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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact People of The West have yet another reason to gloat this morning as their Dear Leader announced a ban on Roman-style orgies has been lifted. As the Pangolin's Wrath decsended on Western Australia, the State Government was forced to place a ban on the popular pass time. Though it was unpopular, McGowan said it was simply...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Documents relating to a $250m council pork barrel were shredded by NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's office during her messy break up with former Wagga MP Daryl Maguire. In the lead up to the last state election in the nation's most populous state, the ICAC alleges that around $250m was spent by the Premier's office on...

“Sometimes, the football gods are cruel” “No, no no no no” says Gus tonight

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Celebrations are set to reign supreme in the west of Sydney. Off the back of one of the most successful NRL seasons ever played, the young Panthers side led by captain James Tamou are ripping. The Premiership win would be the club’s first since 2003, also the year Penrith became home to Australia’s first Krispy Kreme. “We had so...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Despite not being an avid supporter of either team, Dad has today decided that tonight's NRL grand final is too big of an event to be wasted on the living room. With a couple guests over and the barbecue roaring, dad's decided to take the TV out on to the deck, with no real complaints from anyone else -...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Hamish Whistler, a nice South Betootanese man, has just turned up to a house party on Cresent Road without a box of beer under the promise of getting one - but he'd love one of yours in the interim. The 29-year-old told our reporters that he's got every intention of getting a carton for the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT UFC fans were treated to a Western Sydney style scrap this morning as prominent Mount Druitt eshay Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa lifted some European bloke. The heavyweight contest between the Dutch Stefan Struve and Tuivasa was one of the quickest preliminary bouts in today’s UFC 254 event on Fight Island. Stuve (29-12 MMA) was returning to action for...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In their latest fuck you to the airline industry, former regional airline Regional Express has added instant hot water taps to all their airport lounges. This new luxury is just the latest measure REX is taking to make sure Virgin dies with the same dignity Ansett did. It was announced earlier this week that the airline...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As the nation grows more and more disenfranchised with politics on the whole, a new way of making sure our politicians keep working hard for us all has been put forward by a popular think tank. The cheapest way to make sure politicians don't do corrupt things is to have the looming threat of decapitation...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A privately-educated banker who's played a lot of rugby union is surprisingly not up to speed with the myriad of social and economic disadvantages faced by Aboriginal Australians. Rugby World Cup-winning Wallaby captain Nick Farr-Jones said earlier this week that the national rugby union team should not take a knee in support of the Black...