The Nation

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One local lefty, Milton Mearson (33) has today saved the world, after posting a passionate and extremely opinionated Facebook status to all of his 500 Facebook friends, about stuff that they would all pretty much feel the same way as him about. Pre-cursing the status with "I don't usually post this kind of thing of Facebook" - Milton...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT   One of Queensland's most tight-knit construction communities have this week announced plans to go on strike over One Nation senator, Malcolm Roberts' comments about Kiwis living in Australia. Accusing New Zealand of a "hostile attitude" towards Israel, Senator Roberts suggested Australia take a stronger stance against New Zealand "settlements". "At the very least, we should look at further cutting...

5 January, 2016. 11:00 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The majestic sound of trolley pole on skull is set to be vanquished under new laws drafted by the Turnbull government this morning. Taking inspiration from former Prime Minister John Howard, Mr Turnbull has announced plans to introduce a weapon buy-back scheme for deadly trolley poles, which are said to be wrecking havoc on...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact After what's seemed like literal months of pinching pennies and eating Mi-Goreng out of a stolen schooner glass, East Betoota hairdresser Annie Deggert is finally off on her trip overseas that she's been planning since early last year. The wanderlust bug bit the 32-year-old hard after the death of her cat Nibbles, who was run...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT "Keep your fucking hands to yourself Jai'ke you fucking pest" roars Mikaela Gleeson. "I swear to fucking God if you touch one more thing I'll cave ya fucking head in" Like many local bogans, Ms Gleeson has absolutely no qualms with using extremely vulgar language at a very high volume in public spaces. However, as inappropriate as...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT ONLY SEEMED LIKE yesterday when 56-year-old retired banker Richard Cullens was sitting in the lounge room  - listening to Prince, Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, George Michael and watching Carrie Fisher in Star Wars films. But today, those nostalgic memories of a time gone by, before he had a wife, kids, Labrador and Mercedes ML320,...

27 December, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Gilbert Tanner rides down Montague Road on his razor scooter most afternoons on his way to throw rocks at the CityCat, explaining that their wake is ruining the banks of the brown snake and the noise disturbs the fishes. On a balmy afternoon in Brisbane's West End, you'd most likely find him...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With Christmas festivities complete, households across from across the New England region of north-west New South Wales are emptying by the minute. Destination: Yamba, NSW "It's like our little home away from home" says Miles Liston, a New England Cotton Baron "We finish Christmas with a gutful of prawns and cricket and then head directly east". With Hiluxes peppering the sleepy streets...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Being a 24-year-old youngest of four, Dennis Schumann has more nieces and nephews than one could poke a stick at. While his older siblings are enjoying married life, punctuated with the joy of children, Dennis isn't ready for that type of commitment yet - and would rather spend his weekends putting things into his body...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Getting separated from your friends, dealing with other friends who've bitten off more MDMA than they can chew and finding your way home through a sea of charged up backpackers and unincarcerated perverts -- these are just some of the reasons why Australia's chief scientific bureau has concluded that New Year's Eve is the...