Off Beat News

Offbeat The internet has become united against a passenger with “zero self-awareness” who was filmed doing this revolting, but not uncommon act on a flight.

Offbeat The fast food giant’s latest ad, which shows young boys “ogling” a woman’s cleavage, has been slammed as “tired” and “sexist”.

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Offbeat Wow! Residents at a Coast retirement village had front row seats to an interesting show when a python devoured a goanna outside their units.

Offbeat "My woollen son still comes out to play sometimes when we fancy a laugh, but the rest of the time he sits on a mannequin in my design studio."

Offbeat A former reality TV star turned radio host has revealed the moment she was scammed in Bali after paying for an enema.

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Offbeat Karl Stefanovic has take aim at French tennis player Elliot Benchetrit after the Australian Open competitor made a bizarre request.

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Offbeat Queensland Rail has admitted it is paying employees to clap and clang bamboo in an attempt to chase birds from a car park.

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Travel Guests staying at a Sri Lankan hotel had to contend with an unexpected guest when a wild elephant took a stroll through the lobby.

Offbeat In the spirit of Australia Day, we tried the Lamington chips so you don’t have to.

Offbeat More than 1100 people have signed a petition to ban a bondage show because its organiser Shayne Budgen was pictured wearing a Ku Klux Klan-style hood.

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Offbeat The latest series is yet to premiere and already scandal involving a dirty toilet and a toothbrush has erupted on set of reality show Married At First Sight.

Offbeat Trees across the Coffs Coast seem to be celebrating the long-awaited rain.

Council News A crater-like hole in a section of residential road remained cordoned off to people and traffic as experts assess the massive repair job.

Offbeat SOMEONE has made off with nearly enough clothes for a week, two sets of shoes and a swag after unlawfully entering a Qunaba property.

Offbeat A new world record is on the books after several hundred people donned their best bushranger garb to take the title of most Ned Kelly lookalikes in one place.

Crime A newsagency owner was assaulted in an attempted robbery, but the kids who allegedly jumped him might be in worse shape than they bargained for.

Pets & Animals A large saltwater croc found swimming in a Far North river with a spear lodged in its back will undergo treatment after being removed from the wild.

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Opinion Qantas was accused of discrimination this week when it refused entry to a former WWE star. But the outrage “goes beyond eye-roll stuff”.

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Offbeat People lost it when they heard Trump had created a US Space Force. But now the uniform might be even more hilarious.

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Offbeat An Islamic State leader, who has been dubbed ‘Jabba the Jihadi’, has been arrested in Iraq on Thursday.

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