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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The ABC has today revealed that the coveted role of Triple J music director will be filled by the 62-year-old Tony Jones, while Richard Kingsmill takes his 80 weeks of accumulated long service leave in the Mudgee wine region. Kingsmill's sabbatical times well with public calls for a more diverse panel of content curators on the youth broadcaster,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT "You laugh. But who laugh know?" says 86-year-old Sal Carbone. "I always knew" With almost daily revelations coming from the banking royal commission about the severe misconduct of Australia's big 4 banks and other major financial institutions, the retired house painter says you all laughed at him, but guess what? "What I say?" he says. This isn't the first time Nonno has...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT A multi-participant study has concluded the classic ABC children’s series Round the Twist does not hold up by today’s standards, especially on a Sunday morning after a few biccies the night before. Struggling to enjoy life after a class-A fuelled evening of debauchery, receptionist Nina Stewart (24) took to Netflix with the Panglossian view that...

Vegetarian chef Beatrice Root (45) has concluded her 8-year PhD into the intricacies of vegetarian cooking by determining a risotto makes a good enough vegetarian option even when the person making it can’t be fucked. The study titled “Beef with veggies? A longitudinal study on the relationship between carnivorous chefs and vegetarian cooking” examines the effort a chef and/or catering...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It was billed as a once in lifetime boom that was going to bring unimaginable fortunes to the ‘wild west’ - but Western Australians are now questioning where all the money went, as the sweet FIFO jobs begin to evapourate. After last decade's discovery of even more precious minerals in the soil, immediate interest made it's way to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A Friday night staff mixer has reportedly taken a very sad turn tonight, after several eyewitnesses reported someone accidentally name-dropping the guy that was fired last week.The drinks mixer, held at the bar next to the office to celebrate another strong week of everyone pretending to do work but actually playing Candy Crush in the bathroom, was...

LEROY PERCIVAL | Home | CONTACT A local man from West Betoota is still adamant he can get all of his DIY projects done by himself, despite increasing pressure from his partner, neighbours and the local council to employ a qualified tradesman to finish help finish his handywork. Cam Durie, a senior salesman at Betoota Tyres’n’More, believes his numerous projects will “come up a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A suburban Melbournite who relishes in the idea of his home city being recognised as the progressive hub of Australia – especially when compared to the regional hillbilly centres up North –  says he’s a lot of things, but he is not a racist. Colin Ingwood is a lapsed pescatarian, he’s a lactose sensitive Capricorn, he’s a diehard Aussie...

A Suffolk Park resident has today taken to Facebook to slam the visitors who come to her town for a holiday, after spending a year backpacking through the majestic Balinese hinterland. Nicole Cooke, who moved to the area from Highgate Hill in Brisbane’s inner south four-and-a-half years ago, believes that tourists are destroying what she came to enjoy, whilst insinuating...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Wallabies star Israel Folau has once again indicated that he is not a supporter of gay lifestyles and culture, despite the fact that he rocked a dashing feathered blonde fringe for a whole season back in 2014. Folau insists that his absolutely fabulous hairstyle, which saw him all the way to his first Super Rugby premiership, had been styled...