Politics

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT At 27-years-old, Liam Softchunt has been an employee of the Labor Party for just over ten years. Despite only ever wearing high-vis a few times while visiting construction sites with his former employer, now-Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, Liam is a staunch advocate for industrial solidarity. His affinity with the plight of the worker is epitomised by the Eureka stockade t-shirt...

13 March, 2016. 13:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact While conservative West Australian political leaders begin squabbling and arguing over what went wrong during the weekend election, a One Nation candidate has quietly returned to his old life shooting pigeons at Perth's Jandakot Airport. Deverill Slacks, a 47-year-old avian pest control specialist from Armadale, spoke to The Advocate about his 'devastating'...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One Nation party leader Pauline Hanson has been touring the state of Western Australia this week promising voters that her party is the only one that will be able make life as spectacular as it was during the WA mining boom. She has repeatedly stressed that voters themselves should take control of their preferences, and to...

9 March, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts has asked the Upper House this morning about the microwave oven in his staffroom, asking for the science behind the 'magic oven' that warms his lunch each day. Rejecting the commonly accepted theory behind how microwave ovens work, the Senator explained that he didn't believe radiowaves could...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Parliament question time has made way for a lighthearted threat of physical confrontation in Canberra today, as Deputy Prime Minister offered Grayndler MP Anthony Albanese to 'run it straight'. Joyce, a former rugby union clubman from the New England, lost his temper during a penalty-rates shouting match between the two parties. Albanese, a former junior rugby...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With conservative commentators backing Peter Dutton as the next Prime Minister, it has been revealed today the Minister of Defence has divided what remains of his soul into seven fragmented policies to be spread across seven factions within the Australian Liberal Party. The fragments, known as 'horcruxes', will be hidden in the disguise of policies aimed at not...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The rapidly growing membership of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has stalled over the weekend, as distressed voters find themselves confused and even angry by her recent ABC interview where she praised Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an attempt to emulate President Trump's brand of political shock, Ms Hanson said President Putin was 'very patriotic towards his country' "The people love him,...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Newtown-based frisbee enthusiast, Julian Shawke (26) says that Australian politicians seem to be forgetting how real people live. "That's why I joined Young Labor. So that I could bridge this cultural gap that seems to have opened between the party and the workers. They are out of touch, and I think we need to work on this" he says. A...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Former Prime Minister John Howard has today advised the current leader, Malcolm Turnbull on how to deal with the renaissance of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party. Howard, who was leader of the Liberal Party during Pauline Hanson's first dabble with federal politics, is well remembered for his ability to continue running the country without dedicating too much energy to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It appears that Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten MP, has now taken to wearing his sunglasses on the back of his neck, in an attempt to boost his bad boy image and appeal to younger voters. Earlier last month it was revealed that former Union heavy had attempted to cultivate new ‘bad boy’ image by growing out a Shannon Noll-style...