Politics

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Just weeks after storming to power, Australia's new communist government is asking the peasants to limit their energy use as the nation's infrastructure begins to buckle under the pressure. President-for-life Anthony Albanese's energy General, Chris Bowen, has told the state media this morning that energy producers have been put on notice during this crisis to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The entire Australian media landscape, from the culture wars desperados at NewsCorp to the Stockholm Syndromed ABC, are still struggling with the fact that the Liberal Party just lost 50% of their sitting MPs at the 2022 Federal Election. The bizarre fantasy has become rather clear this week, as radio programmes and newspapers around the country continue to act...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The Australian Labor Party has today revealed to the nation that they are really starting to feel themselves. Less than a fortnight after winning government, and just a couple of days after securing a majority, the ALP has decided to bring up some of the big issues for people who live less than 15 minutes from a capital...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Albanese government's front bench was officially sworn in by the Governor-General last night, with the Prime Minister revealing a few unexpected changes - in what is undeniably the most diverse Federal Cabinet in Australian political history. Albanese said he wanted the ministry to be as reflective of Australia as possible, and has appointed a record number of women...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The ABC’s election analyst Antony Green called the south Melbourne seat of Macnamara for Labor last night, after a nail-biting vote count brought the Labor Party to a majority in the 151-member lower house. There is still the possibility of Labor winning one more seat, as they pull ahead of the Liberal Party on postal votes in the South...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some strange news, Labour MP Tanya Plibersek has today apologised for calling Peter Dutton ‘Voldemort’, despite it being a nickname everybody uses to describe the porpoise like liberal MP. This insult, used within an inch of its life by publications such a Pedestrian TV, is admittedly quite accurate, seeing as Dutton as he has no discernable features except...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles barely contained his laughter at a press conference this morning in Canberra where he was asked by The Advocate if parachuting Kristina Keneally into Fowler was a pretty dumb fuck thing to do in hindsight. "Well, when you say it out loud," he said. "Parachuting a rich person from the Northern...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT There's been little rest for the people behind Peter Dutton, with their work going into overdrive after the weekend's election. While plenty of people on the Blue side of politics are taking a few days to re-calibrate and figure out where everything went wrong, Dutton's team has been furiously working to get their boss the leadership of the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Former Wallabies captain David Pocock has this week shown a blistering return to form. However, while many of his highlights have come from the four corners of a footy field, this big moment has actually arisen from the voting booths of the Australian Capital Territory. Because, as is almost certain now, Pocock has successfully secured the turnover. Reports...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Member for Kennedy Bob Katter released a statement earlier today inviting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to join the Ancient Order of Outback Lefties, one of the oldest and most secretive clubs in Australia. While Mr Albanese is jetting off to Japan for the Quad Summit Meeting, there's a hive of activity in the Central West...