The Nation

10 June, 2016. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FINDING A NEW WAY of disgracing and embarrassing himself each day, friendly area bartender Martin Shorthorn woke this morning to find no food in the fridge. Unphased, he confidently strode down to his local shopping strip in Brisbane's New Farm district, walking right past his local Greek-owned mixed business delicatessen, past three...

9 June, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact   SHARON GLEESON SITS IN her Caboolture kitchen, working her way through her fourth Horizon Blue of the morning while she polishes off a neenish tart. Her knuckles are bruised and her earlobes are covered up in bandaids. Nearing the end of her tasty lung candy, she lets out an earth-shattering cough and...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Finding Dory, the highly anticipated 3D comedy adventure film and sequel to the 2003 classic Finding Nemo, last year gave Pixar the biggest opening in its history when it hit theatres on June 17. The directors cut of the film has been released today, showing the inclusion of a 'human character' who was since cut out due to injunctions put forward by mining companies....

6 June, 2016. 13:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE HEARTS OF HIPSTERS and perverts around the world are filled with pangs of sadness this afternoon as Hillary Clinton officially won the Democratic nomination in California. Capitulating like a Bangladeshi cricket team, Bernie Sanders is refusing to give in until the very last moment - even though he's on track to...

7 June, 2016. 15:34 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Sydney homeowners whose waterfront mansions were wiped out by extreme sea conditions stand to lose millions if they are not covered by insurance - this means they will now have to re-enter the Sydney housing market starting from scratch - a feat that is sure to see them labelled as "lazy and whiney" by...

7 June, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SIX MONTHS AGO, FOUR CORNERS introduced us to a new adjective in the Australian vernacular. Cunt-struck. While you might've heard that term used before, in a public house or football field, it was the first time that the crude term was broadcast into millions of living rooms. It was used by Michael Lawler, the husband of...

6 June, 2016. 10:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AFTER SPENDING A FEW days at the infamous Croatia Boat Week festival last year, Russell Crowe found creative musical juices flowing through his body once again. However, rather than strum and scream his way through a handful of power ballads, the veteran actor took inspiration from the iconic dance party. "I got to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The Art Gallery of New South Wales' plans to build a $450 million extension dubbed the 'Sydney Modern Project' by 2021, have been put on hold today, after the State Government declared that their initial design will have to be appropriated into a 'greater plan for inner-city Sydney'. Premier Mike Baird announced that the much...

6 June, 2016. 10:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact PARTS OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD have been declared disaster zones as the federal government begins distributing silica packets to the worst-affected areas. The silica packets are designed to draw moisture out of the air, drying out stale rooms and sodden gardens after some of the highest rainfall drenchings on record. They've been...

30 May, 2016. 14:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact TAWNEE IS A LYING DOG CUNT and Wayne can't seem to keep his dick out of her best friend. That's all that two office workers have been able to establish as the argument between two junkies entered its third minute this morning in Sydney. 54-year-old private wealth manager Sam Dunkirk and a 21-year-old...