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Homeless community agrees to phase out giant plastic bag usage

ImageIn what has been described as a massive coup for Australia's environmental movement, the nation's homeless have put their support behind the push to phase out giant plastic bags. "This is a great day for Mother Nature," said Clean Up Australia spokesman Ian Kiernan. "From now on, we can expect to see homeless people using reusable giant green  bags to carry their meagre possessions, not those planet-harming stripey plastics."
 

Gamblers' families welcome equine flu

ImageWhile the racing world reels from the devastating effects of equine flu, there is one group feeling optimistic about the future. "It's a shame those trainers and horse owners have lost millions of dollars," said gambling addict Tommy Vincent. "But on the plus side, my son can get those braces he needs."
 

Britney Spears declared mother of the year

ImageIn a victory bound to take the troubled singer's mind off her custody battle, Britney Spears has been crowned Mother Of The Year after a nationwide search. The competition spanned a variety of criteria, including community involvement, life/work balance and erratic behaviour. "No matter how many nominees we looked at, Britney's name came up again and again," said judge Julia Burris. "It's just a shame she was too drunk to come to the awards ceremony."
 

Howard “like Bradman”: will fail in last innings

ImageWorkplace Relations Minister Joe Hockey called John Howard the “Don Bradman of Australian politics” this week because his magnificent record of victories will be forever tarnished by an embarrassing defeat in his final contest. "I was originally trying to pay tribute to the PM's resiliance by evoking the image of the Don batting on and on forever, immovably," Hockey said. "But as a Costello supporter, the other implication doesn't exactly bother me."
 

Zombie angered at Facebook misrepresentation

ImageFormer signwriter and current member of the walking dead, Trevor Fleck, has voiced his outrage at what he calls "the blatant inaccuracies of Facebook's ‘Zombies' application". Fleck has called upon his fellow zombies to join him in a Million Mob March against "lame, bullshit online media portrayal of flesh-eating monsters".
 

Andrew Johns soils Rugby League's untarnished image

ImageRugby League fans were shocked this week, by the unbelievable revelation that an overpaid, understimulated sportsman with plenty of free time had experimented with drugs. "I can't believe it," said Newcastle Knights fan Bill Adams. "Who would've thought a footballer would be anything but a moral paragon?"
 

James Blundell scores first-ever young fan

ImageAfter almost two decades of catering to the musical tastes of the middle-aged, country singer James Blundell finally learned the secret of cornering the youth market – have regular sex with them. “I saw Jesse Curran at one of my concerts,” he revealed. “At first I thought she must’ve been there to hear my awesome live version of Way Out West, but it turned out she was just there with her dad."
   

Bush and Howard now closer than ever: in polls

ImageEmbattled President George W. Bush says he now values John Howard's friendship more than ever. "After all these years, John and I find ourselves in a similar situation," he said during a joint press conference at APEC. "I'm prevented from being re-elected by the US Constitution, and he's prevented by public opinion."
   

Pub trivia champ humiliated on 'Temptation'

ImageDespite regularly winning the Thursday night trivia at his local watering hole, history buff Gerald Sugden failed to answer a single question correctly during his one-night stint on the Nine Network’s Temptation. Viewers say Sugden occasionally attempted to press his buzzer, but for the most part sat silently, with an intense look of sweaty, baffled concentration.
   

Rock Eisteddfod vows to fight Bishop censorship with dance routine

ImageSchools all across Australia have stridently denied the Federal Government's allegation that left-wing teachers are indoctrinating Rock Eisteddfod participants. "There's only one way to fight the insulting assertion that we don't have minds of our own," said Year 11 student Karen Carlon. "And that's with some snappy choreography to Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure."
   

'Bill & Ted' director hoping to jump on threequel bandwagon

ImageSeeking to follow in the footsteps of well-received movies like Spider-Man 3, Shrek The Third and Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End, director Stephen Herek has announced plans to make Bill & Ted's Radical Pilgrimage later this year. "I think the time is right for us to all learn what happened to the dudes 16 years on," he said. "Are they still married to the babes? Are the Wyld Stallyns still together?"

   

Peter Andre happy to have songs illegally downloaded

ImageIn the wake of fresh crackdowns on unlawful file-sharing, Peter Andre has announced that he personally has no problem with people making digital copies of his work and trading them online. "If the people want to hear my work, who am I to stand in their way?" he said. "I sang 'Gimme Little Sign' for the fans, not for the money."

   

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