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3 January, 2016 10:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The 4,000 tenants living in the iconic public housing commission (commonly known as The Towers) in the Redfern/Waterloo area of inner Sydney have been promised by Premier Mike Baird that will have the opportunity to remain in the suburb when their entire community is knocked down and rebuilt as part of plans for a new...

2 January, 2017 12:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local man, Mark Issa, believes the moment he finishes his last packet of cigarettes left-over from his New Years Eve celebrations, he is going to quit smoking. He says even though they were technically purchased in the early hours New Years Day, he still counts them as one of the many poor decisions he made in...

31 December, 2015 16:55 DUSTIN WAGIN | Contributor | CONTACT Associated Press is reporting that 2015 – a year universally agreed to be a ‘miserable shitstorm of woe and horror’ (according to the UN) – is determined to cram in even more despair before year’s end. “Yep, there’s only three days left but that’s all this bastard year needs, I’m sure,” stated Dr. Turi Korlenzki,...

31 December, 2015. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S A LEADING cause of greenhouse emissions. Socialists moan about it all the time. Scientists have told us for years that it's going to end up dooming the planet. Methane occurs naturally in the environment but the overwhelming majority of it comes from deep in the bowels of livestock and people who...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While caught in the midst of a four week holiday break from work, Georgina Lorigan says she has lost complete track of time. "I couldn't tell you if Christmas was yesterday or a week ago - I don't what day it is," "Staff Christmas drinks weren't too long before my family Christmas, but I've had so many different Christmas...

29 December, 2015. 11:25 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE WINDIES SECRET WEAPON has been revealed. Bermudan superstar Dwayne Leverock has arrived in the harbour city ahead of the third and final Test showdown against Australia in the New Year. The ICC has made a special consideration in letting the man from the tiny island nation join the West Indian team because...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT TROMSØ, NORWAY (AAP) - The wife of a prominent religious figure has been airlifted to hospital from the remote region of Lapland, within the Scandinavian Arctic Circle.  It is reported that the patient, known for her international philanthropy, was struck down by severe stomach cramps and is confirmed to be emotionally exhausted. The patient has been identified as Mrs...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT Australian test player and Sydney Thunder opener Usman Khawaja's 97 at the WACA today has landed him in good stead as the only remaining specialist batsman for Australia in Perth this summer, as well as immortalising him on the honourable list of "Muslims that don't to be referred to as Muslims" - a true sign of his sporting prowess and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT LOCAL FATHER-OF-THREE, Chris Richards has had to make the painstaking decision to drop his most timid son, Andrew (14), from the family's backyard side, ahead of the arrival of the in-laws tomorrow afternoon. "I didn't want it to be this way - but as captain, coach and selector - it's my duty to make sure we have the best side...

20 December, 2015 17:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In the wake of a blatant Government-approved character assassination, Delilah "Stoner Sloth" Carpenter (17) says she will now have to find new ways to hide and suppress her deep-seeded fears of abandonment and social anxieties. "I guess one of the main reasons I smoked weed was because it made me feel better about the fact that my...