The Nation

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The parklands surrounding the Melbourne Cricket Ground have become a makeshift morgue for Swans scarves and other supporter apparel as the Sydneysiders failed once again to bring the bacon home from the sporting capital of Australia. Yarra Park sits adjacent to the sporting complex, creating a buffer between it and the cosmopolitan East Melbourne district....

30 September, 2016. 15:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Now nearly 30 years since Powderfinger first appeared on stages and stadiums around Australia, Brisbane City Council has today unveiled a tribute to the River City rockers, one that will remain for many years to come. The statue which was commissioned by the Queensland state government, depicts eighteen-metre high bronze reproduction of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact NEARLY 9 IN 10 BRISBANESE PEOPLE believe that the best place for a cyclist is under the 555 bus to Sunnybank, but that hasn't stopped one local wanker from bringing a little bit of Danish culture to the River capital. Micha Bradley even purchased the pedal vehicle online from a small, artisan manufacturer in Copenhagen...

29 September, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A SPLINTER GROUP OF LOCKOUT law proponents are having their voice heard around the harbour capital this week ahead of next month's landmark protests against the NSW Government's measures to kerb alcohol-fuelled violence. Citing that the only Sydneysiders who want to see an end to these life-saving measures are "perverts employed in menial roles...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Though he has his suspicions, Greg Tanner (24) remains unaware that the messages he's receiving from another local woman are the product of three minds working as one. Wanda Hartog has recruited the help of two close friends, Amy and Milly, who've compiled their collective boy knowledge to help the 24-year-old fashion industry worker crack...

28 September, 2016. 13:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Premier Mike Baird has promised funding assistance for the flooded community of Forbes after inspecting some of the worst affected areas of town on Monday. “There’s obviously already assistance available for those that have been evacuated from their homes,” he said. The Premier expects Forbes will be declared a natural disaster area and funds will be provided to assist locals, farmers and businesses. “Forbes...

28 September, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SPEAKING CANDIDLY TO The Advocate this morning, an A-list Hollywood actress has explained that she "doesn't really give two fucks about rainforests or refugees" and prefers to spend her downtime with friends shouting cocaine and good times. Aside from being paid millions of dollars to make movies and promote products for vast...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Following a poorly-received attempt at describing the premise of a book he has been reading, local dad Alan Britton (59) has excused himself from his own dinner party to try and figure out where he put it. Not one of the fifteen guests offered to join Mr Britton, due to his poorly timed departure from...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has today unveiled her party's greatest political achievement since the world-renowned lock-out laws. That is, self-funding women's refuge shelters. "This is a world first," she said. "To use our nation's roaring gambling culture to counter our nation's drastic culture of domestic violence," While speaking at a media conference outside her electoral office, the Premier...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE BEING RAISED ENJOYING a level of luxury that will be hard to carry through until her dying breath, New Farm resident Kylie Dormant didn't miss the opportunity to Instagram herself in a pair of Qantas pyjamas. Flying home last month from her aunt's funeral in her mother's native Los Angeles, the 28-year-old fashion and...