The Nation

LOUIS BOURKE | Editor | Contact The fear of God has been put into film school student Tony McGuire (22) who has deleted all his controversial tweets, just in case the unthinkable happens and he becomes a famous director. According to McGuire, in the rare event he makes a living as a Hollywood director, he is concerned that his previous tweets could prove too controversial...

ANTHONY GOLT | Opinion | Contact If you haven't already heard by now, Melbourne is in a state of emergency. From the trendy inner-city suburbs that you saw on Underbelly, to the shitty ones that you saw on Kath and Kim, residents are afraid to go out to visit restaurants for fear of being assaulted or looked at by African teenagers. And much like...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact One of the coolest people on the Gold Coast has pioneered a trendy new hairstyle. Local bar-owner Wyatt Shubrigade (36) has come a long way since his Stafford Brothers-style straightened-side-bangs, and is now rocking the 'back knot'. Paired with a well-manicured beard, Wyatt finally has a distraction for all the women who can't help but stare at his over-the-top pectoral muscles...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Editor | Contact A local Brisbane man has bamboozled a mate today after suggesting that Aussie Rules has actually been played professionally for a while now. Hutchies Construction Manager, Clint Garbrandt, who never made it up through the grades in junior footy shocked a couple of friends with his comments last night. Finishing a brief phone break from the conversation, Garbrandt decided to...

LEEROY PERCIVAL | Local News | Contact A local mum has this week begun voicing her curious observations after her first visit to a hospital in a while. As a close relative recovers in Betoota’s Lord Tuqiri Private Hospital, Jan Sanders, from Betoota Heights, has included in every conversation she’s had this week, that she really likes the increase in gender diversity within the nursing...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Local baker assistant, Kiki Paterson (23) has today clarified that, no, she does not love you. Kiki says ever since Drake's new album came out, her cute childhood nickname, which is a variation of her given name Nakita, holds very little sentimental value. "In My Feelings" is a song by Canadian musician Drake from his fifth studio album Scorpion (2018). It became a rhythmic and contemporary...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The incredibly popular Australian true crime podcast Teacher's Pet has confirmed that twins, particularly identical twins, are creepy. The investigative series follows the unsolved disappearance of mum-of-two Lyn Dawson, who went missing in 1982, with a lot of accusations swirling around her husband Chris Dawson, who was a creep and also had a creepy brother. Because twins are creepy. While...

LOUIS BOURKE | Editor | Contact Feminists everywhere met a bold new ally today as father of three Gary Leek (45) agreed to do more around the house on the condition his wife Debra leek (41) remembers to ask him. After recent statistics have shown Australian father’s do as little as 32% of household duties, Gary Leek has decided to step up and has offered to help the love...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Editor | Contact It’s fairly safe to say that Stacey Johnson (48) is has been left down by one of her all-time idols. The mother of 3 has spent months looking forward to seeing the Queen of Middle Aged Suburban Punk Rock, P!nk. So when the ‘rockstar’ postponed her show last week citing health reasons, Johnson was reasonably deflated. However, as she explained to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Prominent talkback personality and completely unaccomplished post-war Australian Steve Price has appeared on a popular TV panel show tonight to provide balance to an otherwise mutually agreed upon topic of common sense. And by balance, they mean a well-informed opinion, that is based around saying exactly the opposite of what the women and brown man are saying, in a...