Category: Satire

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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

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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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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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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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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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