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10 March, 2016. 13:04 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AMERICAN ACTOR JOHNNY DEPP announced today that he plans to back Tony Windsor's return to politics and his journey to defeat Barnaby Joyce in this year's federal election. Speaking from his California home, the 52-year-old said he wishes Windsor the best of luck and he's behind him all the way to Canberra. "You...

6 March, 2016. 11:15 CLEMENTINE TUCKERBAG | Woman Writer | CONTACT Jack McBrayer of Greenslopes was today walked from his Corporate Communications job with the Queensland Brewer's Union for discriminatory behaviour towards women. The immediate dismissal came after McBrayer accidentally reacted with “Haha” to his colleague, Suri Kidman’s Facebook status - one that was appealing for her friendship base to end the stigman...

4 March, 2016. 10:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A COLLECTIVE OF BAR AND CLUB OWNERS from Sydney's Oxford Street precinct have lashed out at claims made by Brisbane Broncos centre James Roberts that he has more speed that the notorious nocturnal mile. Last night, the 23-year-old was instrumental in the River City's triumph over the Paramatta Eels, winning 17-4 at...

2 March, 2016. 13:11 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact DESPITE BEING OLD ENOUGH to get married and for it not to be weird, a 25-year-old pool cleaner from Queensland's Sunshine Coast has lashed out at his friends for making fun of the fact that he still has a prepaid phone. Typically seen as the training wheels on the mobile phone market,...

1 March, 2016. 16:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Nurses, teachers and other key workers have taken umbrage with Mike Baird's claim that their is no such thing as a Baby Boomer supremancy - or a housing bubble - in the New South Wales capital, and that anyone who can't afford to buy a home is too busy spending their money...

1 March, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SWEEPING NEW MEASURES from the NSW government were passed this morning that could see Australians who identify as any other religion than Christianity be locked out of Sydney's Royal Easter Show. In addition to these measures, having a Hillsong membership will also get families access to the fanfare for free. What these new...

29 January, 2016 16:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT More than two decades after his first Academy Award nomination, Leonardo DiCaprio has secured the best actor Oscar for his role in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's survival and revenge odyssey The Revenant. This Oscars award ends a string of Academy snubs - that made DiCaprio one of Hollywood's most revered and bankable stars - but it also confirms that...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A nationwide shortage of plastic penis straws is not making life any easier for the unfortunate women around Australia who have been selected to play the role of a bridesmaid in the near future. The bridesmaids are members of the bride's party in a wedding. A bridesmaid is typically a young woman, and often a close friend or sister....

28 February, 2016. 15:45 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ONE WEST QUEENSLAND PUBLICAN has taken it upon himself to do his bit to prevent the out-of-control drunken violence that's plaguing the sunshine state by putting a boxing ring in the beer garden of his hotel. It's a model that many metropolitan venues are now looking at adopting, letting angry patrons fight...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact PROMINENT BLUE MOUNTAINS MC Lil KoneKunt was rushed to hospital in the early hours of this morning after becoming the latest victim in the ongoing gang violence that's plagued Australia's hip hop scene for years. At approximately 3:30 am AEST, the 25-year-old was allegedly set upon by a group of men in the carpark of a Penrith fast...