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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The Hollywood film industry is this week under fire after the release of the revamped Charlie's Angels film. This week Paul Kelly and his guitar stopped by to play us some brand new music and chat about his life and career. Listen here: While some in the echo-chamber of Twitter had been praising the new film, others have...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact There are two things Betoota Heights local Gregory Funk hates in life. One is the police and the other is consuming cheap, bargain barrel brain varnish. When the sun is up, at least, there's a sense of decorum about what liver cleaner he tips down his gullet. He spoke to our reporter just a while ago inside...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Kurdish-Iranian journalist and refugee, Behrouz Boochani, touched down in his new home of New Zealand yesterday evening and it's being reported that he's already slipped seamlessly into Kiwi life. As he woke this morning, the award-winning writer did what many New Zealanders have done before him. He pulled on an early-to-mid 90s All Blacks jersey then...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Last night, as they each tried to enjoy some quiet time alone with a glass of shampers and a plate of olives, the sole Greensperson in the lower house and a backbencher from the New South Wales high country locked eyes and frowned. "Ah for fuck's sake," said Barnaby Joyce under his breath. He shut the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In a rare sequence of events, the Northern Territory police have held one of their police officers accountable after last weekend’s shooting of a 19-year-old Indigenous man, Kumanjayi Walker. The news has shocked Australians, both black and white, after a long history of 'Palm Island-style' wrist-slapping for cowboy police officers in remote communities. Walker died after he was shot at...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Betoota Heights father staring down the prospect of having a third child under three next year is pleading with the nation's most successful musical act to add a bit of spice to their music before his brain collapses in on itself. For the first year or so, Mike Albano said The Wiggles just went...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Recent revelations have today explained why Dad is barely able to contain his excitement about this upcoming Sunday. Have cleared 48 hours on either side of this weekend, Dad is absolutely stoked to finally lock in a time to clean out the garage. As is commonly acknowledged in suburban Australian culture, the opportunity to clean out one's garage is arguably...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact In what the Member For New England describes as a 'serendipitous' occurrence, Rugby Australia's former marketing pigeon has been named as Barnaby Joyce's new media advisor - the day after his own reflection resigned from the job. Mr Joyce thinks it's serendipitous because, in the weeks leading up to last month's Rugby World Cup, he...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The Coalition Government has today reiterated it's stance on what it believes is one of the major causes of the bushfires currently ripping through NSW, QLD and WA. Rather than the fact that it's extremely fucking hot, there's little to no rain about, and experts have been warning about aggravated bushfire seasons as a result of climate...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The country's peak scientific research body has gone public this morning with their struggle to convince the Prime Minister that this bushfire season is not the rapture and he has to do something about it. Acknowledging the political class' request to keep politics out of debate surrounding this spring's bush fire season, the CSIRO has...