The Nation

9 April, 2015. 15:35 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | [email protected] After being held for six days without charge a Newtown man has been released in what amounted to a case of mistaken identity. The 25 year old Newtown barista, who cannot be named by order of the court, received a public apology from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday over being mistaken for...

Disclaimer: This is NOT satire A GRASSROOTS AUSTRALIAN NEWS and media production company have today unveiled a controversial crowd-funding campaign to raise money for the production of an upcoming Outback web series. The "rewards" they have offered to supporters are sure to spark interest. Particularly with the authorities. Have a look at the Kickstarter campaign below to see some of the shady donation prizes, which...

3 April, 2015. 13:28 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A GOOD FRIDAY barbecue has turned sour for one Mudgee male after police discovered him barbecuing a platypus in Lawson Park, on the banks of the Cudgegong River. Local latchkey youth David "Wingnut" Davidson, was fishing in the famous river when he hooked the endangered monotreme and reeled it in. Rather than throw...

1 April, 2015. 7:30 STANLEY WORTHINGTON | Sydney Correspondent | Contact FLYING BOAT OPERATIONS could resume in Rose Bay in 2016 under a landmark agreement between the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Woollahra Council. The current tenant at the Sydney Eastern Suburbs airport is a consortium led by an aviation family, which leases it out to a handful of commercial and private floatplane owners. However,...

8 March, 2015. 17:10 ALEXUS COBETT | North-NSW | Contact Three men remain in hospital today after what is believed to have been a late-night home invasion gone sour in Taree on friday. The group of three to four suspected ‘junkies’ have been terrorising the streets of Taree for some time, with a string of break and enters. However it appears the serial burglars have recently...

30 March, 2015. 12:15 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Senator George Brandis and the entire federal government are being praised this week over new "metadata" laws that received final ratification by the Australian Senate on Thursday night. As a result of Brandis' hard work, phone and internet companies will be forced to keep customers' data – such as the origin, destination...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact As the Southern hemisphere enjoys the first real frost of 2018, millions of portly, rotund, full-figured and bubbly Australians are looking forward to the cooler months ahead. Not because they prefer footy to cricket, but because they can put their crippling body image problems to sleep until November at the very latest. While the inclement weather begins to roll in over...

25 March, 2015. 17:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact THE SHARE PRICE of Qantas has grown 1.5% despite news of another aviation disaster - bucking the worldwide trend. More disturbingly, the Australian airline's share price has continued to forge ahead since hitting an all-time low in the months leading up to the Malaysian Airlines MH370 disappearance. Airlines around the world have all felt...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact These National Parks are the postcards that Australia sells to the rest of the world. They may seem like the perfect place to visit on your next holiday. However, nearly every major national park in the country has had a handful of one-star ratings on various travel sites, ranging from trip Advisor to Yelp. You might...

SPONSORED CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Michelle Bridges is 44-years-old and doesn't believe in excuses. A hard-but-fair Australian fitness guru, who understands that true happiness can only be found through consistent physical punishment and guilt-driven dieting - a personal mission statement that has made her millions of dollars. With the international roll-out of her ever popular 12 Week Body Transformation (12WBT) program growing traction overseas,...