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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Even though local outdoor furniture retailer, Ferg Stevensen (32) rarely get a run on with his beloved Dolphins 5th grade, he is what many describe as a shining beacon of club camaraderie. The perennial benchwarmer is known not only for his indifferent attitude to training, club duties and paying his subs on time - but also, the high standard...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Townsville man, Tyson Campbell (27) says he's in a bit of a pickle this weekend, with his annual pilgrimage to Oxford street for the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras clashing with the North Queensland Cowboys round 1 match against the Canberra Raiders. While initially hoping to be able to attend both the Mardi Gras and the football match...

27 February, 2017. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The holder of one of Betoota's first taxi licences revealed today that he spent most of the weekend ferrying drunk people home from the town's nightlife districts while they gave him a light-hearted ribbing about Australia's historic Test win in India. Baldev Singh took time out of his busy Monday morning routine...

24 February, 2016. 12:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Spitting out a mouthful of his breakfast devon and tomato sauce sandwich, Brett Chimera of Goulding Place North Betoota, couldn't believe his eyes as Test opener Matt Renshaw ran off the field of play to empty himself in the middle of a session. "Outrageous!" said the local father. "Back in my day, cricketers...

21 February, 2016. 17:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact If Melbourne is the sporting capital of Australia, then Newcastle is the home of the spoon. The Newcastle Knights and Jets both won the wooden spoon in their respective leagues and codes, prompting the hundred or so tourists that flock to the coal port over summer to refer to it simply as...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As reported yesterday, another former-great Australian sport star has spun off the rails. Initially thought to be a legendary case of a party boy carrying on a bit too much, we have since learnt that it is more of a sad case of a broken man with mental health issues and substance dependancy. Despite the much darker...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Experts confirm that former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd might be looking for work again, as he begins jumping at any media opportunity possible - and warming back into his role as the overly-blokey nerd we remember from ten years ago. On last night's 7:30 report, Kevin Rudd revealed that Malcolm Turnbull's difficult phone calls was nothing compared to...

6 February, 2016. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Michael Pascoe thought he raised his boy on a healthy diet Broncos, Brown Snake and Bitter. On his 12th birthday last year, he even let him sink a gold tin over lunch. Always curious about his father's obsession with Pall Malls, the 54-year-old even let him indulge in some lung candy that...

6 February, 2016. 11:23 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Confused, scared and riddled with nerves. Douglas MacIntyre isn't a seven-year-old boy anymore - watching his parent's marriage collapse right before his eyes - he's a 28-year-old successful term deposit specialist watching The SuperBowl with thirty of his closest, but equally loathed work colleagues. "I don't know what's going on," he said. "I...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT President Trump’s top spokesman has used today's White House press briefing to berate the media — for accurately reporting the crowd size at Trump's inauguration last fortnight. “I've said it before. I'll say it again. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period — both in person and around the globe - bigger than...