The Nation

18 February, 2016 14:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact TODAY ISN'T UNLIKE ANY OTHER day on the US presidential campaign trail, but it'll go down in history as one of the most controversial. Putting aside their differences for the first time in years, Republican hopeful Donald Trump has today announced that he's chosen to run with world wrestling magnate and former business partner, Vince McMahon. The...

16 February, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN A MOVE TO BOTH unclutter our roads and give Australians a second chance at life, any cyclist caught without a helmet in NSW will be forced to enrol as an organ donor, says the health department. Motorcyclists and cyclists donate more organs than the rest of the population put together, but...

16 January, 2016 11:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Radio shock-jock Alan Jones has today asked his driver, Fabian, to kindly avoid driving through the suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo on his way to work this morning. "Basically he wanted me to avoid all suburbs with an Indigenous population," Fabian told BuzzFeed Reporters shortly after dropping Mr Jones off to the 2GB offices in...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ONCE DESCRIBED AS THE great Australian fragrance, Lynx Africa is now being the sole cause of teenage pregnancy across the country. The independent study commissioned by the department of health suggests that the unique scent is responsible for nearly all under 20 hook ups. Alarmingly, when combined with Marlboro Golds, Africa becomes even more potent. However, proponents of...

12 February, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SCALPING DINGOES AND SELLING them back to the shire is both an honest way to make a living and a great way to spend a sunny afternoon. Depending on where you turn them in, you can make some serious moolah for your community service. When Jundah helicopter pilot, Mick Pohrnmann, chucked his mate...

12 February, 2016. 11:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Arthur Simkins says he wants to be a political staffer when he grows up. He remembers that day, back when he was only 14. The day Australia turned their back on Kevin Rudd. "Kevin is the reason why I get up in the morning. He's such and inspiration," said Simkins. "He's the...

11 January, 2016 11:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT New South Wales Premier Mike Baird received a 29-minute standing ovation after delivering an emotional speech to the Women's Temperance League NSW Chapter at a community hall in Kings Cross last night. In what many describe as his "Redfern Speech" moment, Baird was praised by the anti-alcohol movement for "sticking to his guns" regarding...

8 February, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ALMOST THE ENTIRE POPULATION of white-capped albatrosses return each year to Disappointment Island to mate. It's also totally uninhabitable, save for the flightless Auckland Rail, which was once thought to be extinct. But, alas, it was rediscovered living on the isolated crag. Famous British naturalist David Attenborough once visited the island, describing it...

7 February, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SYDNEY HAS BEEN living in sin for far too long, according to Mike Baird and the powerful Christian lobby. A report commissioned by the Christian Democratic Party (CDP) found that late night drinking, dance parties and homosexuals are damaging the traditional family model more than an alcoholic, problem gambling Catholic parent ever could, or...

6 February, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BLAKE DENHERT ALWAYS sits at the back of the train, in the quiet carriage. You might've seen him staring demurely out the window as he makes his hour long commute to his shitty job. Headphones in. Unfortunately, his job is fulfilling and there's plenty of opportunity for him to grow and learn as...