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 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Despite the fact that everyone in the venue could do with a feed, the stand-off surrounding the last remaining party pie put on by the management of the Lord Kidman Hotel continues. The patrons, made up by roughly 30 men and women from the local area, are all too proud to eat the now lukewarm miniature pastry. The concept of...

LOUIS BURKE | Investigation | CONTACT An undercover investigation in the Liberal Party headquarters was full of many shocking revelations, but none more controversial than the discovery of the Advertising Department which appeared to be full of nothing but hard hats. Known amongst staffers as ‘the everyman room,’ investigators described the room as being so full of hard hats that they...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Despite the fact that her dog looks like it's ready to fuck up the first person she gets close enough to - local Pit Bull owner, Sharon, says a lot of the caution shown towards her preferred breed of dog is nothing but stigma. "No animals are born bad" she says, while attaching a torso vest to three-year-old cross-bred...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The reprehensible actions of a prominent Diamantina cattle grazier Brangus Dixon (43) has made it all the way to West End today, with dreadlocked white men of Inner-South Brisbane calling for a public execution outside the Archive beer boutique and bookshop. Brangus, who only gets one channel on television (Imparja NT/SA) and is expected to get access to the NBN...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Chris Yoanidis needed something to ease his conscience today. Upon waking up with a clammy sweat and a metaphorical swarm of insects crawling across his brain, the university student from the Betoota Polytechnic was also in desperate need of some sustenance. After giving the $3 dollar house beers and ‘goon sunrises’ (a popular staple at the university’s bar) a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With a new book about a young man's 'coming of age' in coastal Western Australian town, it looks like prominent young adult fiction author Tim Winton is back. That's according to every single journalist at the ABC and Fairfax who are blown away every five years by his raw, honest and touching portrayals of life in working class, rural...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The non-stop fireworks and flaming cannons at Melbourne Storm home games has led to an investigation possible salary cap breaches within the well-financed rugby league franchise. That comes after it was revealed that the club has sixteen full-time pyrotechnicians on the payroll. "We, umm, we love the excitement" said NRL CEO Todd Greenberg. "But if they are seriously paying that many...

Tiffany Wickham (19) comes from a long line of proud Australians. With knee high boots, nose piercing, half head undercut and lengthy regiment field coat, Tiffany Wickham dressed to steal the show and make her grandad Keith the toast of the regiment at the Betoota Hills ANZAC Day dawn service this morning. As the dawn rose on another Anzac Day, there...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local aspiring actor/singer/ dancer/playwright is never not carrying on like a goose, it has been confirmed. While 25-year-old Emily Browther is actually great company, the fact that she is unable to ever stop singing or dancing or making weird faces means that her better qualities are quite often lost on her immediate friends and housemates. Mundane tasks like cooking...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A combination of elite North Sydney private schools have today come out and apologise for the hand they have played in producing some of the biggest offenders in the current inquiry into banks and financial services firms. It marks the second Royal Commission that rattles the core of the Liberal Party due to it's direct links to some of the most...