The Nation

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT George Robert Christensen MP has today called for a Royal Commission into why Sizzler outlets are closing down across Australia. The rotund Member for Dawson has today announced that he can no longer remain silent over the fact that the nation's favourite all-you-can-eat restaurant chain is disappearing in front of our very eyes. "The $14 dollar salad...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact He might be able to dance, he certainly knows how to jive - but Christopher Pyne is urging us all to take a chance on him. Canberra's own Fernando was outed this week by The Daily Mail as playing the role of "Benny" in an Adelaide-based ABBA tribute band, Abbadabbadoo. Something that's not exactly against...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AS THERE'S NOW ALMOST THREE TIMES as many genders as there was twenty years ago, the current toilet signage found throughout the world is coming under fire from everyday people. While being insensitive to melange sexualities and genders, the signs have also come under attack for not reinforcing a positive body image because of how...

BRUCE BACHETTO | Traffic | CONTACT Local police have warned they will be targeting drivers listening to trance this Easter break. The ban, which specifically aims to prevent people from listening to Darude's Sandstorm while driving, will run until Tuesday - after a spade of incidents involving the popular 90's tune. Shoalhaven man, Nathan Wells had a brush with death earlier this year...

24 March, 2016. 16:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A traumatised and stateless Australian-based Syrian refugee has today assured her host, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, that she is not too keen on joining or even sympathising with the terrorist organisation that took everything she has ever known away from her. "I heard Mr Turnbull's comments that suggested people should be wary...

24 March, 2016. 10:39 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN and construction has started on the controversial expansion of Betoota Airport, giving hope to the local chamber of commerce but sending other members of the community into a rage. One of those raging against the plan is local mum-to-be Jeanie Kyte. After reading an article her 34-year-old stay-at-home-mother...

22 March, 2016 12:45 ALEXUS CAMPBELL | Tourism & Lifestyle | CONTACT Goulburn city council is under fire today after it has been revealed that they are planning to imprison their entire town by expanding the Supermax prison to include all residents and their homes. Built in 1884 and situated three kilometres from town, Goulburn Correctional Centre has been a mainstay of the small city...

22 March, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BE CAREFUL OF WHO YOU connect with on social media, because one day, you could end up friending somebody like Dennis McGuvy. He has his favourites, then he has the ones he's saved to his external hard drive. "Summer is truly a magical time for me," said Dennis, breathing heavily. "People don't forget a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT WAS THE TRIP of a lifetime for the former prime minister, who arrived safely this afternoon in Sydney. After dedicating much of his life to the Australian public, John Howard thought it was about time to let down whatever hair he had left. "I was looking into doing those riverboat cruises you see on television...

21 March, 2016. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MINOR PARTY STAFFERS HAVE been observed cleaning windscreens at traffic lights around Canberra today as the possibility of a double dissolution election becomes greater. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced he will bring the budget forward a few days, sparking wild rumours that a double dissolution election is almost certain to take...