The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Ireland will be without a single young adult from 6pm this evening Dublin time as the nation's last young adult, a 24-year-old turf cutter from Waterford, leaves for Australia. Seán O’Driscoll had his visa approved this morning and is wasting no time in departing Ireland, joining every single other Irish person on Earth aged between...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Yep, credit to the head honchos at the AFL, that was fucking awesome. American Pop Star Katy Perry has today vindicated the decision to pay her fat stacks to come and perform the AFL Grand Final. While many had question the relevancy of Perry and her decision to play some of her new stuff, the extended performance was...

STACY OAKSHEAF | City News | CONTACTSAME SAME: As the cost of living in Australia continues to skyrocket, one local woman has made a heartbreaking return to the humble culinary treasure she once considered a ‘last resort’— her childhood supermarket go-to, the Yogo chocolate yogurt topped with mini M&Ms. Talia Richards (29), who had become addicted to her routine visits to her local Yo-chi...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The uniquely Australian voting demographic that has put self-interest at the centre of every single election since Gough Whitlam promised them free university, has today vowed that they have one more fight left in them. This comes as the Prime Minister refuses to hose down reports that the Treasury has drawn up options to reform the Negative Gearing tax...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactAfter catching wind of all the negative comments about his casting for a Wuthering Heights adaptation, tall Brisbane boy Jacob Elordi has hit back at critics by stating he knows exactly how it feels to be ostracised from society - as he is a Queenslander, after all. This comes as Saltburn director Emerald Fennell answered she would be casting...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is reportedly reconsidering the government's position on negative gearing this week after early estimates suggest the savings could be used to purchase an additional submarine from the Americans. The abolition of negative gearing could save the taxpayer upwards of $50bn with the flick of a pen but so far, previous governments...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, a former Wall Street banker and economics lecturer, was left flabbergasted this morning after reading the latest demand from his colleagues. Upon learning that the party now wants to strong-arm the government into cutting interest rates as a condition for supporting the Reserve Bank reform bill, the Senator reportedly spat...

KEITH T. DENNETT | REAL LIFE | CONTACT All eyes in the Rugby League universe will be on Allianz Stadium tonight as the two biggest pretenders in the competition meet to play some footy. A match being marketed as “Pretender Bowl”, at 7:50pm the Cronulla Sharks will take on the North Queensland Cowboys to a crowd of the 2,000 Sydneysiders who couldn’t get tickets to...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACTLocal mum and self-proclaimed "yummy mummy," Patricia Kensington (52), has expressed her deep concerns over the “unseen risks” her son, Ben (16), faces from his recent fascination with vaping—despite Patricia's addiction to the miracle weight loss drug Ozempic. Patricia, known for her fervent support of Ozempic, is convinced that inhaling fruity vapor is far more dangerous than the pill...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With none of his family members taking control of steering the conversation, a local dad has once again started talking about Jeff Fenech. 61-year-old Vince Calder (pebblecrete in-ground pools and ponds installer, Betoota Heights) has never encouraged his kids to take part in boxing. And has seemingly never boxed himself. He also rarely watches modern boxing - unless one...