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I'm a writer, comedian, improviser, actor, photographer, model, critic, commentator, and in my spare time I work full time in a white collar job.

• Former PM Tony Abbott Spotted Turning Back Boats Off England’s Coast Line

  By Matthew J. Farthing on 28/10/2015

  

  Tony Abbott has been spotted turning back boats off the coast of Southend-on-Sea late Tuesday night, following reports that he had disappeared into the Thames River. Australia’s former Prime Minister is currently in the UK in order to deliver the… Read More ›

• Pregnant Asylum Seeker Treated To Four Day Holiday In Australia Detention Centre

  By Matthew J. Farthing on 19/10/2015

  

  A 23-year-old Somali woman has returned to her detention centre on Nauru after a four-day, all expenses paid, vacation to an Australian detention centre, Immigration Minister Pete Dutton has advised. The woman, known only as Abyan, won the trip to Australia… Read More ›

• New Laws Apply Terrorism Groundings To 14-Year-Olds

  By Matthew J. Farthing on 13/10/2015

  

  NSW Premier Mike Bard has presented a wish list of changes to current terror laws to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, including a lowering of the age people can be “Terrorism Grounded” from 16 to 14. Attorney-General George Brandis said in a… Read More ›

• Office Bake-Off Raises $48 For Mental Health Awareness

  By Matthew J. Farthing on 09/10/2015

  

  Employees at WorldCare Insurance,  located in Sydney, NSW, have raised an incredible $48 for beyondblue to help raise awareness of mental health issues. The empathetic co-workers managed to raise such a generous amount by utilising a bake-off to encourage fellow… Read More ›

• What’s In The Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal? The (un)Australian Speculates Wildly

  By Matthew J. Farthing on 07/10/2015

  

  For the past eight years, 12 major economies, including Australia, have been negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is the largest free-trade agreement in history and because of its far reaching consequences, the contents have been kept secret from… Read More ›

• The (un)Australian’s Guide On What Not To Say To Someone With Cancer

  By Matthew J. Farthing on 02/10/2015

  

  An estimated 126,000 Australians will be diagnosed with cancer this year, and as Australia’s border patrol experiments more with the potential of Hulk-ification, that number is only set to increase. Yet despite the large number of cancer sufferers, the social… Read More ›