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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's Catholic church has today revealed they will deal with the whole deeply entrenched culture of protecting child abusers, once they fire teachers, nurses and students who are gay. This comes after the LGBTI community vocalise their fears that the government may bolster laws permitting religious schools to discriminate against gay students and teachers as a result of the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A die-hard Wallabies fan says Australian rugby is in such a poor state because the growing underclass don't understand or care about the gentleman's game. John Whyte-Birmingham's comments come after the All Blacks destroyed the Wallabies 54-34 in their Bledisloe Cup encounter in Sydney last night. With the final scoreline in fact looking quite generous to the Wallabies, who were...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet Reporter | Contact A group of local friends had their mindless Facebook scrolling abruptly halted this afternoon after a couple of rounds of beers were introduced. The group of school friends were down enjoying a couple of schooners on a Sunday afternoon, and after the mundane ‘How was your week? Busy at work?’ style questions subsided the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Councillor Keith Carton says the new entertainment and dining options at the Betoota RSL will be a great addition to the eight-bar-two-restaurant community club at a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. "It was fair time we did something like this" he said. "A community club of this size should cater to all. Even the kids. For too long they have been told to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As of September this month, The Australian Bureau of Statistics will be conducting the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey - a non-binding, very expensive process aimed at capturing a sample of opinions, when it comes to changing the Marriage Act to include same-sex couples. However, despite the feel good campaigning, both the ABS and the Electoral Commission hold grave concerns...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has today turned up to Parliament wearing a full burqa, after her South-Brisbane hairdresser by the name of Barbara accidentally left her foils in for a bit too long. What was initially thought to be a desperate grab at media headlines in a news cycle that is dealing with things far more important than...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australian Deputy Prime Minister and dual-Kiwi-citizen Barnaby Joyce has refused to comment on whether or not he will be leading the All Blacks Kapa O Panga before this weekend's Bledisloe match against the Wallabies. However, speculation remains after the Member for New England and thirteen year veteran of federal politics was seen in the Maroubra Police Citizen Youth Club polishing...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Controversial local Catholic priest, Father Ricepell, has today embarrassed both himself and an anonymous penitent - who had approached the confession booth to seek penance for historical sex crimes. Father Ricepell, who was recently moved to the Diamantina area after running into 'a mischief' in Tamworth several years ago - was left confused by the man's admission that he...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It is believed that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is already on the job hunt this evening, after being made aware by a foreign Government that he is listed on their books as a dual-citizen. Today it was revealed that the Member for New England is, in fact, a dual citizen - seemingly putting him in breach of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The question marks around Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's citizenship are beginning to swirl rapidly after photos have emerged of the former Tamworth accountant drinking long necks of New Zealand lager in a Far-South Brisbane bikie pub. Witnesses say Barnaby was seen ordering a "bux of flaggins for his bros" before saying saying "churr" and asking the bartender...