Politics

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Gladys Berejiklian has reportedly spent some time sniffing around the Opera House this morning, looking for somewhere else to piss away billions of dollars. Other members within the party have revealed to The Advocate today that the Premier is not content with spending just $2 billion demolishing and rebuilding the two major football stadiums in Sydney, so is...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Maverick North Queensland MP The Honourable Bob Katter III has today commended the Turnbull Government for 'growing a set' and announcing a royal commission into the banking sector, after Australia's big four banks wrote to the Treasurer asking for an inquiry to restore public faith in the financial system. Turnbull fronted media today alongside Scott Morrison MP to declare...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It is believed the minds behind the unsuccessful Queensland state election campaign were quick to change channels after realising that their party wasn't going to win one seat over the weekend. Hanson and her followers spent the election day at Buderim on Queensland's Sunshine Coast - not an area that would be readily associated with hardcore Xenophobia and political...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Former senator-turned-state-political-hopeful Malcolm Roberts has returned to his former role with the Galileo Movement, after being defeated in the Queensland election over the weekend. The One Nation candidate was hoping to win the Ipswich electorate at Saturday's state election just weeks are being parachuted in at the eleventh hour - but ultimately fell short of his goal. Now with his political...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As millions of Queenslanders head to the polls today, the rest of the nation looks on with wonder and anticipation. Often a great litmus test for the country's political sentiments as a whole, the election is the first since controversial paramilitary organisation, One Nation, won a number of Federal Senate seats last year. Which is why...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has come out today and demanded that the leaders of Australia's closest neighbours stop meddling behind his back to solve the situation on Manus Island, and allow things to continue not happening. "Just cut it out" he said. "We've got this. It's none of your business... A part from maybe you lot ... This isn't an...

LEROY PERCIVAL | Central-Coast Queensland Folk-Rock Editor | CONTACT An outspoken local and avid reader of the works of Murdoch, has come back to his gated community in The Gap today, confident he’s boosted his favourite parties numbers substantially. The humble optimism came after Cooke pulled a two-hour stint on the corner of Waterworks and Settlement Roads this morning. In a solid effort, he waved...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Laughing off the suggestion that he's completely and utterly detached from modern Australian society, the Prime Minister was spotted at a local beach in his electorate wearing his favourite AC⚡DC t-shirt. Telling following journalists that he 'simply had a brain fart' yesterday on Triple M Brisbane where he was unable to name a single Acca...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the Queensland election enters it's final lap, Pauline Hanson has today announced that One Nation is the only party taking the time to listen to the wants and needs of the working class - and how thankful they are to have their penalty rates taken from them. One headline that has been greatly overshadowed by citizenship drama and postal...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Internet phenomenon and celebrity goat 'Gary' passed away earlier this week, triggering an outpouring og grief around the world. Unlike the April Fool's joke last year, the animal actually died aged 6 on Thursday night via euthanasia after vets diagnosed a bleed from an acute heart tumour. As Gary was arguably the most famous Australian animal, the Prime Minister has offered...