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6 March, 2016. 13:50 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN A STUDY COMMISSIONED BY the Office of Liquor and Gaming, a direct correlation was found between excessive alcohol consumption and knowing more about Irish fighter Conor McGregor. After consuming more than 5 but less than 17 standard drinks, the average person is able to construct a well-balanced and informed argument as to why...

5 March, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FOR THE FIRST TIME, a leader of a major political party will march in the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Opposition leader Bill Shorten confirmed earlier this month that he will stand shoulder to shoulder with the nation's QUILTBAG ("Queer/Questioning, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Trans (Transgender/Transsexual), Bisexual, Asexual, Gay) community in a...

6 March, 2016. 11:15 CLEMENTINE TUCKERBAG | Woman Writer | CONTACT Jack McBrayer of Greenslopes was today walked from his Corporate Communications job with the Queensland Brewer's Union for discriminatory behaviour towards women. The immediate dismissal came after McBrayer accidentally reacted with “Haha” to his colleague, Suri Kidman’s Facebook status - one that was appealing for her friendship base to end the stigman...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT After boldly revealing on social media that he was travelling via public transport to the Central Coast on New South Wales, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that he will be avoiding rail commutes from now on. "I honestly didn't think people like that existed," said Malcolm Turnbull while rubbing his hands with anti-septic dry-wash...

1 March, 2016. 16:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Nurses, teachers and other key workers have taken umbrage with Mike Baird's claim that their is no such thing as a Baby Boomer supremancy - or a housing bubble - in the New South Wales capital, and that anyone who can't afford to buy a home is too busy spending their money...

1 March, 2016 11:45 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports Editor | CONTACT 26-year-old Sydney Roosters star, Mitchell Pearce has spoken candidly to the media 24 hours after his return from a rehabilitation centre in Thailand, about how the national past time of getting wasted on Australia Day is not something he should partake in. In a television interview yesterday morning, the NRL premiership winner recounted the events of the night that lead...

29 February, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SOMEBODY PINCH MICHAEL CATON, because he still thinks he's dreaming. "When the bastards ask me what I'm wearing, I tell 'em Tarocash of Strathpine." laughs Caton. The 72-year-old arrived in Los Angeles yesterday ahead of the 88th Academy Awards, where his latest film The Last Cab To Darwin, has been nominated for Best Foreign...

26 February, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact PRISONS IN QUEENSLAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES are under investigation today after allegations surfaced surrounding the inhumane practice of forcing tertiary-educated tax cheats and insider traders to watch Channel 10's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! came to light. The show, featuring the bottom draw of the Australian entertainment industry, has...

24 January, 2016 11:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has today been praised by blokey dads around the nation, after he requested an investigation into a taxpayer-funded program aimed at helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or intersex (LGBTI) school students. The Safe Schools education program is set to be reviewed following fierce criticism from some Coalition backbenchers, many of whom had...

23 February, 2016. 16:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN 2001, SHANE WARNE was clubbed over the rope for six runs by a little-known Zimbabwean batsman by the name of Stuart Carlisle, during a friendly one day international between our two nations. It would've been like any other match, but Warne immortalised Carlisle the only way he could. Watching the ball sail...