The Nation

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A local she/her settler living on unceded Naarm land has today momentarily dropped her performative political correctness, while browsing potential real estate opportunities in her gorgeous colonial-era Brunswick terrace house this afternoon. As a high-income Australian arts grants coordinator, Allegra Goldstein (37) knows the language she uses at work and on social media is integral to making sure she...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent report by mum, dad and the uncles and aunties has found that it's just an hour out of your day. Short of the blackmail tactics of yesteryear that saw people literally being threatened with ultimatum of missing out on presents if they couldn't get out of bed in time for the 9pm service, the guilt-trip appears...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A former sporting great turned sports-betting great has today proven to the the younger members of his extended family that he has indeed still got it. Despite his very visible, and clearly audible, lack of fitness - Corey (33) has been letting that chin music play all morning. From the worrying amount of puffing he has been doing after...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT A local function waiter, Jess Childs, has today revealed that she does, in fact, judge people for helping themselves to multiple rounds of finger food. Jess says that she was particularly perturbed by one recent incident, where a woman gorged herself silly on Arancini balls after having a few too many glasses of bubbly. “In my industry Arancini...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local woman in Betoota’s French Quarter is reeling today, after a curious interaction with her local postie.  Speaking to The Advocate out the front of the Hairless Motorcycle cafe down the road, Jess Blicavs said she received a bit of a rude shock this morning.  “The postie just called me by my first name as I was walking up...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A local fill-in cricket umpire has today taken the opportunity to check in on his health, after some choice words from a fellow father.  Betoota Plains dad Andy Ball says he’s popped off to Specsavers to get his eyes checked, after the coach of an opposition team voiced concerns about his sight.  Stepping in to help out the Under 12s...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | CONTACT A local moggy has today proved that yet again, he rules the roost. Sootie is said to have been adopted by the Harris household roughly two weeks ago after a friend found him meowing pitifully as he wandered down her street. Claire and Steven had allegedly not been on the lookout for a furry addition to their household but...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As experts warn housing inequality and intergenerational poverty is increasing in Australia, there seems to finally be a plan to address the fact that the Australian property market has been manipulated to the point that nearly 90% of Australian's under the age of 40 cannot ever see themselves owning a home. There are calls for a national housing policy...

KENT REGINALD | Entertainment | CONTACT In a move described by many as “unnecessary” and “kind of irresponsible”, the Australian Government has today formally acknowledge this week to be the first annual National “It’s Too Close To Christmas To Do Any Actual Work” Week. In a press conference, the Government announced its plan to formally commemorate this momentous week, in which literally no one Australia...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local father of three Chris Richards has had to make the painstaking decision to drop his most timid son, Andrew (14), from the family's backyard side, ahead of the arrival of the in-laws tomorrow afternoon. "I didn't want it to be this way - but as captain, coach and selector - it's my duty to make sure we...