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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT It didn't take long for local Instagram addict Jess Mayer (33) to grow tired of reading interesting statistics about her friends and family today. Just 9 minutes in her 45 minute bedside scroll this morning and Jess has already cracked the shits. "Argh" she says. "Not this again" The young mother appears to have taken issue with the yearly trend currently dominating...

LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT A new friendship came within a shred of happening today as two metalheads got to know each other a little bit. Hanging out at the metalhead magnet that is a Nordic themed bar, metal enthusiasts James Beardly and Jesse Tohu figured they might have a good yarn as they were both wearing shirts with band names written in a...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT One week into the 2022 FIFA World Cup and almost everything is as strange and unpleasant as would be expected when sporting administrators take millions of dollars in bribes from repressive autocracies in an effort to sportswash their horrific track record on human rights. Last minute changes to programming from the hosts, bizarrely shocking on-field upsets, and even weirder...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The New South Wales police are back in action today, and ramping up their efforts to cleanse Sydney's streets of any immoral behaviour and explicit language. This comes just days after they boys in blue decided to brutally bash the iconic 78-year-old Sydney character Danny Lim, whose cheeky sandwich board sign became too much for a boutique CBD shopping...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A recent study conducted by the Licensing Inquiries and Testing For Australian Management (LitFam) ombudsman shows that there is not a good enough reason for rocket mayonnaise to have gradually disappeared from pub and cafe menus. Once a staple addition for steak sandwiches and egg salads in the late-2000s, it seems that rocket mayonnaise has struggled to remain relevant in the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A pioneer of Australian investigative journalism, Tracy Grimshaw's final episode of A Current Affair will air at 7pm tonight. After 16 years hosting the iconic investigative news programme on Channel 9, the veteran journalist says she has no intention of returning to the newsroom in the near future. Instead, the 62-year-old media stalwart says she will 'reset her work-life...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT In case you didn't know, the NSW Government are terrified that Sydney city has lost its groove after 3 years of lockdowns and nearly 10 years of fundamentalist Christian lock-out laws on pubs and clubs. With hospitality owners and retailers suffering greatly through a post-pandemic slump, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has made moves to 'bring Sydney back to life'...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The War In Ukraine has escalated in the last 24 hours, after Polish officials confirmed that they believe a “Russian-made missile” fell on a village in the country’s east - killing two people. While there is “no concrete evidence” on who had fired it, seven NATO allies have convened in an emergency meeting to discuss the strike while in...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With less than two weeks until Victoria heads to the ballots, and pre-polling now open for the state election - it seems the embattled Opposition leader Matthew Guy has no more tricks up his sleeve other than to blame voters for being brainwashed. Last week, even the most Liberal aligned broadsheet in the country could not warp the concerning...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT There has been extensive property damage to swathes of private and public buildings on Brisbane's southern outskirts over the weekend, after a glorious rugby league world cup semi-finals showdown between the inventors of the game and the masters of the game. This comes as Samoa conquers the United Kingdom in one of the greatest games in the history of...