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Seven Network announce Ben Roberts-Smith as a contestant on the next season of SAS Australia
BACK ON THE FRONT LINE: The Seven Network continues to stand by its controversial Queensland managing director Ben Roberts-Smith. The decorated war criminal has this evening been announced as a contestant on season two of Seven's reality TV show SAS...
Alfie Langer still wondering how he made selection for this 1991 ad with Tina Turner
PIN UP BOY: The passing of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll Tina Turner has raised some unanswered questions for one former footballer. Back in the early 1990's, pre-eminent halfback Alfie Langer was featured in an NRL ad alongside Tina...
Local influencer heroically survives this morning’s Instagram outage largely unscathed
SURVIVOR: A self-described 'influencer' has told of her harrowing ordeal this morning, when Instagram suddenly went offline for one hour. "I was having my breakfast at the time," says Jamie Rogers. "It felt surreal." "I took a selfie with my...
Woman ‘likes’ photo of friends out to dinner, purely to drive home the point that she wasn’t invited
PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE: Scandal and controversy has ripped through a small group of close friends in Sydney's east. While scrolling Instagram this morning, Amber Ripoli saw a photo of her three best friends out for dinner. "It hurt a lot," she...
Man who relies on work for social activity, relieved his colleagues are being forced back into the office
WORKMATES: A Sydney man with no friends outside of his job is celebrating his employer's return to the office policy. "Finally, someone to talk to face to face!" says Geoff Tanner, whose social life consists entirely of forced small talk...
Colleagues in same colour blazers use the ‘coincidence’ as flimsy excuse to post a selfie
TWINNING: A pair of Sydney office workers are once again digging deep for reasons to post photos of themselves to Instagram. The colleagues both wore red blazers to work, claiming it was a coincidence. "Suddenly they got up from their...
“Never give strangers your phone number,” says mum who shares home address on FB marketplace
SECURITY FLAW: A Sydney mum is dishing out some contradictory security advice to her teenage daughters. "Never give strangers your phone number," says mother Heather Stanley. "And always make your instagram account private." "If you don't, creepy men might follow...
Sydney man in Bali complaining about how many Sydney people are in Bali right now
PEAK SEASON: A local man says his holiday to the Indonesian tourist hot spot Bali is being overrun by 'absolute blow-ins' from down under. "I'm so sick of all these muppets," says Steve Robson. "They all come here to experience...
Mother spends $45k on son’s b’day party, in desperate bid to make up for her own non-existent social life
TIME TO SHINE: A Rose Bay woman is accused of hijacking her own 4 year old son's birthday, as a thinly veiled excuse to gain credibility among her local community. Irene Hudson pulled out all stops, hosting an extravagant $45,000...
‘You left the toilet seat up!’ yells woman who left entire bathroom looking like a war zone
BATHROOM BATTLEFIELD: A local woman is being accused of having double standards after lashing out at her boyfriend for allegedly leaving the toilet seat up. Amid her rage, Kate Garrick strategically ignored the fact that she'd left the bathroom resembling...
