WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A responsible Sydney tradesman has today made sure to protect himself from the hazardous conditions currently blanketing the city. The Randwick based electrician named Tony Johnstone said he’s made a really conscious effort to avoid the smoke and dust that’s been blow over the harbour city the
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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The NSW Labor are today taking their very few wins where they can, after the news that former state MP Eddie Obeid will be released on parole next month. Eddie Obeid, who is far more of a household name than any of the last five generic white
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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Conor Mulligan looks out the window of his inner-city apartment, sips his red wine and puts it down on the sill. “It’s a fucked place, it is,” he said. The 28-year-old has recently had to move to Brisbane, the nation’s only true international
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ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact According to a report released by the Australia Institute, over 76% of Australians believe this is a link between climate change and bushfires. The Prime Minister has dismissed the report, telling journalists this morning in Sydney that they probably all voted Green. In
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CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today criticised the suggestion by Greg Mullins, the former chief of NSW Fire and Rescue, and 23 other fire chiefs that the government was not adequately prepared for bushfires. This is the only coverage that Greg Mullins and his coalition of
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WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT A young family from the Mid North Coast of New South Wales are still revelling in the feats of the Australian pace attack it can be confirmed. Speaking exclusively to The Advocate from the 2 Star Motel they’ve been staying in for the last week, the family explained
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Prince Andrew has taken a new and aggressive stand towards the UK media since withdrawing from public life following his controversial weekend interview with the BBC’s Newsnight program. My royal sources tell me the Prince has rethought his approach and now believed he had been “too honourable” in his previous
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Members of the US House of Representatives’ inquiry into the possible impeachment of US President Donald Trump are split on whether the probe should be temporarily suspended. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said a motion for an adjournment of the inquiry into President Trump’s dealings with the
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30 YEARS OF THE BUG/FROM THE ARCHIVES: The “I Screwed Paris Hilton!” issue. It might have been a world exclusive at the time but the front-page splash (pictured above) from The Bug‘s January 2004 edition remains probably the saddest news story this paper has ever broken. As one of
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today announced that he has appointed the Australian cricket team as ‘Special Envoys to the Bush Fires’ in a move that he hopes will help reinvigorate struggling towns dealing with bush fires and drought. “How good is the Australian cricket team?” Said the
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Decluttering queen Marie Kondo had defended her decision to open a new online homewares store, saying she wanted to provide a simple way for people to tidy up their bank balances. Speaking to journalists today, Kondo said the new store was just another way she was helping people live
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John Howard has come to the aid of Prince Andrew, with the former PM saying he has plenty of experience in publicly backing convicted sex offenders. After the Prince’s disastrous BBC interview about his friendship with Jeffry Epstein, Mr Howard – who earlier this year wrote a character reference
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Failed Senator Cory Bernardi has told the press of his struggles to find a venue in his home State of South Australia big enough to host a farewell dinner for both himself and his ego. “I am really struggling, you know if it were just a dinner for my
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An embarrassing faux pas led to the assassination squads arranged by both Prince Andrew and Bill Clinton arriving at the same time at Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell to carry out the hit, an inquiry has been told. “It was really awkward and led to some tense negotiations over who
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RIGHT ROYAL MESS: In shock breaking news overnight, I can report exclusively that Queen Elizabeth has thrown Prince Andrew out of the Royal Family. In a terse statement attached to the gates of Buckingham Palace, the Queen said: “That one is no longer One’s son. “One strips that one of
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30 YEARS OF THE BUG/FROM THE ARCHIVES: The James Scott issue: What is it about society that the cynics, the critics and the cruel ne’er-do-wells constantly want to chop down the true heroes and champions? Long before social mediocre flushed out from the murky depths these dreadful 21st Century
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MEDIA: The entire promotions department at Channel 9 has been arrested. Heavily educated officers from the NSW police department’s elite hyperbole squad raided the station’s Sydney studios yesterday afternoon and detained all five men and women. The police moved in after the station screened promotional material for Hamish Blake and
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Israel Folau’s disastrous year playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants In 2011 was caused by the government’s legalisation of same sex marriage in 2017, Israel Folau has revealed. “My embarrassing decision to change codes just to get heaps cash was because two gay people are allowed to get
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In a BBC interview this week, we were reminded that Prince Andrew’s friendship with Jeffry Epstein continued, even after the American billionaire was convicted of child sex offences. But in all the commotion, we seem to have lost sight of the fact that the Duchess of Sussex once stepped out
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In a week where former Prime Minister Paul Keating came out to talk about China another former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has also been doing the rounds advising the Government to not rule out knighting the disgraced Prince Andrew. “In uncertain times it is always best to stick by
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Former Rugby player turned self-appointed hell, fire and brimstone preacher Israel Folau has stubbed his toe and immediately repented to the Lord for once watching an episode of the TV show Queer Eye For A Straight Guy. “The Lord moves in mysterious ways,” said Folau. “I know that the pain
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A tissue which was left in your washing machine and then dispersed throughout the entire load was caused by the government’s decision to legalise same sex marriage in 2017, Israel Folau has confirmed. The former NRL player and current bigot said the increasing frequency and intensity of tissues in
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Emergency services have responded to this week’s political shitstorm by setting the government bullshit meter to “catastrophic” – the highest possible rating. The rating system warns the public to be vigilant in the face of an increased risk of bullshit spewing from the mouths of politicians, particularly in New
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