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LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT Year 12 graduate Drew Dandle (17) has managed to make quite a name for himself during the alcohol-soaked coming of age ritual that is schoolies on the Gold Coast.  This week on the podcast, we sat down with John Safran to talk about the countless entertainment he's provided to the nation and plenty more. Listen here: After making friends with...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The sun-bleached sack of mayonnaise that used to run one of Australia's largest banks was forced to step down this morning after it was discovered his institution laundered money for people allegedly linked to child exploitation. Westpac was pinged earlier in the week by our nation's financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, which accused the bank of...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT Victorians could soon be recycling 97% of their household waste under a new plan to provide each household with a total of 36 separate bins. Infrastructure Victoria Chief Executive Michel Masson said he was sure the community would not mind the extra effort required. “It seems complex, but I am sure Victorians will quickly get used to the marginal amount of extra...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A group of Young Nationals have caused a scene in the outer Melbourne suburb of Woodend over the weekend. The Young Nats did so when they were spotted walking through the Woodend Coles in their unofficial uniform. The wearing of the Nazi outfits caused consternation at the local shopping centre and comes less than 12 months after the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Rugby union has been largely abandoned by Foxtel, recent news suggests, leaving it to meander down sport's river of death that is Optus Sport. From the sport's salad days in the years immediately preceding the September 11 attacks on New York to whatever it is now, rugby union has experienced a slow demise that has...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT NSW mid north coast town Port Macquaire is one of the many communities ravaged by active bushfires in QLD and NSW. Reports state emergency centres are overflowing with families and individuals in crisis. It appears however that hope is on the smokey horizon for the region as good news comes not from the firies in the fields but from the...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact For the third time in a few days, Sydneysiders have awoken to their overpriced homes being filled with the smell of bushfire smoke from the 50 or so bushfires burning in the Hawkesbury and northern regions of NSW.  It was a shock for the citizens, with some of them even going out and purchasing face masks – the kind...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A responsible Sydney tradesman has today made sure to protect himself from the hazardous conditions currently blanketing the city. The Randwick based electrician named Tony Johnstone said he's made a really conscious effort to avoid the smoke and dust that's been blow over the harbour city the last couple of days. Speaking to The Advocate out the front of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Conor Mulligan looks out the window of his inner-city apartment, sips his red wine and puts it down on the sill. "It's a fucked place, it is," he said. The 28-year-old has recently had to move to Brisbane, the nation's only true international city, to find work in his field. Originally from Betoota Heights, Conor said...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact According to a report released by the Australia Institute, over 76% of Australians believe this is a link between climate change and bushfires. The Prime Minister has dismissed the report, telling journalists this morning in Sydney that they probably all voted Green. In addition to that, Scott Morrison explained that close to 76% of Australians live...