The Nation

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Just a couple months ago, Benny Larder (31) had it made. He had a good sort under his arm, and a job that paid well enough for him to justify spending three nights on the piss a week - apparently wooing clients. Unfortunately for Benny, this decadent lifestyle meant his home life was always going to suffer. That, and his sheer...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | CONTACT In good news for Australian documentary filmmakers, a small independent production is maintaining the number 1 spot on the nation’s box office charts with its captivating story about the plight of the Sand People of the West. Dune 2, a film directed and produced by Denis Villeneuve, is expected to take over $20 million at the box...

KEITH T. DENNETT | New South | ContactA local bride-to-be has spoken to The Advocate today about why she’s chosen to get married on a random Wednesday in mid-August.Anna Grace-Harward, 28, has been eying off dates for a wedding ever since her full-time root Ryan Hayes got his knee dirty over Christmas, and asked if she’d like to blow $50,000 with him on a...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some confusing and totally unforeseeable news, National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program reports allege Australians are doing more drugs than ever, with "notable" increases in MDMA consumption seen in the majority of states, and a substantial increase in cannibal use - with ‘Greenslanders’ of course coming out on top with cannabis use, consuming more than 300 kilograms more...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact The British Royal Family is today facing a new set of scandalous allegations, as the Kate Middelton saga rolls on. With the British press sitting on their hands until Buckingham Palace gives them the go ahead to print anything concrete about the whereabouts of Princess Kate - rumours have begun swirling that Prince William may have just reinvented...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A mature-age apprentice mocked his fellow tradespeople this morning on a residential site in the French Quarter, telling them that wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is for people who subscribe to left-wing politics. Shortly after Dale Chutney, a 29-year-old building apprentice, began attacking a load-bearing wall with a jackhammer, a fellow apprentice at Glorified Tent...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact British DJ Fred Again is today facing a PR nightmare, after being accused of making 'Kelloggs music.' The performer who has seemingly been here for like 2 months is yet to comment on the allegations that he's been using the Nutri Grain 'Make Your Own Music' CD to produce all of his recent music. The concerning information comes to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT British DJ Fred Again… appears to have been in Australia for months now, with no signs of leaving anytime soon. For those not in the know, Fred Again (or simply just FRED), is a Grammy-winning English record producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and DJ who seems to have a vise-like grip on young urban professionals, who have turned out in...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The New South Wales Government has made a promise to young Sydneysiders looking to get out of the nation's largest open-air sewer over the next few years, telling them that their renting days could soon become a thing of the past if all goes to plan. Speaking to the media today in the boomer's picnic,...

MONTY BENFICA | Amusements | CONTACT As Tasmania's night time temperatures soared to the unprecedented heights of 24 degrees this past weekend, the usually brisk island state of Tasmania has taken a drastic measure to combat the scorching heat. After exhausting all known techniques for temperature regulation, the Tasmanians must now dispatch one of their most resourceful sons on a dangerous quest to the mainland...