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CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Just as Western Medicine had nearly convinced the world to wean themselves off nicotine addictions, it appears that smoking is back in a big way. This time around, chain-smoking doesn't require $4 BIC lighters or heavily processed tobacco leaves mixed with ammonia. It's not even smoke, it's vapour, which looks a lot like ciggie smoke but tastes like the...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has showed up halfway through his own match, after previously pulling out just minutes before his scheduled start time. Djokovic fronted media in Adelaide this morning before he was scheduled to feature in the first event of the Australian tennis summer He told reporters he was looking forward to his first match since...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT "So basically..." began the exhausted Josh Frydenberg. He's finally locked down a face to face with the Prime Minister, and he's got something to discuss. With relatives and community members blowing up his phone non-stop since Australia Day, the Federal Treasurer has had to take it upon himself to address the very concerning rise of Neo-Nazism in Australia. Because the...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has today thrown another spanner into the works of what appears to be a happy marriage between rural and urban conservatives. The Member For New England has demanded a major overhaul in the Coalition arrangement with the Liberals, again making life hard for his successor Michael McCormack, as MPs begin making...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT With the new year well underway, the pressures of the holiday season have not yet simmered. Those who are lucky enough to do so are now back at work, and the bank balance has taken a hit with all of the festivities of the silly season. To make matters worse, the only sporting product to grace our TVs is...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT A first-time diver has drowned during a routine 6m dive yesterday after refusing to wear a mask.   Pam Scoth, 47, was well known online for her anti-mask position, regularly posting memes such as “If your mask is so effective, why do I need to wear mine?” and pictures of masks fitted to anthropomorphic sheep.  According to witness statements, dive...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Once again, Australia is stuck in the middle of a culture wars debate over whether or not it is appropriate, or tasteful, to celebrate the first day of what came very close to the successful genocide of Aboriginal people. While right-wing politicians and left-wing media pundits smash this hot button issue in a quest for relevance, and boomers...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Local concrete cutter, Don Snebbes has today hit a date with the missus for six. As a keen swimmer and surfer, the 33-year-old spends a fair bit of time at the beach by himself. His wife, Zali, says she never thought much of his hobbies until this afternoon's trip to his 'secret beach' for sundowners on their bi-monthly date...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT In a refreshing change for both the government and voters, Scotty From Marketing has been able to start 2021 without any marketing at all. January 26th looks like it was pass through without a ripple this year, as the Prime Minister appears to be experiencing just enough goodwill with his voters to not have to press racist hot...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT Still reeling from the shock 2019 election loss to the Liberal Party, a group of Labor voters from Betoota's cosmopolitan French Quarter have once again found themselves analysing what Albo could be doing better to appeal to everyday Australians like them. Mason, Hunter, Venetia, Benji, Agapantha and Adele all initially met each other at University in the early...