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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Knights from Order Of The Red Frog Templar have announced today that they've had to tip tens of thousands of litres of pancake batter down the drain today after the Queensland Government officially put an end to Schoolies Week. A giant beige stripe down the Nerang River and out into Broadwater could be seen...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights airconditioning magnate has built the home of his dreams this year and simply couldn't turn up the chance to add a massive seven-stool kitchen island to the home. Dale Winters and his wife Nadeen set out to make a home for their growing family in March and didn't let some fancy southern...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Like most overseas tourists, COVID-19 hasn’t bothered to make much of a trip to Western Australia, a state that has recorded 953 CoronaVirus cases and a total of nine deaths. Unfortunately for the Wildflower State one metric refuses to budge. Western Australia is yet to report one solitary case of decent beer. “I think we gave up trying after Swan Gold...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The job market for urban professionals isn't showing any signs of improvement, which has forced one of the nation's most affable Poms to head back to their native land. Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who was born in London many moons ago, is headed back to England this week to take up a new position...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Fake Tarocash jackets have flooded the local market this winter, prompting the iconic menswear brand to issue a set of guidelines for customers to identify what's the Real McCoy and what's not. Deep within the guts of the Betoota Heights Stocklands is a modest Tarocash shop that stocks wardrobe stables such as white loafers and...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Home Affairs Minister announced earlier this month that strengthening our national cybersecurity should be a national priority. Today, the Morrison Government hinted that IT degrees will be added to the list of tertiary qualifications that could one day cost more than double if they get that legislation through the Senate next week. Despite there being...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT The NSW Government has Ibis-egg on their face again after ordering Indonesian-made COVID testing swabs that are too big for human nostrils. The faulty COVID-19 swabs resemble paddle-pop sticks with an emu egg on top as if designed to make an already uncomfortable COVID test a Tower of London style torture fest. This mistake comes off the back of NSW...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Deep in the bowels of our democracy's highest temple is a man who keeps a watch. He watches Gladys Liu, a new parliamentarian who came into the role with a cloud following her. A red cloud. From afar, in the back sections of the House of Representatives, Andrew Hastie keeps an eye on her. Not...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A bloke whose entire political career has been based around detaining desperate asylum seekers and refugees whose bridging visas have been expired for 6 hours, has come out strong in his criticisms of the Queensland government this week. Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton MP, a man incapable of deporting any Maoris or Muslims without sending a press release to...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has appeared on the hermit kingdom's state broadcaster this morning to debunk western media reports about his ill-health. The North Korean State Broadcaster assured viewers that their Dear Leader's eyes have always been painted on and that his sickly pallor is actually him adapting to the Asian summer. "Dear Leader adjusts...