The Nation

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Schappelle Corby is reportedly emotional and stressed after disembarking at Brisbane airport this morning, according to flight staff. Since the plane touched down at 5.10am this morning, the convicted drug smuggler has been struggling with re-integrating to Australian society. After her family and friends convinced her it was okay to get into a complete stranger's car for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Noosa local Jim Sawley likes to picture himself as a man who is capable of handling of all terrains, even though he's about as suited to the bush as his Mazda 3 is. While driving out West to with a couple mates to attend a wedding in Dalby, the 30-year-old tax accountant has also proven that his sense of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local leftie, Leo Schuster (27) says he has been very aware of Australia's cultural cringe since his first year of tertiary education at a prestigious sandstone University. Six years later, the recent-graduate says nothing has changed since he bid his bogan Australian-Idol-watching parents farewell and made tracks for the bohemian inner-city. "Oh it's the same shit. Beer, footy, cricket! Mate!" he...

24 May, 2017. 15:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The director of ABC television has defended the coverage of last night's exhibition match between Sydney FC and English Premier League side Liverpool, saying that the broadcaster tried to match the amount of enthusiasm held by all Australians in their coverage of the game. A recent study conducted by the Daily Telegraph,...

24 May, 2017. 15:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A boutique stationery business in Pyrmont has come under fire from civil libertarian groups this afternoon after they installed 'homeless spikes' to prevent Fairfax journalists from setting up camp there. Since Fairfax began offering redundancies earlier this year, the window to take them up on their offer has now closed, leaving many...

24 May, 2017. 15:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The news for embattled Coomera theme park, DreamWorld, hasn't got any better with new figures released today indicating that more people are attending Super Rugby fixtures than are visiting the Queensland attraction. Tourism Queensland released their report into the tumbling attendance figures at DreamWorld and other Gold Coast theme parks this...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A stay-at-home graphic designer/full-time mummy currently renovating a divine pre-war terrace house in Betoota's West End says she's glad that her 18 month-old will be able to grow up in an area with tragic social issues. After being raised in the sterile suburbs of Betoota's Hills District, Christy Benard (35) apparently 'fell in love' with the edgier parts...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Federal Immigration Minister and former Brisbane copper, Peter Dutton is under fire today, after Illawarra locals called him out for 'plagiarising' his new has asylum seeker policy which would see refugees deported if they don't apply for a temporary protection visa by October. Local Wollongong ute-owner, Ryghleigh Hanson says the Dutton's policy is a little too similar to his bumper...

test

22 May, 2017. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Senator for Queensland Malcolm Roberts has lived up to the claim formerly made by his state's number plates by proving that he's from "The Smart State" today by registering a 'gifted' score on a Facebook IQ Test. Clearly chuffed by having his intellect validated by a transglobal media conglomerate such as Facebook, Roberts...