeves. "Haha, you call this cold?" she asks her friends over...

Briarne Jahnce, a local Instagram model and social media influencer has been dealt a little bit of a reality check today. The aesthetically blessed 24-year-old who is well versed in vectors, angles, makeup and photography has today come to terms with the fact that you can’t lay down free products you’ve been sent on a place to call home....