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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As the Coalition is set to head to a second byelection and the Trans-Pacific Partnership lies in ruins, Malcolm Turnbull told his Chief-of-Staff to hail a cyclo. The Prime Minister thought a quick spin in one of Vietnam's most popular methods of transport might be able to cheer him up after a week from hell. But...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The recent allegations regarding an iconic NYC comedian actually isn't that hard to believe, when you look at the shit he's spent twenty years making jokes about. HBO says Louis C.K. will not appear on its upcoming autism benefit show "Night of Too Many Stars." The cable network also says it is removing all of C.K.'s past projects from its...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former well-liked Hollywood icons, Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein have today taken the opportunity to tell the world that they are gay, in an attempt to quell the media attention surrounding their respective non-gay sexual harassment and abuse  allegations within the industry. The seemingly protected and well-known actions of both men over the course of several decades have...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A man who is responsible for sending 2,500,000 of his own men and women to fight in two seperate wars is being praised as a champion of human rights by those who used to hate him, after indirectly criticising someone that they seem to hate even more. Former President George W. Bush criticized the state of the U.S. politics under Donald...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A Brisbane finance worker on transfer in London has laughed at the worry expressed over Storm Ophelia this week as he shows his British friends what a real, Australian dust storm looks like. Flicking through images of The Great Dust Storm of 2009, Will Coleridge bragged about how natural phenomenon such as the one affecting...

In a move being described by many as ‘bizarre’, ‘insane’, and ‘very in-character’, Donald Trump has officially tendered his resignation from the office of President of the United States, citing the recent Eminem rap about him as the ‘final straw’. Republicans have urged Donald Trump to save face and resign immediately after being 'lit up' by Eminem during a BET...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The almost scripted horror coming out of Hollywood this week has proven to be too dramatic to simply not turn into a movie, studio executives have today confirmed production is nearly underway for an upcoming horror-thriller titled 'Weinstein'. The story will be based on the life and times of "The Most Powerful Man In Hollywood" Harvey Weinstein - and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The entire world is today rattled to learn that a seedy-looking old Hollywood billionaire has been accused of acting kind of seedy around female Hollywood stars. The independent film mogul Harvey Weinstein has today been sacked from the Weinsten Company amid the sexual harassment storm that has rocked Hollywood. In a statement, the Weinstein Company announced that the alleged harasser...

IMRAN GASHKORI | Editor-at-large | Contact A prominent business owner from a nice family phoned The Advocate this morning to tell of how his hangover was made much more manageable by a Wallabies victory this morning in Argentina. Jake Munro, a 23-year-old finance student, said that he and a few friends got 'a little rowdy' last night after the Betoota Gold...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In a knee-jerk reaction to the supposed lack of motive behind the recent Las Vegas shooting, President Trump has today proposed a travel ban on all caucasian online poker-enthusiasts who feel like stocking up on machine guns and killing as many people as possible for no reason. The confirmed shooter of this week's gun massacre in Nevada appears to...