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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australian sport has today been graced with the most amazing sledge since the days of Merv Hughes, in an Instagram post that has attracted wide praise on one of Mack Horton's most recent photos. While Australians, as a whole, appreciate a good bit of a return fire when it comes to international sporting rivalries, it seems the greatest ever...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report by the Southern Industrial Registrar of the Juxtaposition of Occupants Versus Homeowners (SIRJOH) has found that Brisbane has only seen the construction of one high-rise building over the last decade that operates with over 4% of its intended occupancy. '1 William' is a skyscraper the centre of Brisbane's CBD and is the second tallest in the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A city worker who last week was a self-described 'overly-polite square' has made the seamless transition to a fully-fledged circle over the weekend after taking a few psilocybin mushrooms on a canoe trip. French Quarter 26-year-old, Jane Frog, who does something in town with a computer every weekday in return for money which she uses...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT A local festival reveller has promised the world that she'll do her bit to minimise the effect of her glitter use this weekend. Bianca Wallace (23) said she will do so by becoming a pescatarian for the next couple of months. Pescetarianism is the practice of adhering to a diet that incorporates seafood as the only source of...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet |CONTACT The Republic of Sydney has today begun feverishly ripping up it's newly installed Light Rail tracks. Following the project reaching the completion stages of testing, the NSW Government has confirmed that they will now be 'selling all of the infrastructure to Perth, or maybe like Hobart or something' over the coming months. In the vein of Governments and projects...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following the news that Chance The Rapper has cancelled his headlining set at Splendour In The Grass, the Hilltop Hoods have rallied to save the day. Chance was supposed to close out the festival with an exclusive 75min performance on Sunday night, but has pulled out citing illness. The message from the Chicago artist to the festival reads: "It is...

MATILDA MARTIN | Local News | CONTACT For many couples, a wine tasting is a relaxing chance to spend some quality time together. For the Morgans, it’s war. Phil and Belinda Morgan consider themselves to have quite the refined palate, so, they told reporters, there was no way they could sit idly by while the Wine Steward extolled the virtues of an inferior Pinot Noir. “Look, we...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact A city dog has entered her fourth day of a hunger strike today after she’s once again served a bowl of dry dog biscuits. The strike is particularly worrying for Christine Iskender as she’s dog sitting Ruby for her cousin while she’s holidaying Europe. “She just won’t eat, at one point she even started dry retching. I thought she...

MATILDA MARTIN | Local News | CONTACT It’s a set of questions many people, especially those with dads, will find all too familiar – “How’d ya get here?” or “What route ya gonna take back?” A new study has revealed that 100 percent of all the dads across the nation would like to know what route you took to get here and/or what route you are...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It's no secret that at festivals, people can accidentally be insensitive with their outfit choices, and appropriate other cultures. When it comes to the iconic Splendour In The Grass Music festival, the excitement of dressing up with your friends and entering a magical arts fair can often result in some distasteful outfits, especially if you are a white millennial...