Politics

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The nation has received it's strongest indication yet that a federal election is looming. The indication comes after Senior Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos took to Q & A last night to radically call for a raise to the Newstart payment. On the eve of the budget, with an election now due to be called any time over the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Richie Mund (27) a well-known vocal campaigner and son of two career public servants in high-paid and secure bureaucratic positions within either the ABC or the state library, says theres a been a lot of government policy that can be blamed for the current trend of anti-intellectualism in Australian politics. Number one, he says John Howard gutted education to...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has today fronted the media, with a bold new claim that she wasn't of a sound mind when she made comments about vaccinations causing Autism. Today's comments relate to that time Hanson did her best NRL Insta Wag impression and urged people to do their own research into vaccinations. "I apologise for that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following NSW Labor's catastrophic bed-shit over the weekend, the Federal Opposition have decided that it might be worth doing and saying some stuff before the upcoming election. High-ranking Labor powerbrokers have declared that while the incumbent Prime Bradbury Bill Shorten appears to be scandal-free for now, his lack of policy regarding fish kills, climate change, asylum seekers, decentralisation, infrastructure,...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The NSW Labor Party has confirmed this afternoon that they are still mulling over which bumbling politician they should appoint to lead the party next. This comes after Michael Daley managed to chop the ball onto his own stumps a week out from the election, following his appointment to lead the party in the wake of the Luke...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The Opposition Leader of NSW Michael Daley has today chalked up another loss. Following his previously unthinkable loss to the Developers and Boomers Party of Australia, colloquially known as the Liberal Party last night, Michael Daley somehow managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in a game of checkers this morning. After conceding defeat to Gladys...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact After shocking the young people of NSW who live in Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle and managing to win the state election this weekend, Gladys Berejilkian had her celebrations cut short last night. Following the phone call from Michael Daley conceding defeat, and more importantly Anthony Green making a call from his election screen on the TV, Gladys Berejiklian...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local Dubbo grazier Horrace Calare (62) says he's still a bit confused as to why the NSW Labor Party has spent the last month campaigning as a single-issue party. "Jeez. Thought they would have jumped on the fish kill. I could almost smell it from here" says Horrace. "Or the fact that you can't find a beer outside the casino...

TRACEY BENDINGER | Social Nuances | Contact A local man who doesn’t have a PhD is counting his blessings today as he stands outside a primary school handing out Labor vote cards. Kyle Vanguard (21) is studying a measly arts degree, the outcome of which will likely mean he won’t make enough money to live in Sydney and will have to leave. The Advocate stood...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Respected Northern Beaches Elder Tony Abbott has today decided it is time to educate the allies, after stumbling across what he describes as a 'wonderful thing' while door-knocking in Dee Why, deep within his electorate's Tongan Quarter. The former Prime Minister appeared incredibly infatuated by the stock standard suburban initiative, known as a 'street library' - where residents can...