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FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT With the devastating news in October that Valvoline Raceway, formerly known as Parramatta Speedway, would be compulsorily acquired for demolition and developed into a light rail stabling yard, it may not be long until the noisy, fast and exciting cars are replaced by light rail trains which are none of those things. And whilst the NSW Government has promised...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT As conditions this summer point to potentially record-breakingly shitty conditions for bushfires, the RFS is looking to again overhaul its bushfire warning system to reflect the even greater threat posed by the changing climate.  “We probably should have put a bit more thought into the old system” admitted NSW RFS Acting Commissioner Rob Rogers. "When the second-lowest level is High, it becomes a challenge finding...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | News | CONTACT Local lad Lachlan Kriesler is uncharacteristically deep in thought today after being woken by the unfamiliar sight of his father measuring his bedroom. “Yeah, had a bit of a blinder on Friday night, for sure. I just turned the big one-eight, so me and my mates hit up Sydney. I was probably already half cut at about 1:30 when...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Bardot, the Roger David for Women, has gone into voluntary administration today, telling the media that a cluttered retail environment has seen bricks and mortar revenue plummet. Founded in 1996, the iconic women's clothing shop was once a titan of the nation's shopping villages and Westfields. Now, it's just another big-name casualty in the recent...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Prime Minister Scott Morrison asked his Energy Minister this afternoon if he was planning on 'pulling a Skase' while he was due to be in Spain for a climate-energy summit in Spain next week. Angus Taylor is currently under investigation by authorities over an alleged forgery of an official City of Sydney document aimed at...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today taken to his Instagram page today to emphasise that his party are focused on the real issues that matter to Australians, not the political games and noise in Canberra. This is in relation to the current investigation surrounding cabinet minister Angus Taylor and the allegedly doctored document he used to try to discredit...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Our town's mental health facilities have been boosted and buoyed by the arrival of a new psychiatrist who's just opened up a new practice behind the bar of a local tavern. The Gelded Seahorse, one of the largest public houses in Betoota Heights, has long been the first port of call for members of our...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT After growing public pressure regarding the controversial Size For Age Policy, the Sydney Junior Rugby Union has been forced to cave. Following allegations, an 11-year-old was forced off the field halfway through an Under 11s/12s game because of his size, the SJRU and Rugby in general, has hosted a fierce debate about size restrictions for young players. LISTEN...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact When conversation down the Gelded Seahorse Hotel turns to technology, a local cabinetmaker laughs and dips his moustache into his room-temperature Resch's. "What a load of shit," he'd say. "I don't even know how to turn one of those fucking things on!" "You won't find me going to one of those bloody classes, either! Those geriatrics drooling...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT In some exciting news for residents of the nation's 2nd worst city, the new Barangaroo developments are almost ready to go. The NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed that lockout laws will be partially lifted for the CBD and Oxford Street from the 14th of January next year. Speaking to reporters this morning, the Premier confirmed the controversial lockout laws...