Category: The Shovel

Just days after Donald Trump enquired about having his face added to Mount Rushmore, the organisation that oversees the famous monument has confirmed it will add the bust of Barack Obama, saying it would be worth the cost and effort just to see Trump lose his delicate little mind.  

After months of inaction and obfuscation, Donald Trump has finally taken decisive action to address the coronavirus pandemic gripping his nation, banning a lip-syncing app popular with teenagers. As COVID-related deaths in the US topped 160,000, Mr Trump said Americans wanted to see sensible solutions. “If you’ve got a loved

A strange man from Brisbane has asked the government to let him spy on people. It is not the first time the man has made the odd request, with sources saying he is constantly asking for more surveillance tools that will allow him to get a closer look at peoples’

Virgin Australia’s new owners have reassured customers that their decision to axe offshoot airline Tiger Airways will not make any difference to service levels, with the low-cost carrier to continue operating zero completed flights per day as usual. “We’ve made the difficult decision to continue the service levels that you

Viewers across America have looked on in amazement as an Australian man managed to hold Donald Trump to account using a new magic technique known as ‘journalism’. People were glued to their screens as presenter Jonathan Swan appeared to use journalism on the President, at one point coaxing him into

With retail stores closed in Melbourne, conspiracy theorists have resorted to posting videos of themselves not wearing a mask while shopping online, saying it’s the only way they can get attention under new lockdown rules. One woman became embroiled in a heated argument with the Bunnings online help chat-bot, demanding

Things in Melbourne are pretty tough right now. But mental health experts say one simple way to improve your mood is to think of Sam Newman dealing with the fact that he won’t be able to play golf until mid September. “It’s a really great way to rebalance,” psychologist

News Corporation-owned television stations and news websites will spend at least the next decade claiming James Murdoch is not real. The directive – believed to come from head office – has told staff to consistently deny the existence of James Murdoch, and to use confusing graphs and made-up statistics to

The congressional tasked with assessing the influence of the US’s big four technology companies was abandoned after Google CEO Sundar Pichai was unable to stop himself from finishing the interrogator’s questions. Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon began by asking Pichai “What do …” before Pichai interrupted with “What do lions eat?

Pop legend Madonna has come under fire for posting conspiracy theories about COVID-19, including claims that masks are ineffective. But fans say Madonna may not have realised that you’re supposed to affix the mask over your nose and mouth, not over your left eye. “We’re fighting a virus, not launching

Bushranger Ned Kelly travelled around Victoria with a full face covering because he wanted to do his bit to stop the coronavirus outbreak, new research has revealed. In a letter to his mother, signed with the hashtag #MaskUpMelbourne, Kelly spoke of the need to get this thing under control so

Following its interview with anti-masker and conspiracy theorist ‘Lizzy’, Channel Nine’s The Today Show has confirmed it will host a hard-hitting hitting chat with firebug ‘Rob’ about why bushfires are not as bad as some people think. Host Karl Stefanovic said he didn’t necessarily agree with ‘Rob’s’ opinions, but believed