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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The news that flash flooding has once again hit Townsville and its surrounding towns has rattled the deep North overnight, as emergency crews work flat out to ferry people to higher ground. A new emergency alert, which went out at 12:30am this morning, warned residents in the town's Northern sububrs that properties were at risk of flash flooding due...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact After a 14-month long inquiry, the nation has been informed that people doing criminal things should, in fact, face the courts. The news comes after Commissioner Kenneth Hayne handed down his final report to the government following a landmark Royal Commission into the Banking and Financial Sector. With 76 recommendations in total, Commissioner Hayne has called for those...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Though he's fucked up and disappointed his mother many, many times before, a loveable but ultimately hopeless local man has made her happy this afternoon by wearing the shirt she got him for Christmas to lunch today. Dylan Speakmann, who shot to local fame in 2010 after mailing a vac-sealed feral cat he'd shot to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is reportedly 'too scat' to front the media today with her findings from research conducted at yesterday's Laneway Festival on the grounds of Sydney College of the Arts. The unelected leader of the NSW Liberal Government says she learnt a lot of things while getting down in the nosebleed section, but won't be back to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local big time American sports fan who isn't really into low quality Australian domestic football codes, is now starting to show signs of fatigue after a rebellious 70 minute lunch break. This comes after Luke Thompson (31) decided to throw caution to the wind at lunch and have three schooners of beer over his American themed buffalo wings. "Haha....

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Droves of of Townsville residents were evacuated and several others were caught in floodwaters last night after the city's dam floodgates were fully opened. The opening of the floodgates at Townsville's Ross River Dam released 1,900 cubic metres of water per second. While many residents are now left to start February living in emergency accomadation and unable to get around...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Audiences across America are abandoning coverage of the 2019 Super Bowl in their millions this afternoon - with many of them choosing to tune into Day Four of the Test against Sri Lanka in Canberra in the quest for a bit of action. Ratings data show upwards of 400 million US viewers are currently...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact Australia's premier pop-n-lock dance troupe and vaguely musical act Justice Crew have wowed global audiences today. The iconic performance crew from Western Sydney have reportedly just 'turned things up a notch' with an inspired and energetic performance during the Super Bowl Half Time show just moments ago. Audiences across the United States and the world were blown...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report by the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has found that former Australian cricketer, Andrew Symonds, is unable to be more of a North Queenslander. The NAIF offers up to $5 billion over five years in concessional finance to encourage and complement private sector investment in infrastructure that benefits northern Australia. This may include developments mostly around mining...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Culture | Contact Aside from the unavoidable snippet while flicking through TV channels, the top dogs at BHP had successfully removed David Attenborough from their lives. They’d blocked him on all forms of social media and even blocked his number on their private phone lines – just in case he called. However, in the days following Attenborough’s speech at the recent World...