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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Will Miller is a pretty friendly guy, who's often generous with his time. But, since moving down to the Central West, he's had that personality trait tested somewhat. The young bachelor with a love of all things science moved down to Parkes a couple of years ago to work at the Observatory - a CSIRO facility that's been at...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT New Zealanders will have free access to a Covid-19 vaccine, their Government confirmed during the opening of their new Parliament last Thursday. The detail was included in the Speech to the Throne presented to Parliament, which also congratulated New Zealand citizens for their stellar work in eliminating community transmission of the coronavirus, twice. The speech is written by the...

CLANCY OVERELL  | Editor | CONTACT The Chinese Government appears to be holding strong against Australian Prime Minister's demands for an apology over a doctored photo posted by a Communist Party official. The photo, blasted as "repugnant" by the Prime Minister, had been altered to depict an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of a child atop the Australian and Afghanistan...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact As Trump continues to publicly deny his election defeat, White House officials say that behind closed doors he is preparing for a hasty departure, with a number of fixtures and fittings recently disappearing, only to reappear later on online auction sites.  “I don’t know how he is getting away with it” said an unnamed source. “The desk in...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact After finally, sort of begrudgingly accepting the results of the election, Trump has a long road ahead as he prepares to move out of the White House and into one of his many properties while he patiently waits to find out what he'll be indicted for first.  But for a man not accustomed to confronting and admitting his...

EFFIE BATEMAN | BRISBANE| CONTACT In a rare act of self-reflection, future former US President Donald J. Trump has admitted to sources that the ‘239,000 elderly votes would have helped’ during the election. Taking a break from challenging every close state that fell the blue way to speak to the press, a sombre Trump admits he wished he’d handled the coronavirus epidemic a little...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact In an unprecedented admission, Future Former President Trump has finally conceded that the 1983 America’s Cup was won by the creatively-named Australian yacht Australia II.  Australia II is a 12m racing yacht that was launched in 1982 and is not to be confused with the original Australia which is a much larger vessel with a crew of 25 million people.  In...

FRANKIE DeGROOT | Local News | Contact In an unexpected development, President Trump has caused a spectacle at the historic Betoota RSL over the weekend after missing out on the meat tray.  In what has been interpreted as an attempt to add credibility to his position after the disappointing election results, Trump visited the iconic RSL on Friday night, accompanied by a substantial Secret Service...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Fashion publication US Vogue have made history this week by featuring British pop singer Harry Styles as its first-ever male cover star. He is also apparently the first ever white male to look like he's comfortable wearing a dress, according to woke Twitter. The cover immediately sparked emotive online and media conversations around masculinity and gender, as photos were pinballed...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Season 4 of Netflix’s The Crown, has opened with a bang, literally and historically - as Monarchists and Anti-Monarchists alike tune in for the newest instalment of the historical drama series. This season follows the royal family from 1977 to 1990, and introduces the world to a teenage Diana Spencer, as well as the early escalations of The Troubles...