Politics

15 May, 2017. 10:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister broke his silence on the housing crisis this afternoon by explaining he owes everything he has in life to a instant coffee. Malcolm Turnbull said he's never been a fan of a bespoke cup of java, often electing to dose himself up with a strong International Roast or Moccona. "Do...

12 May, 2017. 14:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 establishes a scheme to confiscate proceeds of crime and provides the means for returning the benefits of those confiscated funds to the community - here and abroad. Network Nine has reportedly paid a large sum of money to the family of imprisoned Australian Cassandra Sainsbury, who...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Inner-city leftie, Fuji Decaux (27) says a part from his exotic name, he is often confused for just another straight privileged white male who went to a private school. That is until people hear about the sex acts he gets up to behind closed doors. Even though Fuji is a big supporter of relocating refugees to working...

11 May, 2017. 14:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Greens leader Richard Di Natale has referred to the Treasuer as a 'typical Taurus' this afternoon during a speech to the Senate in response to this week's federal budget. Scott Morrison's second budget has received mixed reviews, mostly from the overprivileged educated left, while other more sensible commentators have also been left scratching...

10 May, 2017. 14:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Federal MP George Christensen has reportedly mortified a number of his parliamentary colleagues today by biting into a Kit-Kat instead of snapping the fingers off one-by-one as regular folk do. The Member for Dawson came under fire for the act, which saw Bob Katter stand up and walk out in utter disgust. Christensen also...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed a new plan that would see welfare recipients required to undergo drug testing, with those who test positive to be forced onto a Centrelink income-management scheme, which controls how a recipient spends their money. Local poverty-stricken drug user, Blake Austron (30) - who smokes marijuana as a cheap, dosile alternative to alcohol...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT For the sixth time since he first entered the senate, One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts has today called for a Royal Commission into a mundane issue he has regarding day-to-day Australian life. “I’ve done a lot of research into this” he said today. “ "I went looking into the agencies that have been spreading this temperature...

 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following his silence on countless controversial political issues such as the medical evacuation of Nauru, climate change and encryption laws, Bill Shorten has taken extra steps this week to find some Government policies that he actually disagrees with - or at least, had no part in creating. Shorten has gone ahead and hired 140 new staffers to...

2 May, 2017. 13:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A prominent regional Australian went on popular ABC program Q&A last night, where his political and social stance on a smorgasbord of issues was openly mocked and ridiculed by a team of soft-left commentators. The Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce revealed to The Advocate late last night that he's only just finished taking...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Peter Dutton has demanded an apology from the media for their reporting on the demographics of inmates currently detained in The Manus Regional Processing Centre. The Minister for Immigration says that journalists had “morphed into advocates” and “lost control of any dispassionate view of this circumstance” by using terms like 'kids' and 'children' to describe...