The Nation

24 March, 2016. 10:39 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN and construction has started on the controversial expansion of Betoota Airport, giving hope to the local chamber of commerce but sending other members of the community into a rage. One of those raging against the plan is local mum-to-be Jeanie Kyte. After reading an article her 34-year-old stay-at-home-mother...

22 March, 2016 12:45 ALEXUS CAMPBELL | Tourism & Lifestyle | CONTACT Goulburn city council is under fire today after it has been revealed that they are planning to imprison their entire town by expanding the Supermax prison to include all residents and their homes. Built in 1884 and situated three kilometres from town, Goulburn Correctional Centre has been a mainstay of the small city...

22 March, 2016. 11:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact BE CAREFUL OF WHO YOU connect with on social media, because one day, you could end up friending somebody like Dennis McGuvy. He has his favourites, then he has the ones he's saved to his external hard drive. "Summer is truly a magical time for me," said Dennis, breathing heavily. "People don't forget a...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT WAS THE TRIP of a lifetime for the former prime minister, who arrived safely this afternoon in Sydney. After dedicating much of his life to the Australian public, John Howard thought it was about time to let down whatever hair he had left. "I was looking into doing those riverboat cruises you see on television...

21 March, 2016. 17:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact MINOR PARTY STAFFERS HAVE been observed cleaning windscreens at traffic lights around Canberra today as the possibility of a double dissolution election becomes greater. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced he will bring the budget forward a few days, sparking wild rumours that a double dissolution election is almost certain to take...

21 March, 2016. 11:28 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IT'S NOT HAUNTED and nobody was gruesomely murdered there. Nor is it under the flight path of the local airport. Located the Brisbane blue-ribbon suburb of Ascot, this charming Queenslander is only moments from the city. It's on the market for nearly a million dollars less than the neighbouring property - but that's problem. The neighbours. After...

21 March, 2016. 8:28 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact GRADUATING AT THE TOP of your class isn't easy, no matter what you do. But for one Sydney law graduate, it came quite naturally. 24-year-old Sophia Ellis-Walter was admitted as a lawyer by the Supreme Court of New South Wales a month ago and since then, she's barely had enough time to sleep,...

18 March, 2016. 16:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact POLICE IN NARCOTICS HOTSPOTS will be keeping an eye on people using ATMs this weekend, looking for people withdrawing $300 - the average cost of a decent bag of cocaine. The leafy Sydney suburbs of Bondi, Double Bay and Lakemba will be under the microscope, while New Farm, Hawthorne and Banyo have...

18 March, 2016. 13:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Yesterday morning, national liquor retailer Dan Murphy’s announced that Crown Larger would be from its Premium Beer Section. The company’s CEO, Chris Stewart, said that the move came after a general consensus from franchisees who pointed out that Crown Lager was mostly bought as gifts by people who do not drink beer. However, the...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SYDNEY NEEDS TO BE less desirable and more dangerous according to a new political party hell bent on helping young Sydneysiders buy a house in the harbour city. Following a city planning model similar to Brazil's Rio De Janeiro, The FairGo Party plans to destabilise Sydney to the point where people will actively feel afraid,...