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LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Many states and territories have allowed home visits of up to two individuals to ease the mental health impact incurred by two months of COVID-19 stress.  While the news has put a smile on the face of every overzealous wine-mum ahead of Mother’s Day, for a generation of MySpace users it has triggered PTSD style flashbacks of having to...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact “Tessssaaaa! Can I invite a few of the boys over for beers? Pleeeeaaaasssse” whined fully grown 30-year-old Luke Turner. “Uh, yeah I spose? I don’t know why you’re asking me, it’s your house too.” This was all the permission an excited little Lukey needed to quickly whip together a message inviting up to 10 of his friends over for an...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | CONTACT Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. The wise words, first uttered by the marine corps and made famous by Bear Grylls, has now become the war cry of those deeply affected by Coronavirus, as businesses and institutions scramble to find ways to navigate what may be months of strange purgatory in the darkest timeline. One such company, Betoota French...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | CONTACT The Wilson household doesn’t always see eye to eye on everything but there is one thing they can all agree on - that their pet dog Molly is awfully cute. The Maltese cross Shih Tzu, or ‘the rat’, as affectionately nicknamed by dad, had become quite the talking point during the lockdown, resulting in members of the household...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Not only are Baby Boomers at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19, it has been revealed that many are struggling to find a purpose as they are cut off from pokies, cruises & outbursts of racism on public transport. While social distancing has been a good excuse for some boomers to cross the road to avoid an ethnic looking...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT On top of the low lows that come with isolating from COVID-19 during the depressing transition into the winter months, one local woman has now found herself in a position where shit actually can't get any worse. Local dentistry assistant Sophie Moore (27) has today had to end things with Brett, a local electrician that she knows nothing...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local Betoota Heights dad, Benjamin Vega (43) has really had the wind taken out of his sails today. His big effort to treat his teenage son to some unadulterated mid-1990s Tarantino ultra-violence has been met with an unimpressed and almost ungrateful response. In fact, it seems like Jordie Vega (14) has today completely ignored the fact that he wouldn't usually...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | CONTACT While some couples have crumbled after being forced to get to know each other, one pair of lovebirds has reportedly flourished with the help of a popular drinking game...and no, not the one where you end up revealing things about yourself that you shouldn’t. Local man Aaron Burke reports that he’d been hesitant at first to suggest the idea to his...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact A local twenty-something woman has made the bold announcement today that she will not be downloading the government's app solution to track the spread of Covid-19 because she “doesn’t want to just give out her data like that.” This announcement has come as somewhat of a surprise to her boyfriend who attempted to tell the woman that she already...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT There's been plenty of learning going on over the last few weeks and months, across all facets of life. One of those things has been how the country can blow off a bit of steam with our being able to get out and about. Since the shut-down of pubs and clubs on March 23, the nation is beginning...