The Photo That Shows Just How Far Our Government Will Go For Coal Seam Gas
16 April, 2015. 2:15
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected]
A SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPH depicting a coal seam gas fracking drill, installed no more than five kilometres from the base of Uluru, has gone viral overnight.
The photo was picked up by activists after a local Indigenous community member posted it on her Facebook page.
Shakyraa Hansen, a traditional owner of the Pitjantjatjara nation, posted the photo...
Kevin Parker and Julia Gillard talk new projects and Currents on ABC Radio
6 April, 2015. 16:04
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
FORMER PM JULIA Gillard has admitted this afternoon to enjoying the new musical direction Tame Impala has taken with their new album Currents.
Speaking today on ABC Radio Perth with the band's creative force Kevin Parker, Ms Gillard said the new sound shows the maturity of the Western Australian group as...
News Corp Australia in turmoil as they “forgot about the election” in NSW today
28 March, 2015. 14:45
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION is underway at News Corp Australia this afternoon after claims the media giant "forgot there was an election on today" were confirmed by CEO Julian Clarke.
The rumor mill went in to overdrive this morning as subscribers and readers of The Daily Telegraph and The Weekend Australian awoke to...
PM condemns Aboriginal lifestyles – “I prefer raw onions over witchetty grubs”
20 March, 2015. 12:15
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact
After promising to be a "Prime Minister for Aboriginal Affairs", Tony Abbott has stubbornly persevered through universal condemnation from public figures of all political stripes over his claim that it's not the taxpayers' job to subsidise Indigenous Australians' "lifestyle choices".
Abbott's critics are widespread, ranging from Indigenous lawyer, Noel Pearson - all...
STUDY: 9 out of 10 people in NSW can’t name opposition leader
16 March, 2015. 12:09
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
A STUDY OF over 1000 people in NSW has concluded that close to 90% of the population didn't recognise or name the leader of the state Labor Party, Luke Foley.
Foley replaced John Robertson as the leader of the NSW Labor Party after a caucus vote two months ago.
The 44-year-old was elected unopposed after two...
Lazarus resigns from Palmer United to join Canberra Raiders coaching staff
13 March, 2015. 11:30
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact
As of this morning, Senator Lazarus, the so-called "brick with eyes" - is the second Australian senator to leave the Palmer United Party after Jacqui Lambie resigned from the party to become an independent in November.
Senator Lazarus, a former professional rugby league superstar, will now serve as an independent senator while also...
Andrew Bolt reveals himself as a political satirist, says his whole career was ‘hoax’
11 March, 2015. 14:05
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
WHEN IT COMES to Andrew Bolt, people don't sit on the fence.
Either you love him, or you hate him.
He's an award-winning journalist, columnist, radio commentator, blogger and television host that shouts the right-wing agenda from the rooftops.
But what if it all was an act?
It just may be, because last night on...
Has political analyst Tim “Sharky” Ward been hired by Senator Ricky Muir?
6 March, 2015. 16:59
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
MAVERICK SENATOR Ricky Muir was pictured entering parliament yesterday with internet phenomenon, Tim "Sharky" Ward - who's allegedly been appointed the Victorian's new foreign policy advisor.
Mr Ward had been an Australian political analyst for a several years, with his insights and opinions read by hundreds of thousands each day.
He's a fierce critic...
Plans to replace Centrelink with euthanasia clinics gain traction
25 February, 2015. 15:04
ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
MORE THAN half the recipients of the disability support and unemployment pensions could be targeted for voluntary euthanasia from next June.
A landmark report into the country’s ballooning $150 billion annual welfare burden, released today, says the cost to the nation is becoming unmanageable unless people are put back to work or removed from...
“Trafficking for personal use” – Biggest drug bust in the history of law enforcement
20 February, 2015. 11:00
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact
AN ICONIC QUEENSLAND FOOTBALLER has been charged with supplying cocaine and accused of being part of a cocaine trafficking "syndicate” operating in Queensland.
“The CCC will allege the three men and one woman arranged for the supply of cocaine for personal use or to on-supply cocaine to friends and colleagues between June...
