The Nation

15 January, 2016. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A PROJECT 17 YEARS in the making has finally come to fruition. It's been a bumpy road for the Holden Caulfield. Early on in development, it was prone to breaking down - leading many to believe it was a phoney off-roader, something akin to a Toyota Rav4. But many drivers have been able...

14 January, 2016 10:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After a busy week of early starts and late nights in the office, Guy Rice (32) was looking for a way to get an extra bit of spring in his step. "I was just so worn out. I mean, it's never easy coming back to work after the holidays - but I was really burning...

13 January, 2016. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MY FATHER TAUGHT ME many things here — he taught me in this room. He taught me — keep your friends close but your enemies closer. Those immortal words uttered by Michael Corleone struck a cord with one Tweed area man, who decided to invite his only vegan friend to his Australia Day...

12 January, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact NOT EVEN A BOB Dylan protest song can get alleged innocent killer Steven Avery out of prison, let alone a 10 part documentary series and a petition with hundreds of thousands of digital signatures. A report commissioned by the United States Department of Justice concluded that there's no innocent black men in prison and that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It has been confirmed today that the Imperial Leather brand of soaps, toiletries and healthcare products are the greatest in their field, that's according to Australia's grandmothers. While playing bridge at nearby RSL, local grandmother, Ruth Windsor told the Betoota Advocate that she refuses to fit her bathroom with any other product. The fellow bridge players agreed. Ms Windsor says the basic cream-coloured soap bar...

12 January, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact TEAMS SEARCHING FOR THE disappearance of MH370 have discovered Bill Shorten living in an underwater Gungan colony, ending the search mounted by his own party and journalists. Despite recent events in Australian politics such as the scrapping of the Gonski recommendations and further announced cuts to health and foreign aid, Shorten has failed...

11 January, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact KNOWN FOR ITS THREE historical churches and the former headquarters of the now defunct Hazelton Airlines, Cudal, in central western NSW, has gotten behind one brave member of it's small community. Taking over the family property late last year, 28-year-old Sam Dunston recently invited his close friends and family over to his farm for...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local Reclaim Australia member, Keith Horseman, says his main concerns about the rise of Islam in Australia come from his vague understanding of gender roles in the Middle East. "I don't want 'em here" "Muslim women aren't allowed to vote, mate" Mr Horseman, 33, says he is very proud of his mostly undocumented caucasian ancestry and despite the fact that...

8 January, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact PRODUCERS FROM NINE'S runaway success story, Farmer Wants A Wife, say they're were ready to put real farmers and primary producers on the ninth season of the show, but no real farmer they could find could fit the filming schedule. In an attempt to break from the usual mould of casting adult...

7 January, 2016 17:30 INGRID DOULTON | Women's Topics | CONTACT As part of the Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), the Turnbull Government will remove bulk billing incentives for pathology services. This means women who need their pap smear will now be required to pay for a doctor to put foreign objects inside them to scrape their cervix, once the federal government’s cuts to bulk-billing incentive payments...