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EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | CONTACT Despite having left school a solid fifteen years ago, Kelly Mitchell still seethes with anger whenever she sees her highschool rival, Janet Beresford, pop up on her social media feed. To a normal person it may defy logic to still be connected online with someone you outright detest but for Kelly, it’s been quite the cathartic experience...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | CONTACT Despite having enough food at home to last her a few weeks, Gemma Roberts is ready to risk it all if it means she can get her hands on some fresh rotisserie chicken.  This overwhelming desire for fresh produce has, however, come with its own set of problems as Gemma now feels a sense of impending doom...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Brisbane | CONTACT Local woman Anita Finn is better than everyone and she wants you to fucking know it. Unlike the majority of people who’ve turned to indulgent activities such as day drinking, the full-time human, part-time yoga enthusiast has stuck to her routine of waking up at 5 am to do a home workout, which she makes sure to livestream...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Almost seven people have lost their job this quarter in New Zealand, which nearly doubles the total amount of unemployed. There are now close to 14 unemployed people in New Zealand, which is the highest on record. It eclipses the previous record of 11 which was record during the Great Depression. Only four people lost their...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact His first mistake was to say he was going to his favourite hobby shop, which is right in the heart of our town's Old City District. The second was telling his wife that he was going to buy some new things for his large model train display in the garage. "Oh good," she said. "You can pop...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The initial dangers of COVID-19 have passed us and one local man explained to our reporters this afternoon that he felt the need to cheat death in a new way - after weeks of isolating himself. Brian Galhooly went on to say that the government made it seem like you'd die if you left your...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Young Harrison Hemmes has impressed his older cousins for the first time in his life this week. The 14-year-old from Betoota's Flight Path District has done so after clocking up over 500 likes on a seemingly run of the mill profile picture. Lost in the news cycle? Need a different perspective on current affairs? Have a listen to our quick and easy wrap up here: His staggering results come as part of a relatively unknown phenomenon to anyway born...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Though he won't be able to wander off to do the macarena on his local pub's dancefloor afterwards, a local business owner said he's planning to visit the schooner shop this afternoon as the government relaxes coronavirus restrictions from today. Up to 20 people will be able to dine a pub restaurant here in our...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The Greatest Game of All is enjoying another day hogging the back pages, and today, the biggest talking point is the new rule changes. Following a good couple of weeks of Anti-Vax chat, the NRL has tentatively moved on to changing the rules ahead of the May 28 resumption, a move that has caused a bit of a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The de facto leader from one of Queensland's largest militia forces has asked the Palaszczuk Government to act on the seas of Southerners being kept at bay down at the border wall have learned how to scale it. Last month, a large wall was built to protect Queensland from the coronavirus and the people of...