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10 October 2016. 12:25 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT A popular Ipswich grandmother says Donald Trump’s boasting about being able to sexually molest women with impunity is probably no worse than what a lot of men say to each other behind closed doors. The Republican candidate today faced a second live debate with Hillary Clinton today, amid revelations that he boasted of his...

23 September, 2016. 14:00 CLANCY OVERELL| Editor | CONTACT Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump has today condemned Australian expats living in the US during a supporter rally in California. The crowd roared as the New York entreprenuer reaffirmed his belief that “the worst elements in Australia are being pushed into the United States by the Australian government.” “The largest suppliers of B-list actors, bartenders, anti-semitics...

22 September, 2016. 13:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SOUTHERN RAP SENSATION LUDACRIS had some choice words for the Australian prime minister last in New York after the pair shook hands at a meet and greet hosted by Melbournese businessman Antony Pratt. The heir to the Visy cardboard empire threw a party for the Liberal leader as he wraps up his whirlwind...

22 September, 2016. 15:00 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Recently single Hollywood superstar, Angelina Jolie, didn't appear too heartbroken by her imminent divorce to third husband Brad Pitt overnight. The 41-year-old was seen leaving a high end LA restuarant last night with a man who is rumoured to be her newest sexual conquest, Australian spin bowler Shane Keith Warne. Warne, who has in...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Western Australia is home to the highest rates of 'wanderlust' in the country, prompting the youth to travel far and wide before they return home to roost. One of the main reasons why young Western Australians yearn for the unknown is the prohibitive cost of getting blind in the Perth, their capital and the most isolated city...

10 September, 2016. 10:15CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The writers of the iconic DC films and comic superhero franchise, Batman, have today confirmed that the long held myth that the character doesn't have any superpowers is actually incorrect. The fictional superhero of Batman has appeared in American comic books since first appearing in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939, the character is also referred to by such...

7 September, 2016. 15:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact ENJOYING HIS FIRST HOLIDAY in nearly a decade, Michael McGarvey and his new wife thought it was time to pack up and the sample the easy life. Landing in Los Angeles last week, the 34-year-old television news producer quickly went to work switching off and seeing all the sights that tinsel town...

30 August, 2015 10:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Gene Wilder, the American actor and model who was made famous by the 'Condescending Wonka' meme, died Monday at his home in Stamford, Conn. His nephew said he died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83. Millions of meme-creators around the world have paid tribute to Mr Wilder through meme tributes in the dark galleys of...

24 August, 2015 9:30 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT To the untrained eye, the brown coloured stone wedged in the south corner of the Cincinnati Zoo gorilla enclave looked nothing more than a decoration by keepers. But as soon as Rod Harley saw it, late last week, he knew his life was about to change. Fossilised. An instinct honed over 40 years of fossil hunting told him...

10 August, 2015. 12:34 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IF YOU TRIED TO complete your census online last night, chances are you weren't able to. Not because our current internet infrastructure was put in the ground when Australia's young men were still bayonetting the Japanese in South East Asia. Not because we weren't prepared for the millions of people who were...