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18 May, 2015. 11:55 IMRAN GASHKORI | Sports | CONTACT SHOCKWAVES were sent around the stadium during the A-League Grand Final as billionaire FFA chairman Frank Lowy dived head-first off the stage to perform some "old school" breakdancing moves. The owner of Westfield shopping centres was called upon to present the trophy to triumphant Melbourne Victory captain Mark Milligan, however 84-year-old billionaire had other plans. The moment stunned the...

16 May, 2015. 16:10 INGRID DOULTON | Women's Issues Writer | Contact SHANE WARNE HAS revealed to the media today that US pornstar Jenna Jameson "followed him back" on Twitter overnight. While he maintains they've never met, it seems the former leg-spinner has had to "go back to school" to "learn from the best" after a tough couple of weeks on the...

15 May, 2015. 11:55 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] If a picture is worth a thousand words, the message in this disturbing drawing is loud and clear. Yesterday, The Australian Minister of Agriculture told the media that Hollywood star, Johnny Depp had been given until Saturday to get his two pet dogs out of the country - or have them put down. Mr...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE NSW CENTRAL western town of Wellington has successfully bid to be the filming location for the much anticipated World War Z 2, which starts principal photography in November. Known locally as "Little Antarctica", the quiet village beat other meth-riddled towns such as Mount Gambier, Bourke, Ballarat and Wangaratta. The film project is expected to throw almost A$50m...

13 May, 2015. 15:30 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact NATIONALS DEPUTY and agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce is set to be crowned "King of the North" after fighting to secure a massive $5bn funding injection in to the Top End in last night's federal budget. The fiscal windfall will provide low-interest loans and finance to private businesses to build major infrastructure projects such as...

13 May, 2015. 14:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] In an extremely fascinating turn of events, several high-profile Australian entrepreneurs decided to sit in an elite Sydney restaurant for an entire afternoon, drinking expensive alcohol. The boozy lunch ended with two of the men involved acting like drunk Australians, with many saying their behaviour border-lined on that of drunk rugby league fans. The two men...

8 May, 2015. 10:17 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact OVER A hundred bottles of XXXX Bitter have been uncovered by school children at the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens during a class excursion. Archaeologists from the University of Queensland (UQ) have been called in to survey the site and to establish if anything found has historical significance. Professor Virginia Smith from UQ says...

7 May, 2015. 10:55 CLANCY OVERELL| Editor | Contact The controversial SBS documentary Struggle Street has received a mixed reaction from viewers after its first broadcast, with many sympathising with the show's subjects. Struggle Street follows the lives of local "battlers" in Mount Druitt, in Sydney's west, and has prompted outcry from residents over what they say is the program's unflattering depiction of...

6 May, 2015. 11:06 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact GREENS LEADER CHRISTINE Milne has resigned her position as leader, saying via Twitter that she does not plan to contest the 2016 election. Feeling optimistic, proud & sad to announce I’m not contesting 2016 election, and so I resign as Leader of Australian Greens — Christine Milne (@senatormilne) May 6, 2015 In a statement,...

6 May, 2015. 10:40 CLANCY OVERELL| Editor | Contact Treasurer Joe Hockey and Prime Minister Tony Abbott, two proud old boys of the Sydney University Football Club, sat together for a live photo-op in Canberra yesterday.  They had one thing to discuss with each other, in front of a scrum of cameramen, The Budget 2015. Things were tense as the PM critiqued Joe Hockey's...