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MILES PAST | Motoring| Contact GREG MULLHOLLAND PULLED THE nine-volt battery out of his garage buzzer so he'd have something to throw at the man who failed to maintain his automobile to the high standard that every man should. As he passed Michael Limp, a 29-year-old commission-based printer salesman, he wound down the window of his Ford Trader truck and let it fly....

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FROM NEXT YEAR, meandering through the streets of downtown Sydney at your own leisurely pace could land you in the grave. In a trial program supervised by the NSW Productivity Commission, Premier Mike Baird announced this morning at the opening of the Wynyard pedestrian tunnel, that people who 'annoy' others by walking slowly down a footpath...

17 September, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ONE STRIKES FEAR INTO THE hearts of politicians and Jesus freaks across the peasant empire of New South Wales, the other is a potential weapon of mass destruction that has Chardonnay socialists and do-gooders from Brisbane to Bunbury. While there hasn't been a recorded homicide committed with the help of the controversial...

ELLIAS CARR | FNQ | Contact Though now she's only a memory, Darren Loaf tied the knot for a third time in December 1990, surrounded by friends, family and people just trying to enjoy a tropical North Queensland getaway. Tragically, only a few months after they got hitched at a Townsville casino, the then 38-year-old pearl diver was forced to kick wife...

13 September, 2016. 15:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Jawbone's hands-free bluetooth headsets only really look good on black guys, it has been confirmed by scientists from the CSIRO. Speaking to the Betoota Advocate today, 10-year CSIRO veteran Professor Becky Wither-Goodhare says that while black women can also pull off a Jawbone, it is mainly males who work in finance or sales. "You...

1 September 2016 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact According to an exclusive Fairfax poll, majority of NSW voters say the controversial "lockout" laws in Sydney's centre should be extended across the state, and three-quarters of young people support support extending the 1.30am "lockout" and 3am last drinks in force across Kings Cross and parts of the CBD to the rest...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT While her fashion sense and hairstyle seem completely heterosexual amongst her social circle, 46-year-old Northern Beaches mum Sandra Spacey is often mistaken for a lesbian from Sydney's inner-west - every time she crosses the Harbour bridge. The mother of three, and die-hard member of the Newport Surf Club, is unaware of the fact that most people on the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Born and bred Brisbane girl, Anna Wilson (26) has today unveiled the most embarrassingly contrived faux-English accent since Don Cheadle appeared in the first Ocean's Eleven film. While insisting that she doesn't know what you are talking about, Anna is making a very obvious effort to alter her inflexions and to not finish sentences with the word...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A recent study by the University of Queensland has found that a vast majority of primary and secondary school front office receptionists go by the name of 'Deb'. The research, which was conducted at the St Lucia campus, sampled a school from each local council across both NSW, QLD and WA. UQ Professor Mal Tuqiri says...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact EACH MORNING BEFORE WORK, Graham Watkins looks at his coconut-flavoured jellybean of a body in the mirror and ponders whether he should wait until his first cardiac episode before he makes any lifestyle changes. Last night, he decided to make a change. The 25-year-old's usual Friday night dinner was more often than not a toasted sandwich,...