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1 December, 2015 11:45 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT AUSTRALIA’S ultimate teen party boy Corey Worthington has grown up into a respectable young man. The 24-year-old millionaire put on a beautiful "Australians-in-Bali" themed wedding for his young bride, Mel Borg (28) over the weekend. Worthington, an Australian household name, shot to fame after throwing an out-of-control party when he was just 16 in Melbourne....

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT An amazing app developed by a group of young tech entrepreneurs from Massachusetts is being praised for it's accuracy in determining which of your friends are racist, or think women are mostly responsible for domestic violence. Facebook (also known as 'The Face Book') has developed an algorithm that notifies users every time one of their friends has racist thoughts or begin...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT With the ongoing European refugee crisis remaining a divisive political issue, over 2.8 billion people have shown their support for a young Middle Eastern family who were forced to give birth in an unhygienic agricultural premises, after being denied refuge by an entire city. Yusuf and Maryam, both 14, say that their pleas for asylum fell on deaf ears...

13 November, 2015. 10:05 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact SAM GREENBRANCH SAID he had the holiday of a lifetime ahead of him. While most of his friends took the easy road out and headed to Europe for the cheaper off-season holiday, the 24-year-old data entry specialist decided last minute to spend his allocated two weeks holiday in the United States. He...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Irish-Australian Catholic Priest, Paddy O’Mutty has beguiled the entire Commission in to Institutional Responses To Child Sexual Abuse the investigation into abuse in the Catholic Church with his down to earth wit, rollicking stories, and lyrical accent. O’Mutty, who has been charged with 49 counts of interfering with minors, and who has earned a reputation in the...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A new study released by CSIRO has revealed that white privilege more than makes up for white guilt. Dr. Peter Humphries was behind the study: “This is very interesting,” he explained over the phone, “It means that pang white people feel when they walk past a homeless aboriginal woman after drinking $20 cocktails at a work drinks is...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Love him or hate him, Chad Kroeger is one of the most talented musicians of our time. His capabilities as a guitarist, vocalist and all round entertainer have been praised by the highest orders of rock music royalty. "Kroeger and Nickelback were exactly what Rock 'n' Roll needed after the death of grunge." - Sting, 2010 "Every time I...

15 October, 2015. 19:16 CLAYTON STAND | Human Interest | CONTACT UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES student, Patrick Marshall began investigating the culture and effects of the drug Methamphetamine after initially experimenting with less-pure forms of amphetamine to get through the workload of his engineering major. More commonly known in Australia by the street names ‘Ice’ or ‘Pookie,’ Patrick says his experiences with Crystal Meth were...

2 October, 2015. 15:35 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact IN LIGHT OF RECENT news, Australia has once again been confirmed as the greatest place on Earth. The announcement was made earlier today during a gala event in Washington D.C. hosted by out-going ambassador Kim Beazley. Australia was found to be the greatest place on the planet by a number of independent...

28 September, 2015. 11:00 EGBERT ADRIANSON| Melbourne| Contact Visitors arriving in Melbourne are amazed by how efficient the public transport system is, with the Victorian capital being praised by the Economist Intelligence Unit for having "The best public transport system in Victoria, and other parts of the world". "The trains in Japan are way too fast," said one businessman from Tokyo, a city...