The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister flew into Orange today, in Central West New South Wales, to say a couple words before flying back home to Sydney Scott Morrison spoke to journalists out the front of The Parkview Hotel this afternoon. He was expected to talk about the drought and how many communities are about to run out...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Betoota born and raised Aldous Whitely has today thrown the US Democratic Party Nomination race on its head. The previously unknown local Political Science student at the University of Queensland did so by busting out his new Bernie Sanders hat. It's believed that the one simple move has dealt a huge blow to the other contenders for the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In the weeks preceding this cruel dry summer in November of last year, Mike Dickson's car began to shit itself, he says. "It was making a high-pitched whine - but only when I turned it on. It went away after a while," he told The Advocate. The 29-year-old is speaking to our reporter in the food...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Although many hypothesised Detroit horror-rapper Eminem peaked in 2002, the man himself continues to make the statement fact with the release of his 11th studio album Music To Be Murdered By. Returning to his alter-ego Slim Shady, the rapper appears to be aiming his latest release to old fans of his music that no longer find violence funny now...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT A ten-year study by the CSIRO has concluded that this weekend was a pretty good time to avoid social media. Once a place where people quoted song lyrics embellished with alternating capital letters and posted photos of woeful looking meals, modern social media now features opinion-driven news articles which are only made slightly bearable by the memes they inspire. With...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT In what is now being referred to as j-gate, a paisley shirt owner accidentally leaked their plans to criticise whatever song ends up being number one on the triple j Hottest 100. A national tradition for almost 30 years, the Hottest 100 is said to be the world’s largest musical democracy and a huge cause of arguments. In 2018, the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While the prolonged bushfire season continues to cause grief for for firefighters and rural community members, there are thousands of other Australians indirectly suffering in ways that don't make the headlines. The small town businesses that have been damaged by both fire and the lack of tourism dollars are just some of the forgotten victims of the bushfires. The sacrifices...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The key message from Bridget McKenzie's presser in Canberra this afternoon was that she really thinks the people of regional Australia are stupid enough to think it's just a coincidence her office granted money to gun clubs in Shooters Party heartland and nowhere else. McKenzie has been under fire for days over a bungled sports...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local man's classic Reeboks have taken their first steps to becoming the disgusting trotter covers they were put on this Earth to become today as their owner decided he didn't need to wear socks with them today. Speaking exclusively to The Advocate today at Gaz's Takeaway on O'Connell Street in the Old City, Darcy...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT 4WD owners in the Eastern Suburbs and North Shore of Sydney have today woken up to a horrifying sight. Dirt. With a thick layer of smoke coating the city again, the drivers of luxury and ordinary 4WD's are cleaning up the wreckage from rain that has caused their cars to look like they have been offroad. The scary...