The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A resident of our town's leafiest and most exclusive enclaves is calling on the government today to subsidise electric vehicles to the point where the working poor will be able to afford them. Remienko Point resident Roger Bow-Childs explained to our reporter that the only way forward for vehicles is electric, even if it means...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact "I'm doing the GLUMAP-free diet," she said. "It'd also be really good if you could do it with me, seeing as though it'd remove all temptations! " Mark said he'd just pulled his headphones out walking up the steps to his first skid-row apartment on the edge of the Old City District when he received the news. "So what does that...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | CONTACT As the sun goes down over the mighty brown snake, a once warm day is usurped by a chilling night - well, for chilly for Brisbane anyway. Brisbane residents were in an absolutely panic tonight as their thermometers dipped below 25 degrees Celsius. Reports from the northern capital indicate that residents were running to their doomsday bunkers to dust off...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact There's a lot of nervous staffers in Canberra this evening as the Prime Minister looks to blame someone for the red carpet fuck up that have made the big New South Welshman look like a gronk in the eyes of our Defence Community. Speculation is mounting that Scott Morrison will blame his Junior Director of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With the effect of concussions and head injuries has been a topical area for contact sports over the last few years, club rugby league legend Bill Watson (36) has come out today and cleared things up, stating that anyone who goes off the field with a head knock is “soft". “What do they call them now, “concussions?”  Mate,...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT Local bloke Jordan Richardson has had a pretty shit day. Not only has he had to contend with the barrage of angry emails from pissed off clients, but he’s also had to do damage control on a social media campaign gone awry, which has led to a firing,  a pissed off manager and a lot of office gossip. When he’d...

STEVE PORTER| Food | Contact There comes a moment in man's life when he comes to a fork in the road - should you just buy a pot of hair gel and surrender yourself to a life of Carlton Draught and $10 steaks? Or should you have one last crack at it? For a 37-year-old McDonald's manager, the choice was easy....

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT Attempts to be healthy have today been quashed after a local woman found herself halfway through a soggy salad. Though her healthy lifestyle was always underscored by the weekend binge drinking, Lauren Hutchinson had convinced herself that she could somehow cancel out the mass hits of sugar by consuming lettuce leaves during the week. Which in reality, did little...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Ascot-based real estate tycoon, Darren Fanning (35) has today 'broken in' his brand spankin' Prado, after pulling the arse out and parking with two wheels on the nature strip outside his family home. Only months after picking up 'the beast' at Moorooka's magic mile, Darren is still yet to squeeze in a trip to Fraser Island with his other...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact In a breaking story from the river city of Brisbane, The Advocate can officially confirm this morning that a promising young Rugby League player has decided to have an early one and curl up in his hotel room last night. The news comes this morning as the country prepares for the fallout from the NRL's decision to fly 300...