Politics

3 July, 2015. 16:03 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER BULIMBA PERSONALITY Kevin Rudd says he's readjusting to life-after-politics well, returning to his old job as a stand over man. Before entering politics, Mr Rudd was a well-known and respected resident of the leafy Brisbane suburb. He made a living settling disputes and providing mediation as well as providing security for local...

July 3, 2015. 11:40 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Australian Anti-Censorship activists are in uproar today, as it is revealed that the Pacific islands of Nauru and Manus Island are no longer viewable on Google Maps. The new censorship measures are said to be a result of the Australian Border Force Act, which came into force on Monday. The act makes it an...

2 July, 2015. 16:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact It was a secret she lived with for more than 20 years. It was one of those open secrets that many people knew, but never spoke out loud about it. "For 20 years I worked in a closet. Closets are for gays, not bankers," said McConnor, who's four days away from retirement after...

June 29, 2015. 09:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact As debates continue to rage over the Australian Broadcasting Corporations' inclusion of a terror suspect in the audience of their Monday night program, Q&A - One man has found himself arguing in defence of the national broadcaster, to the point of him actually sounding like someone who sympathises with terrorists. Brendan Suffern,...

June 27, 2015. 14:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact   The Abbott government has agreed to briefly allow gay marriage In Tasmania, under a new trial. The Federal Government is contemplating legislation that will "meet those gay rights folk half way". Under the plan entitled 'Get sassy in tassie' same sex marriage would be allowed in the apple isle but not on the...

23 June, 2015. 17:13 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A REPORT PUBLISHED under the supervision of the US and British governments has concluded that Baby Boomers have doomed us all. The planet has been damaged beyond repair, says the report, by the people who were born immediately after World War II to the mid 1960's. Their way of life has been...

15 June, 2015. 11:39 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact The Federal Opposition has requested an urgent independent investigation into claims that Australian authorities tried to stop Channel Ten panel-host, Waleed Aly, from airing a segment that suggests that "bribes have been paid" to people smugglers to return a boat to Indonesia. It is believed that Waleed Aly was offered a "generous...

12 June, 2015. 11:00 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described wind farms as "visually awful", saying he wishes the Howard government, of which he was a member, had never implemented the Renewable Energy Target (RET) policy. "When I've been up close to these things, not only are they visually awful, but they make a lot of...

11 June, 2015. 09:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Despite his outright support for marriage equality, The Australian Christian Lobby has this week thanked Opposition Leader Bill Shorten for his "helpful" and "important" role in stopping same-sex marriage, after Labor committed to blocking the Turnbull government's proposed plebiscite. However, many believe this defiant hamster wheel of overly politicised relationships is only just gaining momentum....

28 May, 2015. 14:58 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BOUYED BY HIS recent on-air stoush with Nationals deputy Barnaby Joyce, radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands is rumoured to be planning to run as an independent at the next federal election. The 43-year-old has reportedly set his sights on claiming his home seat, the Division of Bonner, in Brisbane's south east. The KISS FM star's hometown...