Calls to ban drag shows targeted at children
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Category: Satire
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Australia Post Buckles Under Weight Of Weekly Mortgage Rate Raise Letters Sent Across Country
WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The nation’s favourite postal service has today revealed the toll the last few months has taken upon them. With consecutive months of interest rate rises piling up on each other, Australia Post has confirmed that they are buckling under the sheer weight of Mortgage Payment Notifications
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Nan Describes Her Degenerate Incel Gaming Addict Grandson As ‘Good With Computers’
CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Proof that all views from the top of a family tree are rose tinted, local Nana Imna Grange (78) has described her degenerate incel gaming addict of a grandson as ‘good with computers’. Although she suspects she might still be correct about the internet being a fad,
read now Young Couple Absolutely Nails It By Starting Renovations Two Weeks Before Finding Out They’re Pregnant
ALISON SCHENK | Entertainment | Contact For young Flight Path District couple Jayce (31) and Gwynevere (30), buying their first property was an incredible milestone. A milestone that obliterated 10 years of hard earned savings and any possibility of recouping it for the next 25-30 years, but a milestone nonetheless. Due to
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Eurovision choice slammed
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: A Brisbane composer says Australia will never win the Eurosvision song contest if it keeps picking “safe and boring” artists to represent it. Vince Agarol (pictured below) said the choice of WA-based synth-metal group Voyager as Australia’s entrant for the 2023 competition to be staged in
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Ad campaign derailed
CONSUMER AFFAIRS: Fair Trading Australia is expected to be asked soon to rule whether the owners of the luxury Indian-Pacific train service have engaged in deceptive advertising. Perth great-grandmother of three Mavis Thacklewaite, 84, says she now has legal advice from her family lawyers that she should lodge such
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Coalition Backbenchers Busy Googling How To Polish A Turd
Coalition backbenchers worried about the pathetic polling of their leader the Dark Lord Peter Dutton, have spent the day googling how to polish a turd in anticipation of shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor challenging for the leadership. ”It was always a risk putting Peter in the top job, but
read now Dentist Spirals Into Existential Crisis After Getting Honest Answer To ‘Do You Floss?’
MARIO STRADLATER | Local | Contact After spending her lifetime studying to be a dentist, there was one thing that Sandra Bellingham couldn’t prepare her for. Early Monday morning, Bellingham (22) – whose recent dating history includes three situationships, all of which ended in soft ghostings – was conducting a routine check-up when she
read now Dad Absolutely Stoked That The Mechanic Couldn’t Figure It Out Right Away Either
LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT A local father managed to regain some dignity today after the mechanic couldn’t quite figure out what was wrong with the family car on the first go either. Graham Birken (50) of Betoota Heights awoke to his oldest daughter Lindall (19) asking for help as her car
read now Kegerator Owner Gives Bartender Unsolicited Beer Pouring Advice
CLYDE ROYAL |Western News| Contact A veteran froth king has tried to improve the pouring skills of a local bartender, this week – with some unwanted advice. “Mate, love the pour. Could you get the glass angle closer to 45 degrees though?” were the words heard by bartender Jansko Klein, a
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Frozen assets give big returns
The choice of Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic Games is promising to deliver massive economic benefits to the city as well as to the Queensland and Australian economies. But The Bug’s finance and investment advice columnist has his eyes on another opportunity of Olympic proportions. Let’s
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It’s Mediocre Watch!
Paul Barry on Monday night threw together one of the shittiest Media Watch episodes the bitter, washed-up old hacks who compile Media Glass House have watched for quite some time. Don’t get us wrong: his first subject – why this nation’s mainstream mediocre seemed hellbent on portraying the
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Dutton Condemns Melbourne Traffic After His Aston Candidate Faces A 40 Minute Drive To Get To The Electorate
Opposition leader (for now) Peter Dutton has condemned Victorian Premier Dan Andrews over traffic in Melbourne, after his candidate for the upcoming Aston bi-election spent 40 minutes driving from their home in Fitzroy to the electorate. ”What planet does comrade Dan live on,” bellowed the Dark Lord. ”I
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A dangling we will go….
The column that has fun with the smaller mistakes and missteps of Australia’s mainstream mediocre; those sweet little fishes that individually don’t amount to a full meal but collectively can cause a tummy upset the overall state of the once great and noble craft of journalism
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Peter Dutton’s review of War & Peace: “Needs more detail”
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Firstly, some underwater matters
Our first bite yesterday of The Bug‘s tweets of the past week concentrated on the NSW election last Saturday. Today, we cover other topics that continued to bubble away over recent times, including our commitment to nuclear subs under the AUKUS pact. We think the contribution from Gary
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Moira Deeming narrowly avoids promotion
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Low Rating News Channel Tells Low Polling Opposition Leader To Listen To Them
Low rating news channel Sky news Australia has called upon low polling Opposition leader the Dark Lord Peter Dutton to listen to them and follow their agenda if he wants to become PM. ”No one has their finger pressed as firmly to the pulse as Sky news Australia,”
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The Australian releases updated political map of nation
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Labor victories in every mainland state a clear sign that Australians want more right-wing governments: Sky News
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Latham Puts One Nation’s Low Vote Down To The State’s Low Levels Of Literacy
Perennial election loser, Mark Latham, has blamed the low vote tally of his current party One Nation from the weekend’s NSW state election on the state’s low level of literacy. ”Bloody electoral commission! How dare they expect our voters to not only be able to read, but number
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ALP to mark Earth Hour by pausing all fossil fuel donations for 60 mins
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Western Sydney Voters Will Have To Pay Tolls Before Voting
NSW Premier (for now) Dominic Perrotet has told voters to make sure they bring cash when voting in tomorrow’s election as there will be toll booths operating at all voting booths in Western Sydney. ”We didn’t have enough time to sort out the logistics of privatising the election,
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John Howard to run Iraq-war themed Easter egg hunt in which Easter eggs don’t actually exist
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