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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A family road trip has been horribly timed with Good Friday, it has been confirmed. After several hours on the road driving to visit their cousins, the Mclennan family has been told they aren't allowed to eat any red meat during their lunch stop. "I know you guys don't care much about Good Friday. But it's...

13 April, 2017. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A number of social justice and left-wing political organisations are claiming responsibility for Perth band 'Eskimo Joe' changing their name to "Inuit Joe." The West Australians were attacked earlier this year via social media for having a politically incorrect name."Eskimo" is commonly used in Alaska to refer to all Inuit and Yupik...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The artist formerly known - and pretty much still known - as Chet Faker has made quite a large artistic compromise while performing in Townsville overnight. The Melbourne-based 'funk' musician, who likes to now go by his given name of Nick Murphy, was forced to make a deal with a rowdy crowd of North Queenslanders in the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australia's hardworking blacksmiths and tobacco farmers have today joined the Federal Government's list of outdated industries that are eligible for perverted amounts of tax-payer dollars to help them aimlessly attempt to exist in the 21st century. This comes as the Prime Minister was asked by Adani coal executives about the possibility of a $900m concessional loan from the...

10 April, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One of Australia's oldest media companies is 'on the verge of totally collapse' after a flaw in their multi-million dollar paywall has led to thousands of Australians reading their articles for free. At the moment, the brand's flagship newspapers allow unsubscribed readers to enjoy a total of 30 free articles per month,...

7 April, 2017. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact While it's standard Greens protocol to knock off early on a Friday afternoon and retire to a parliamentary courtyard for some jazz cigarettes and pinot gris, the party leader Richard Di Natale has reportedly taken things too far with a controversial member of the Senate this afternoon. "He tried to read his...

7 April, 2017. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A number of senior Pepsico executives have spoken to The Advocate candidly this morning about the latest controversy to rock the company regarding Kendall Jenner commercial. Using the tragic 1984 accident where Michael Jackson's hair caught alight during the production of a television commercial, one executive said that maiming the greatest selling...

LEROY PERCIVAL | Central-Coast Queensland Folk-Rock Editor | CONTACT Previously only seen at beaches and in licensed venues in the Central and Northern regions of Queensland, the South Rocky Safety Boot has seen a sharp rise in popularity in recent months. Data analysts for Rocko's Footwear have now revealed that the beginning of this Renaissance can be placed in direct coincidence with...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact College dormmates of Evan Cassidy are sure there'll be one day when he looks back on these days and cringes, but that they all agree it's a long, long way off in the distance. The 19-year-old creative industries student is stoked to be at university, to finally get away from Mum and Dad - to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A spicy pub conversation about some hectic shit has been aborted this afternoon, after the arrival of an outsider in the beer garden. The discussion, which had so far touched on hot-button issues like punching on with bouncers and getting roots, was shut down immediately, after the third party intrusion. "It was such a pain. Richie was just getting...