The Nation

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT As the historic Bathurst 1000 motor race draws ever closer, tens of thousands of race fans are eagerly anticipating the opportunity to drink small cups of enthusiastically-priced mid-strength beer in dusty fenced-off drinking cages with no view of the track. Listen here to our interview with Deputy Premier of NSW John Barilaro: The special drinking areas consist of small sections of wasteland ringed with temporary fencing, each containing a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A directionless 28-year-old young professional from the wilds of Sydney's inner western corridor threw caution to the wind earlier this spring and moved to Amsterdam. Betoota Heights-born and French Quarter-raised Blake Jefferies told friends and family before he left for Europe that he needed something in his life that the rich, go-centric bosom of...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT Notorious loose cannon Tim Wells has just returned from his first ever trip to Melbourne. The Brisbane local had started his Friday with an obligatory drop into Naked For Satan, when all of a sudden he found himself deep in the bellows of Prahran’s least exclusive nightclub, Revolver. Despite the night comprising mostly of sinister smoker’s area talks...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Education Queensland is currently investigating a local primary school principal for allegedly breaching staff policy this week. The allegations centre around Betoota Heights Primary School principal Janine Withers walking around school grounds without a giant scarf. The department is currently still deciding whether to temporarily stand the principal down while they undertake what they said 'was a serious...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT A prominent dinosaur has raised eyebrows across the country today. One of the last remaining dinosaurs of the Late Daytimetellyaurasic period did so after lashing out at people protesting against mass extinction. Angered by the actions of the Extinction Rebellion movement who have disrupted CBD commuters for the 3rd day in a row in an effort to get...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Getting away for the long weekend is something every young couple dreams of, usually to the East coast of our great state, but sometimes people decide to go South. Tammy and Nick Ackley are a young couple who made the mistake of heading south, to Melbourne to be precise. The couple explained to The Advocate that they wanted to go...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT For the first time since he had to pretend he didn't care about gay marriage or climate change in order to secure the support of the Liberals far-right faction, Malcolm Turnbull has found himself in the bizarre predicament of not being very well received by his fellow Eastern Suburbs neighbours. While proudly wearing an old heavy T-shirt that Lucy...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With the Grand Final hype now at fever pitch, it can be confirmed that there has been a serious spike in milk emojis going round. As the Raiders bandwagon reaches nigh on full capacity, the Daily Telegraph have confirmed that they've been copping the brunt of the milk emojis flooding social media. With everyone getting behind the perennial battlers...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT A rapidly ageing farmer has had a moment of Zen this week. The 34-year-old father of two named Nick Burns said his troubles all went away last night when he remembered that man might be going to Mars. Needlessly anxious about climate change and the effects it's had upon his drought-stricken farm, the struggling farmer said he took...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local handicapper, Ernie Coughlan (45), has today graciously filled in his close-knit circle of halfwit punters with the good oil. According to Ernie, this weekend's NRL grand final could easily be snatched by the same team that won it last year. It's a bold call but he's looked at both teams side-by-side and he reckons that the Sydney Roosters...