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July 10, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A Breeza man has said he is "not overly concerned" about the news that his own government approved the highly contentious Shenhua Watermark coal mine in his local electorate, despite his vehement protests. Berrick Blackett, a fourth-generation sorghum farmer, says he'll just have to wait and see how the project plays out -...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Bryan Hatton has spent the last 24 minutes wrestling with the gruelling task of "taking a dump" - while also hyperextending his left arm in order to keep the door shut, in the Betoota Hotel mens room. It appears the door in the far-right stall has, at some point, suffered a blow from a patron's boot on the...

9 July, 2015. 12:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FARMER'S FRIEND AND agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce has revealed today that he will unfortunately have his hands tied up for the rest of his political career. From today, Joyce can choose to have his hands tied by Chief Government Whip Scott Buchholz should he feel the need to stand up for the region...

7 July, 2015. 16:05 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | Contact OLYMPIC legend Dawn Fraser has launched a vile tirade on polarising Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios after his Wimbledon loss. And now everyone has stopped talking about how much of a wanker Kyrgios is. Fraser, a four-time gold medallist and one of the country’s most celebrated athletes, was questioned about Kyrgios’ performance in...

7 July, 2015. 16:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE TOUR DE FRANCE race director has revealed that the higher than average rate of accidents this year has lead to a surge in interest from US audiences. Overnight, roughly 100km into the third stage, French rider William Bonnet clipped the wheel of countryman Warren Barguil and tumbled on to the bitumen,...

  CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Hundreds of thousands celebrate this week, as NAIDOC week begins in both schools and workplaces, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians pay tribute to the country's first nations people. Their achievements, contributions and culture. However, in the leafy enclave of Pymble - in Sydney's North Shore, Stephanie Rathbone is confused. "I've been hearing about this NAIDOC thing all...

July 3, 2015. 11:40 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Australian Anti-Censorship activists are in uproar today, as it is revealed that the Pacific islands of Nauru and Manus Island are no longer viewable on Google Maps. The new censorship measures are said to be a result of the Australian Border Force Act, which came into force on Monday. The act makes it an...

30 June, 2015. 14:02 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact HARRY SARKIS ARRIVED in Australia in 1958 with a suitcase full of dreams and drachmas. He settled quickly in to Sydney's Earlwood Greek community, scraping together enough money to start a fruit shop on Homer St, which snakes through the inner-southwestern suburb. Joined by his brother and cousin in the early 1960's, the...

June 30, 2015. 10:40 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A late entry into this year's Archibald Prize has left judges stunned, as the daughter of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott submits the first official portrait of her father. According to the Herald, it has been revealed that the trustee board of the famous art prize made an exception to all submission deadlines,...

June 29, 2015. 09:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact As debates continue to rage over the Australian Broadcasting Corporations' inclusion of a terror suspect in the audience of their Monday night program, Q&A - One man has found himself arguing in defence of the national broadcaster, to the point of him actually sounding like someone who sympathises with terrorists. Brendan Suffern,...