The Nation

21 April, 2015. 10:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact CHILDREN OF THE MODERN world are left shaking after watching episodes of Mr Bean, a popular BBC comedy programme which saw worldwide acclaim in the 1990s. The report was commissioned by the Australian Television Standards Committee after the received thousands of complaints about the show after in broadcast on the ABC last...

20 April, 2016. 17:04 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Queensland Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk has today passed new laws which will restrict pub owners from having venue televisions at an 'offensive' level during any of the upcoming State Of Origin football matches. Palaszczuk says the State Government were moved to pass these laws after consultation with developers and residents in some of Brisbane's...

20 April, 2016. 10:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Female university students around Australia are pleading with their campus administrators and male peers to at least treat them equally while they are at uni, just so they can experience what equality feels like before entering the Australian workforce. Local female university student, Sarah McGirlson (18) says that she knows the the rest...

20 April, 2016. 10:04 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Uber could be scrapped at any minute in Queensland, with the Katter Family set to learn if their bid to have the service banned through severe penalties for drivers will succeed, in turn saving the one cab driving job in Mount Isa - as well as the two others between Mt Isa and Betoota. The...

19 April, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BEACH HOUSES AND HOBBY FARMS will be cheaper to attain and maintain under a Coalition government, a series of budget leaks has revealed. The breakthrough comes after huge concessions were made to high-income earners and big business, forcing nearly all Australians out of the highly competitive holiday home market. It's good news for...

19 April, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A REPORT COMMISSIONED BY an Australian brewery has found that only girls like the taste of beer that comes packaged in clear bottles. It also recommends that Australian men who enjoy malted beverages such as Corona, Toohey's Extra Dry or XXXX Summer to walk to the nearest bathroom and look themselves in...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Eastern Suburbs woman, Belle Highlander has recently changed her career. Making the transition from an importer of exotic beach sands, to a freelance yoga instructor, Belle (25) is very quick to notify her professional network contacts that she has changed jobs. "I just want people to know, that this is what I'm doing now," says Belle,...

18 April, 2016. 15:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Malcolm Turnbull is still confused about what a self-employed, blue collar, driver-owner truckie was doing with his hand during a meet and greet yesterday. A convoy of more than 200 trucks from as far away as Queensland and Victoria converged on Canberra ahead of the senate debating the abolition of the Road Safety...

18 April, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN THE DAY AND AGE where everybody has a video camera in their pocket, former Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett today said he was ready to put the whole ordeal behind him, stating that "he's just happy nobody filmed him" when he gave some bloke a nipple gripple onboard a Virgin flight...

PAUL BARRET | Climate and Weather | Contact AS IT TURNS OUT, 23-year-old Devin Capers isn't the big swinging dick he thought he was. The apprentice carpet layer made a series of "off-the-cuff" and crass remarks directed at the WhatsApp group admin, who then swiftly removed him. That was three days ago. In that time, he's tried to sabotage a mate's chances at rooting a female...