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10 March, 2015. 12:33 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Islāmic State recruit the British media decried as "Britain's White Jihadi" in December, proclaiming he was a "major coup for the terrorist group", is actually a skinny, baby-faced boy from Lane Cove in Sydney's north shore, who's in Northern Syria completing his expedition and community service components for his Gold Duke of Edinburgh (DOE) award. The...

8 March, 2015. 15:03 INGRID DOULTON (OAM) | Professor of Women's Issues | Contact A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED report was leaked via Wikileaks this morning, outlining measures that Australian women could take in order to achieve unbridled happiness.   Launched to coincide with International Women's Day, the study is the latest attempt by the government to try to solve the 'unhappy women' problem that has dogged the Abbott...

6 March, 2015. 16:59 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MAVERICK SENATOR Ricky Muir was pictured entering parliament yesterday with internet phenomenon, Tim "Sharky" Ward - who's allegedly been appointed the Victorian's new foreign policy advisor. Mr Ward had been an Australian political analyst for a several years, with his insights and opinions read by hundreds of thousands each day. He's a fierce critic...

5 March, 2015. 12:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE LATE SUMMER rain was widespread enough to prevent drought-affected areas getting even drier, except for Lighting Ridge. It's nothing new for the locals, who've grown accustom to going without water. As many people around the country have come to learn over the years, if it doesn't rain on farmland, things "go to shit" quite...

4 March, 2015. 15:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact POLICE ARE investigating the death of a 27-year-old Darwin man after his body was discovered this morning in a Coconut Grove apartment. Blake John Harding was found with a number of empty beers cans and drug paraphernalia scattered around the residence. Detectives have concluded that the man may have died "an awesome rock...

3 March, 2015. 13:10 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Journalist | Contact Former NRL superstar and Parramatta identity, Jarryd Hayne, has announced that he has signed a Futures Deal with NFL franchise San Francisco 49ers. In a press conference in Sydney today, Hayne revealed he is expected to join the side as a developmental running back. However, he did cite initial concerns about heading to the 49ers, given...

2 March, 2015. 11:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] Political commentators and Australian country music fans are up in arms this morning after it has been revealed that former independent MP Tony Windsor and the current member for Kennedy, Bob Katter, have teamed up to release a Slim Dusty tribute album. Both men appeared on Channel Nine's Today Show this morning...

1 March, 2015. 13:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact KREMLIN OFFICIALS investigating the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov have claimed Islamist extremists, not Putin, may have been behind his death. Other possible motives listed by the Investigative Committee, which has Vladimir Putin as its executive, included trying to destabilise the Russian president, the Ukraine conflict and his personal life. However, intelligence...

26 February, 2015. 15:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact One of Queensland's most tight-knit construction communities have this week announced plans to go on strike over the government's controversial new measures to monitor the transportation and personal consumption of the psychoactive southern Pacific plant, Kava. The consumption of kava is a cultural tradition for a vast number of Polynesian and Micronesian communities based...

26 February, 2015. 07:05 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Thousands of fans have described feelings of euphoria and joy after being able to see the former Canadian child star of Degrassi Junior High and current hip hop mogul, Drake, in the flesh last night at his Sydney concert. In what is reported to have otherwise been a "blockbuster" performance, many fans have...