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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT "Jee! I don't remember it being this hot last year" says neighbour Brenda Harmer (65). "I'll tell you what, make sure those dogs of yours get enough water" "I've just been in and out of the pool allll day" Like many annoying neighbours around the country, Brenda has been making the most of this hot weather by talking about it...

9 February, 2016. 15:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Researchers and doctors from Australia's peak scientific body have concluded after years of study that eating and drinking is linked to almost all forms of cancer. Earlier today, the CSIRO released a decade-long taxpayer-funded investigation into the cause of cancer - and what they found has ramifications for every Australian who enjoys...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local gay man, Matthew Longhurst (28) is not an African-American female, but judging by the terminology used in his rampant social media activities, he could easily be confused with a Louisiana-based RnB singer. His most recent upload, which includes a photo of him drinking scotch at a work function, includes the caption "What's worse, lookin' jealous or crazy, jealous or...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has foreshadowed “dramatic plans” to for the state to step away from the national electricity grid “and take control of our own future”, amid concern about further blackouts today. This comes after 40,000 homes were left without power during intermittent blackouts across the state. Mr Weatherill said last night’s blackouts were “totally and utterly unacceptable”...

8 February, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A large sinkhole has opened up outside a large house in the leafy suburb of Point Piper, in Sydney's far eastern protectorate. Local authorities have blamed the mild inconvenience on the hefty amount of rain that's fallen on the harbour capital in recent days, however, a number of Point Piper pundits have...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT On the foothills of the least tranquil side of the Blue Mountains sits Lithgow, NSW. A town known for its rich history and efficient train station. As things stand, Lithgow has been struggling to attract visitors to their town. That is, unless the visitors are prison officers or prison inmates. The town has not really been able to top its...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A close friend with an rather large noggin' doesn't realise how completely out of line it is to pick up your sunglasses and squeeze them over their own enormous face, just to see how they look. Without even asking, Julia - who is able to hide her giant nut through an array of carefully chosen hairstyles - picks up...

7 February, 2016. 11:24 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A 26-year-old private wealth manager has been left to pick up the pieces this afternoon after accidently admitting to colleagues that he agreed with Q&A host Tony Jones on a number of social issues. Connor Double-White, of Sydney, has worked for the bespoke financial institution for a number of years, but he's expected to...

7 February, 2016. 10:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Trump Administration has extended their warmest thanks to the Australia people for providing a "kind and thoughtful housewarming gift" - a handmade doormat from Point Piper. "We'd like to send our thanks to President Trumbull and his government in Australia and our heartfelt gratitude is also owed to the people of...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The comfortable corrector class of Sydney's inner-east and inner-west have tonight added one more bottle of red to their weeknight ritual. "Media Watch is back. Yes!" Says Balmain Graphic designer Marco Leonard (67) "There's a Sydney artist on Australian Story as well. I might go to her exhibition later this year. With the ABC returning to their...