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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Well this weekend marks the 18th annual Splendour In The Grass Music! The iconic arts and music festival kicks off today at North Byron Parklands in the NSW Northern Rivers and is expected to host more than 30,000 people of all ages and backgrounds over the three-day event. However, with the population of Byron Bay expected to triple over...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact If you talk to Jayden Carter, Lithgow man Kane Willis is a 'putrid dog' that talks shit behind Jayden's back. If you ask Kane Willis the same question about Jayden, the out-of-work gyprocker says he's a 'snake' who only looks out for himself. Earlier this morning, the pair were spotted at the Bathurst Skate Park on the...

DANIEL GOSS | Consumer Affairs | Contact Two years ago, Roger Dalton paid close to five hundred clams for his compulsory third party insurance. This year it was over $900. The 21-year-old student was forced to relocate to Sydney from Betoota earlier this year as neither side of the government honestly cares about regional infrastructure enough to follow through with any tangible plan for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In partnership with the State Government, Brisbane City Council has today announced that they will be going ahead and building over twenty more cross-city walking Bridges that serve the same purpose as the sidewalk in the pre-existing car bridges. LORD Mayor Graham Quirk has ruled out a levy to fund the twenty, possibly thirty pedestrian bridges but not revealed...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT There are a lot of different arguments as to why New South Wales haven't been able to win more than one State Of Origin series in the last twelves years. Some say it's the transient culture within the squad, others say it's the value placed on family dynasties. Some say it's due to fact that their opponents have been able...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Foxtel and their trendy new logo have revealed themselves to be the biggest Game of Thrones spoiler so far this season after their streaming service collapsed yesterday evening amid a spike in demand. The first episode of season seven was made available early Monday night to unbridled fanfare, however, many were let down by the nation's peak subscription television...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former NSW Premier and now high-ranking NAB executive Mike Baird was brought to tears today after getting up close and personal with his own political legacy. The head of Client Relations for the major financial institution was visiting Darlinghurst road this afternoon to visit several of his employer's new high-rise residential investments when he was 'blown away' by just...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following the news from supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles that single-use plastic bags will be a thing of the past at the checkouts within the next 12 months, renegade Channel 10 panelist and light-entertainment media icon Waleed Aly has congratulated all of those who got behind his #BanTheBag petition. In a shock announcement on late last year, Woolworths revealed it...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The extremely expensive construction of one-off sporting facilities for a second-tier world games is definitely worth it, insists the Gold Coast. The South East Corner of Queensland says next April's Commonwealth Games are being treated the same way as those in year's past. Meaning, there is a lot of money and training going into it despite the fact most...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Inner-city leftie Pearce Keating (29) is today feeling absolutely disgusted by his beloved public broadcaster, after watching a program that makes fun of Aboriginal people and Aboriginal culture. While streaming ABC's Black Comedy on iView in his central Fitzroy terrace house, Pearce was appalled by the program's light entertainment format which is based around pointing out humorous stereotypes that...