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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Featuring a number of tracks re-recorded for Christmas, British singer Morrissey has released a special holiday album just in time for the big day - something that's got one Brisbane man excited. Rather than wait for the midstrength to kick in listening to uncle Pete and Michael Buble compete for the airwaves, Simon Andey (24) of...

ESSIE BURKE | Human Interest | CONTACT A professional woman from a gentrified inner-city suburb has revealed she adds excitement to her life by dating emotionally stunted men, new social media posts reveal. Melanie Wiggs-Smythe, 33, said she sabotaged her otherwise comfortable middle-class existence by avoiding mature men seeking a long-term relationship. "I have a great job and a lovely apartment with an exorbitant rent...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THOUGH HE RECEIVED A life ban from Fridays last year, one Yaraka man has thrown caution to the wind and decided to holiday in Mooloolaba again this summer. Banned for breaking a pool cue over some Kidman & Co hero from the Channel Country, 28-year-old Juan Decanter swore he'd never return to Australia's methamphetamine coast...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent survey of Gen-Y Australians has found that anyone who is currently 'working on an app' but have no real timeline of when it will be completed, are essentially doing nothing. A mobile app is a software application designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, providing both services and entertainment. This particular industry...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While talking to each other as though they run an African-American criminal organisation in South Baltimore, four-to-five ex private school boys, aged between 24 and 28, have made a pact to never reveal to their parents or neighbours about what happened on Friday night. Alistair, Henry, Nicholas, Fraser and (maybe) William have assured one another that it is all-for-one...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Local Dad, Antony Gardner (68) doesn't think December 7 is too early to be firing up the egg nogg. Like many dad's around the country, this is one of the few non-alcoholic beverages he will be drinking at home until new year's eve. Eggnog, also known as egg milk punch is a rich, chilled, sweetened, creamy dairy-based beverage traditionally made...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It’s Christmas again. A time to really impress your family members with how well you are doing in life. This, of course, is best done through presents. How much are you willing to blow on them? Prices are only going to rise over the next few weeks, as retailers capitalise on our inaction. That’s why you need to act...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ASPIRING COMEDIAN AND West Pymble sociopath, Amanda Greenbolt, says she enjoys nothing more than prowling the streets of an evening to look for soft-roaders with 'My Family' stickers on the back window. When she finds one, she slinks under the cover of darkness into the driveway and uses her gaudy nylon nails to peel the bloke off...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact WHEN ASKED IF HE KNEW what he was doing, Graham Conroy said of course he did. Seeing as though he'd watched all the others do it - even the girls, the 21-year-old decided that he'd have a crack at starting the Kubota, while the everybody else looked on. Pushing the throttle all the way up, holding...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As any journo will tell you at a seconds notice: “The news never stops.” But for the reporters at the Daily Telegraph, it did today. Not a single shooting occurred in Sydney’s western suburbs.  No gang related violence to speak of. No exciting terrorism raids. Nothing. While significant events may have occurred in the nation’s capital, or a tip off...