The Nation

24 January, 2015. 8:48 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A local radio station based in the small, South-East Queensland town of Toowoomba has declared a war of the waves against national radio giant Triple J in the lead up to their highly-anticipated Hottest 100. ‘The 4DDG Annual Hottest Aussie 100 Count Down’ was unveiled yesterday during the station’s popular Friday FM...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact In an effort to avoid public drunkenness and unwanted scenes of unrest, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird and his Queensland counterpart, Annastacia Palaszczuk, have confirmed this morning that police in both states have been advised to use "healthy stereotypes" on Australia Day - in an effort to provide crowd control during public celebrations. "There is no...

22 January, 2015. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact LONG-AWAITED coral cleaning machines have arrived at The Great Barrier Reef, heralding a new beginning for the World Heritage Site. The revolutionary technology has been under development in China for the past decade - with the goal of repairing the damage done by the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Pacific Oscillation. Commissioned by...

21 January, 2015. 15:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact CYCLISTS who refuse to wear a helmet will no longer be covered by most health insurance companies if they injure themselves while riding. A landmark bipartisan agreement between the big six Australian insurers and the NSW state government was set in stone this morning as the medical and legal fraternities say they've grown...

13 March, 2015. 14:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THREE TEENAGERS FROM Sydney's inner-west are in police custody this afternoon after tricking a classmate into consuming 1.1kg of "cannabis brownies". The victim was rushed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Camperdown after he lost consciousness at around 1:30 pm. It is alleged by police that the boys were curious to see whether it was...

20 March, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact POLICE are investigating the death of a Melbourne man after he was found dead at his Docklands office this morning. The man's death is being treated as suspicious as he reportedly accidentally "liked" an image of a female co-worker in her swimsuit from five years ago. The female at the centre of the controversy...

13 January, 2015. 15:02 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AFTER more than a decade underwater, a Nokia 3315 has been uncovered in full working order. The antique mobile was uncovered inside an oyster, shucked from Greens Point near Watson's Bay in Sydney's eastern suburbs. It was a by-chance discovery - which is sending waves around the world. Uncovered by a local fisherman, the...

15 January, 2015. 13:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The increasingly irrelevant "Youth Radio Network" Triple J has once again been rescued from an obscure start to the new year with the annual social media buzz surrounding the upcoming "Hottest 100". The countdown, which is a chance for "Triple J listeners" to get together and vote for the countries favourite 100 homegrown...

28 February, 2015. 10:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] Early last month, seventeen people, including journalists and police and three gunmen -  died in France during a terrifying week that started with the execution style murder of several journalists inside their Parisian CBD newspaper office The bloodshed ended with a hostage-taking at a Jewish deli in which four hostages were killed. The attacks...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AN enterprising New South Wales farmer has made millions selling his ruined work clothing to the inner city cultural elite. Life on the land is growing less attractive to young people as a future career in agriculture seems quite dim - particularly with the ongoing drought. However, not for 63-year-old wheat grower and sheep grazier Michael Clarkedale...