The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Unseasonably hot weather in July is the new vogue according to a disturbing social media trend that's seen young people enjoying places such as the beach and other outdoor pursuits in the middle of winter - when they should really be concerned about the environment. The CSIRO released the damning report just days after Sydney...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A number of leading airlines, except for Qantas, have asked their passengers to wear as little as possible today to help ease the congestion at the security checkpoints. Airports around the country, including Remienko Memorial Aerodrome in South Betoota,  have been put on high alert as an alleged terror plot was uncovered by federal and state...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Iconic Outback murderer Bradley John Murdoch is pipped to replace embattled senator Malcolm Roberts in the Senate if he is found to be ineligible because of his British dual citizenship. This comes after revelations that bankruptcy proceedings have been filed against the third person on One Nation's Queensland Senate ticket, Fraser Anning, potentially ruling him constitutionally ineligible too. While Murdoch is...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The New South Wales Government has abandoned forced council amalgamations in areas where Valium use and suburban four-wheelers are most common, ending an 18-month war with the most cashed up local municipalities in the state. Today's announcement affects mergers in areas that are popular with Waratahs fans and au pair backpackers - including Mosman, Willoughby, North Sydney, Lane Cove, Hunters...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As admitted drug mule Cassie Sainsbury stares down the prospect of spending the next six years behind bars in Colombia, senior Nine executives have now been tasked with creating new ways to profit off her reckless and tragic downward spiral. After entering a guilty plea this morning local time in a Bogata courtroom, the simple South Australian traded a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact An ageing local pastoralist has thrown caution to the wind and dipped his head under the water of a local spa. For the better part of his life, Stephen Taylor has been told that being fully submerged in a hydrotherapy pool is as dangerous throwing sheets of blue asbestos into a skip, but as he's coming to the end of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A local tax accountant delved deep into his own psyche last night after he found himself, for the first time, wondering how and why he suddenly cares about reality television. Torn between the MasterChef finale and the season end of Ninja Warrior, Greg Cleary told The Advocate that the latter ultimately won his attention - but...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Federal politician Matt Canavan has today revealed that he can only remember as far back as 11 years ago, when he was salvaged, near death, from the ocean by an Italian fishing trawler - suffering total amnesia with a several gun shot wounds to his neck. These revelations follow the news that the Queensland Senator has resigned, as the third Australian...

LUCINDA DELROY | Style | Contact In a seemingly kind and helpful exchange, a local girl has today declared that her other friend looks good in a photo - leaving many to wonder if she thinks this might be a rare thing. "You should definitely post this one" Kat tells Jen. However, Jennifer doesn't appear to take offense, to the bewilderment of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After 85 years of a completely free-reign over the sound levels in inner-city Sydney, the Harbour Bridge has today been issued a final warning, by a nearby residents association, as well as the police, city council and state government. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, as it is more commonly known, is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and...